The truth of when this forest actually existed and why it disappeared is murky, but only 1-to-2 percent of what it was at its zenith remains.
. The five-day journey will take hikers through hills aflame under autumn’s spell, and end at Trees for Life’s Dundreggan estate. There, they’ll explore the rewilded trails that thread through the area, and in 2023 travelers will also be able to experience the newon the same trip. “If we are going to encourage rewilding to happen, we need more of a nature-based economy, and that’s absolutely about tourism,” says Steve Micklewright, CEO of Trees for Life.
The idea for the center, which will include a 40-room lodge, came on the heels of several decades of interest in volunteering from visitors, and will educate guests on the nonprofit’s work through immersive experiences and exhibits. Travelers will also have the option to head out on the surrounding leafy trails or get their hands dirty planting trees. For Wilderness Scotland, the collaboration was about helping guests understand nature in a deeper way.
“Rewilding is taking pressure off the landscape for extractive uses and putting nature at the center of what we’re doing,” says Lister. “At the same time, we’re creating revenue for the work through ecotourism.” On a hike along the rushing Alladale River, which veins through the reserve, travelers can spot some of the same animals that have been reintroduced in the Cairngorms, including red squirrels.
“We’re also working to restore bogs because peatlands store much more carbon than trees,” says reserve manager Innes MacNeill, who guides many of the lodge’s excursions. “We’re looking to improve on what is and move forward, not go back to what once was,” adds MacNeill.This is sage advice most experts agree should be heeded by conservationists.
At a time when trees like sycamore, beech, and elm—previously associated with southern England—could now happily grow in Scotland, the focus should be on the evolution of the Highlands and establishing a biodiverse ecosystem that can sustain itself for generations to come. This edifying vision is what Scotland’s rewilding stakeholders aim to instill in visitors. “I hope people come away with hope for a wilder future,” says Micklewright.
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