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