October 2024 | Your monthly wild place update from the John Muir Trust

🌄 Protecting wild places

● Where the wild places are: What are wild places? How can we better measure and protect them? Find out more.

●  Deer management powers: Is the Scottish Government about to give nature a fighting chance?

● Vital work: Huge thanks to everyone who has responded to our ongoing Vital Appeal. Find out how your gifts are making a difference.

● New National Park for Wales: Public consultation on proposed boundary now open. Read our thoughts on the proposal - and find out how to take part in English and Cymraeg.

🌿 Loving wild places

 ● Wild festive gift ideas: Check out our Christmas card selection, plus diary, calendar and much more. Browse the festive collection and our inspirational symbolic wild gift selection.

●  John Muir Award update: Read about the series of workshops that are helping to shape the new-look Award - due for a relaunch next spring.

● Field Notes: John reports on our latest efforts to create new native woodlands on Skye, while Natalia finds our what our fantastic conservation volunteers are up to at Glenlude.

● Autumn talks: Huge thanks to everyone who came to hear John D Burns at our Aberdeen event. If you missed it, you can catch him in Edinburgh on 2 November.

● Calling all adventurers: Find out what some of the 2024 Des Rubens Bill Wallace Grant recipients got up to and then consider applying for a grant. The deadline for applications for a 2025 grant is 15 January 2025.

● Wild Moment: Jessie Paterson's Edinburgh tree project makes her delight in the detail. Check out more wonderful Wild Moments and find out how to submit your own.

● Wild Space visitor centre: Read how our Creative Freedom Artist in Residence Lizzie Wood has been preparing for next year's exhibition at Quinag. If you are passing through Pitlochry, do pop in to see Mike Soutar's photography - on until Christmas!

🐝 Get involved

•  2 November: Book to catch up with us and hear author John D Burns on Wild Places and Bothy Tales in Edinburgh.
• 10 & 26 November: Book to join a conservation work party at Hardknott Forest in Cumbria.
• 14 & 28 November: Book for a tree planting day at Thirlmere in the Lake District.
• 16 November: Book to join a conservaton work party at Glen Tanar.
• 24 November: Join a regular monthly conservation work party at Dùn Coillich near Schiehallion.
• 30 November: Mountain fit people wanted to help with our Ben Nevis clear up day. Find out more.
• Every Wednesday: Help look after Place Woodland by Kilbirnie in North Ayrshire.
• Throughout November and December: Another chance to enjoy and purchase Mike Soutar's photography - in Pitlochry's Wild Space visitor centre.