Help Create New Native Woodland In Perth and Kinross
The Woodland Trust Scotland needs your help
The Woodland Trust Scotland, part of the UK’s leading woodland conservation charity, needs your support to purchase almost 5 hectares of land in the highly valued landscape of Perth and Kinross to create new native woodland at Kilmagad. We need to raise at least £70,000 to help secure this land for future generations to enjoy. We need your help to create this new woodland.
Creating new woodland will extend the core area of existing woodland at Kilmagad and protecting its rich biodiversity, supporting wildlife such as the great spotted woodpecker and ancient woodland ground flora such as the native bluebell and wood sorrel.
Kilmagad forms part of the Lomond Hills and is recorded on the Ancient Woodland Inventory. The site provides spectacular panoramic views of Loch Leven. The Lomond hills area popular walking area and the site is already well used by the local community.
We want to involve local people, especially children in the creation of the new woodland. The acquisition would secure the missing link between the villages of Scotlandwell and Kinnesswood. Working with the local community we plan to create a new path along the edge of this new woodland creating a safe green route for children to school.
Roy Barlow, Woodland Officer said: “The site presents an opportunity for not only conserving the existing woodland, but also the creation of new woodland. We hope to engage local people – particularly children - in creating new woods at Kilmagad.”
Help us secure this site for future generations. If you wish to support this appeal please contact Bridie Ashrowan on 0175062204 or donate online at www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/kilmagadwood
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For media enquiries contact: Jacqui Morris on 01355 578777 or mobile 07979706675 or The Woodland Trust Press Office on 01476 581121, e-mail media@woodlandtrust.org.uk
The Woodland Trust: The Woodland Trust is the UK’s leading woodland conservation charity. It has 300,000 members and supporters. The Trust has four key aims: i) No further loss of ancient woodland; ii) Restoring and improving the biodiversity of woods; iii) Increasing new native woodland; iv) Increasing people’s understanding and enjoyment of woodland.
Established in 1972, the Woodland Trust now has over 1,000 sites in its care covering approximately 20,000 hectares (50,000 acres).
In 1984, the Trust acquired its first wood in Scotland. Today the Trust owns 80 sites across Scotland covering 8,500 hectares. Further news can be accessed via www.woodlandtrust.org.uk
