Nature Restoration Fund

Approved projects

Example of projects that have been approved Nature Restoration Funding by the Highland Council: 

• Abriachan Forest Trust - Abriachan's space for nature to recover - £17,500
• Aigas Community Forest  - Aigas woodland nature reserve - £7,000
• Aultnaskiach Dell - Aultnaskiach tree felling and planting - £2,500
• Avoch Primary Parent Council - Where the wild things are: Rewilding Avoch Primary - £10,506.75
• Boleskine House Foundation - Creating the largest wildflower meadow in Loch Ness - £9,100
• Broadford and Strath Community Council - Broadford biodiversity - £10,750
• Butterfly Conservation Scotland -  Restoring Small Blue and Dingy Skipper at Logie Quarry - £7,976
• Camuscross and Duisdale Initiative - An Crùbh gardens - £14,041
• Culloden Community Council - Culloden eco-initiative - £3,500
• Friends of Merkinch Local Nature Reserve - Wildflower meadow and tree planting - £4,750
• Gairloch Area Development Ltd - Glebe Community Park - Lower area nature restoration - £13,250
• Glenfinnan Community Facilities - Enhance habitat for the Chequered Skipper butterfly - £2,500
• Grantown Health Centre - Grantown health woodland - £2,731
• Highland Council - Restoration of trees due to Dutch Elm disease and Ash dieback - £10,000
• Highland Council - Foyers Falls habitat restoration - £11,720
• Isle of Eigg Heritage Trust  - Tree nursery upgrade - £4,055
• Kentallen and Duror Community Centre - Memorial Wood and Community Centre grounds project - £19,500
• Kinlochleven Community Trust  - Kinlochleven woodland heritage project - £20,000
• Kyle and Lochalsh Community Trust - Re-wetting the Western Plock - £12,592.66
• Mallaig Community Council - Mallaig biodiversity improvement initiative - £3,115.48
• Minginish Community Hall Association - Wildlife shelterbelt - £2,500
• Rum Community Association - Isle of Rum community wildlife garden - £2,530
• Scotland: The Big Picture  - Muie Croft - Wetland restoration and hedgerow project - £14,984
• Spey Catchment Initiative - Spey at Croftnahaven:  riparian woodland restoration - £10,202
• Speyside Fields for Wildlife - Meadow creation and management - £2,500
• Strathpeffer Residents Association - Strathpeffer community park - nature links - £2,500
• Visit Inverness Loch Ness - Improving biodiversity on the South Loch Ness Trail - £8,000