Our Living Landscape: Communities Leading Change Conference

, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape
On 18 August 2021 we held our free, virtual conference, Our Living Landscape: Communities Leading Change, to celebrate the end of our five years of National Heritage Lottery Funding. There were 24 presentations from partners and funders, sharing their learnings and the outcomes of their projects. Over 200 people from all over the UK and beyond registered for the event,…

EISG BRACHAIDH REVIVAL PROJECT – A SUMMARY

, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape
Woodland Trust Scotland recently shared some information with the community about plans to regenerate Eisg Brachaidh Estate. In response we have been asked for more information on the subject. We have produced this document, with a map to fill in more detail and answer some of the most common questions we have received.   In addition, we are holding a drop-in…

Invitation to Tender for Fencing Works

, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape
Woodland Trust Scotland is inviting tenders for deer fencing at Eisg Brachaidh. For more details please see the invitation to tender document available for download below: WT_ITT_Final EB boundary Fencing tender_001 210220 Documents mentioned in appendices available soon.

The Big Climate Fightback: Tree Planting at Little Assynt

, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape
Guest Blog by Alison Roe   Saturday 30th November Quinag looms high on the horizon, glowing gently in the afternoon sun as I pull into the car park by the tree nursery at Little Assynt. I’m here for the tree planting event, organised by CALLP in partnership with The Woodland Trust, and we’re definitely lucky with the weather. Rain and…

Battle of the seasons above, hedgerow jelly planting below

, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape
As winter and summer battled it out last Friday (3rd May) alternating between the former throwing down bitingly-cold hail showers and the latter retaliating with bright warm sunshine, eight Achiltibuie P5-7s and three nursery children were also alternating between hurrying indoors and strolling back outside as they dodged the weather extremes for the sake of warm fingers and toes, and…

Tree Planting on Isle martin

, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape
Last week we held a tree planting session on Isle Martin. 1000 trees were taken by boat to our beautiful community island and planted by volunteers from John Muir Trust and the local community. It was a fantastic day with brilliant weather, all be it too hot! A mixture of native trees from locally sourced seed at Little Assynt Tree…

Planting starts in huge ecosystem restoration

, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape
Guest blog by George Anderson, PR & Communications Officer for Woodland Trust Scotland (originally published on the Woodland Trust website) Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape Scheme (CALL) is a unique partnership working to enhance the natural, built and cultural heritage of one of the UK’s most spectacular landscapes. We are handling the forestry component and we are delighted to say the…

Woodland Expansion Project Update

, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape
The ground preparation works for planting trees are well underway at Druim Suardalain The fencing works are being carried out by local contractor and good progress is being made with the dismantling of old fences. Volunteers had made a good start on the Gorse clearance (which is a thankless job!) but now they will be glad to hear we are…

Tenders out for Woodland Project

, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape
The main aim of our woodland expansion project is to protect, connect and expand native woodland in Coigach and Assynt. Tenders are out now for ground preparation and fencing work at Druim Suardalain. If you would like to be contacted about future tree planting work, are interested in your own woodland scheme or would like to be involved in a…

 NEW CHAPTER FOR COIGACH AND ASSYNT LIVING LANDSCAPE PARTNERSHIP

, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape
 27th July 2016 Coigach and Assynt Living Landscape Partnership has secured funding worth £2.9 million from the Heritage Lottery Fund, with additional support from other funders, to enable delivery of a wide range of projects over the next five years. This support will enable Project Partners to deliver twenty eight projects that will collectively enhance the area’s natural, built and cultural…

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