http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news News and reviews from Walkhighlands Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:26:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/scotland-achieves-first-with-wild-land-map/006291/ http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/scotland-achieves-first-with-wild-land-map/006291/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:44:08 +0000 Walkhighlands http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/?p=6291 In a first for the UK, a new map detailing Scotland’s wild areas has been published by Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH). Some of the country’s wildest landscapes are already identified and protected if they fall within national parks or national scenic areas. But many other wild areas are not identified in any way. The Scottish [...]]]> http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/scotland-achieves-first-with-wild-land-map/006291/feed/ 0 http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/ratty-shows-head-for-heights-on-beinn-eighe/006280/ http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/ratty-shows-head-for-heights-on-beinn-eighe/006280/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:06:45 +0000 Walkhighlands http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/?p=6280 The enigmatic water vole may be associated with our water and river systems but scientists have revealed it is it thriving almost 700 metres up a Scottish hill. Beinn Eighe National Nature Reserve in Wester Ross managed by Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) is home to some of Britain’s rarest wildlife. And a recent survey of [...]]]> http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/ratty-shows-head-for-heights-on-beinn-eighe/006280/feed/ 0 http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/jmt-launches-wild-land-management-website/006270/ http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/jmt-launches-wild-land-management-website/006270/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:08:06 +0000 Walkhighlands http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/?p=6270 The John Muir Trust today launched its new Wild Land Management Standards website which illustrates the principles that guide its management of wild land. Aimed at other land managers and anyone interested in managing land with a focus on improving habitats and encouraging wildlife in a natural way, the site offers a range of resources [...]]]> http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/jmt-launches-wild-land-management-website/006270/feed/ 0 http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/hunt-is-on-to-spot-glen-nevis-red-squirrels/006260/ http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/hunt-is-on-to-spot-glen-nevis-red-squirrels/006260/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:55:22 +0000 Walkhighlands http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/?p=6260 John Muir Trust Nevis conservation officer Lewis Pate spotted a perfectly split hazelnut shell left by a red squirrel enjoying a nutty treat in Steall Gorge, Glen Nevis. This is the first recorded evidence of squirrels in this location. Lewis says, “I was walking through the birch and ash wood on the path when I [...]]]> http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/hunt-is-on-to-spot-glen-nevis-red-squirrels/006260/feed/ 0 http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/rare-bugs-and-other-species-unearthed-in-the-highlands/006255/ http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/rare-bugs-and-other-species-unearthed-in-the-highlands/006255/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:09:56 +0000 Walkhighlands http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/?p=6255 Biodiversity surveys carried out on Trees for Life’s Dundreggan Estate, in Glen Moriston last year have revealed a range of rare and endangered species. The new discoveries on the 10,000-acre estate include the first Scottish record of one species of sawfly and what may be the first British record of another; the second-ever British record [...]]]> http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/rare-bugs-and-other-species-unearthed-in-the-highlands/006255/feed/ 0 http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/natural-environment-vital-to-scottish-economy-says-snh/006225/ http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/natural-environment-vital-to-scottish-economy-says-snh/006225/#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:31:49 +0000 Walkhighlands http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/?p=6225 Scotland’s natural environment should be valued not just for its own sake, but because it generates wealth and can sustain and improve our health, lifestyles and culture. This is the ambition outlined in a new three-year corporate strategy published today (20 January) by Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH). The strategy’s aims include encouraging more people to [...]]]> http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/natural-environment-vital-to-scottish-economy-says-snh/006225/feed/ 0 http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/highland-council-says-no-to-allt-duine-wind-farm/006220/ http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/highland-council-says-no-to-allt-duine-wind-farm/006220/#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:00:07 +0000 Walkhighlands http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/?p=6220 Supporters of the Save the Monadhliath Mountains (SMM) campaign have welcomed today’s (Tuesday 17 January) decision by the Highland Council’s Planning Application Committee to object to proposals for a large onshore wind farm at Allt Duine located on the edge of the Cairngorms National Park, near the village of Kincraig. The planning application will now [...]]]> http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/highland-council-says-no-to-allt-duine-wind-farm/006220/feed/ 0 http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/planners-ride-cairngorm-funicular-ahead-of-windfarm-decision/006214/ http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/planners-ride-cairngorm-funicular-ahead-of-windfarm-decision/006214/#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:39:25 +0000 Walkhighlands http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/?p=6214 Members of Highland Council’s planning committee are today riding the funicular railway up Cairngorm to assess the impact that the proposed Allt Duine wind farm in the Monadhliath will have on the view from the Ptarmigan restaurant. They will then return to make their decision on the planning application at 2.30pm. Conservation charity The John [...]]]> http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/planners-ride-cairngorm-funicular-ahead-of-windfarm-decision/006214/feed/ 0 http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/boat-brings-jmt-remote-property-a-little-closer/006104/ http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/boat-brings-jmt-remote-property-a-little-closer/006104/#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:53:13 +0000 Walkhighlands http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/?p=6104 The John Muir Trust (JMT) says that it is delighted to have received money for a boat to access its most remote property. The JMT was awarded £6,265 by the People’s Postcode Trust, a grant-giving charity, funded entirely by players of the People’s Postcode Lottery. The Trust has been carrying out ecological restoration on Li [...]]]> http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/boat-brings-jmt-remote-property-a-little-closer/006104/feed/ 0 http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/isle-of-eigg-community-opposes-fish-farm-plans/006062/ http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/isle-of-eigg-community-opposes-fish-farm-plans/006062/#comments Wed, 04 Jan 2012 12:34:42 +0000 Walkhighlands http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/?p=6062 The community on the Isle of Eigg is campaigning against a planned fish farm to be sited off the coast of the island. The Eigg Heritage Trust has issued the following statement, “Eigg is owned and managed (including the foreshore) by the Isle of Eigg Heritage Trust, a community led organisation whose aims include taking [...]]]> http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/isle-of-eigg-community-opposes-fish-farm-plans/006062/feed/ 0