Islands group acquired by conservation charity
A GROUP of islands off the west coast of Scotland has been acquired by the conservation charity, the National Trust for Scotland. Says the NTS,…
Category: Rural affairs
Extra ‘boots on the ground’ to support visitor management in the countryside
MANY of Scotland’s most popular natural sites are receiving a staffing boost this summer, with Scottish Government funding of £900,000 to, among other things, support…
Funding joy for rural, community-led projects
OVER 180 rural, community-led projects are sharing £3m of Scottish Government funding between them. Among the projects to benefit from the funding include a network…
They do islands differently in Norway, Andrew Prendergast
ON a recent ski-touring trip to Lyngen in arctic Norway, I was struck by the similarities between the remote islands and peninsulas of that region,…