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    STEPS TO WILDER WILDS

    Aug 26, 2021 4 minutes
    Report by Kenny Taylor

    Picture rewilding projects in Scotland and you’re likely to think big and Highland. Big swathes of upland heath and bog, river and forest. Big, iconic species such as golden eagle and beaver. Big headline grabbers sparking intense debate: wolf, lynx. Big money. Big organisations.

    There’s no doubt that large-scale rewilding work in the Highlands has made impressive progress. Two notable examples include the rapid expansion of native woodlands at Glenfeshie in the Cairngorms and Alladale (a 2021 Springwatch location); another is the epic Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape project, a restoration of habitat covering 635km2 led by the Scottish Wildlife Trust.

    But the sheer size of such ventures – Glenfeshie alone spans an area larger than

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