James Nairne
@jamesnairne.bsky.social
Project Lead - Northwoods Rewilding Network; enabling ecosystem recovery and local enterprise on crofts, farms and community woodlands across Scotland. https://www.scotlandbigpicture.com/northwoods#nrn-land-partners
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Managed by Forestry and Land Scotland, Glen Affric becomes the 20th landholding to join the partnership, adding 17,604 hectares of precious #CaledonianForest, wetlands and #peatlands to this growing landscape-scale recovery.
November 20, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Managed by Forestry and Land Scotland, Glen Affric becomes the 20th landholding to join the partnership, adding 17,604 hectares of precious #CaledonianForest, wetlands and #peatlands to this growing landscape-scale recovery.
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The problem here is that farmers are given no other livelihood options on these places, aside from sheep.
So it's a *societal* issue.
So it's a *societal* issue.
November 18, 2025 at 7:56 AM
The problem here is that farmers are given no other livelihood options on these places, aside from sheep.
So it's a *societal* issue.
So it's a *societal* issue.
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There's a selection of stories at this link from different parts of Europe. Lynx translocations are a non-event, they happen all the time. It's only Ireland and Britain that we see such fear mongering!
www.linking-lynx.org/en/working-g...
www.linking-lynx.org/en/working-g...
Reintroduction Projects
We are a network of experts working on the conservation, monitoring and management populations of the Eurasian lynx Carpathian subspecies. The long-term goal of the Linking Lynx network is to support ...
www.linking-lynx.org
November 5, 2025 at 6:52 PM
There's a selection of stories at this link from different parts of Europe. Lynx translocations are a non-event, they happen all the time. It's only Ireland and Britain that we see such fear mongering!
www.linking-lynx.org/en/working-g...
www.linking-lynx.org/en/working-g...
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And of course I’d be remiss if I didn’t shout out the role of beavers, who are laying the groundwork for salmon recovery in Spencer Creek & other Klamath basin streams by creating rearing ponds for the next generations of coho & steelhead.
Tired: dams made of concrete
Inspired: dams made of willow
Tired: dams made of concrete
Inspired: dams made of willow
November 5, 2025 at 10:25 PM
And of course I’d be remiss if I didn’t shout out the role of beavers, who are laying the groundwork for salmon recovery in Spencer Creek & other Klamath basin streams by creating rearing ponds for the next generations of coho & steelhead.
Tired: dams made of concrete
Inspired: dams made of willow
Tired: dams made of concrete
Inspired: dams made of willow
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By reintroducing keystone species, such as beavers, and allowing rivers to flow more naturally, we can help secure a future for brown trout – and countless other species that depend on healthy waterways.
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November 4, 2025 at 5:03 PM
By reintroducing keystone species, such as beavers, and allowing rivers to flow more naturally, we can help secure a future for brown trout – and countless other species that depend on healthy waterways.
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