Approved projects 2025/26
The following projects have been awarded Nature Restoration Funding by the Highland Council:
- Arisaig Community Trust - Reviving Nature in Arisaig - £17,238
- Aultbea Community Council - Himalayan Balsam Removal in Laide/Aultbea - £7,600
- Balmacara Community Trust - Balmacara Woodland Park Regeneration Project - £13,798
- Beauly Fishery Board - River Beauly: Improving Atlantic salmon smolt survival - £6,263
- Broadford and Strath Community Company - Nature Restoration, Broadford Community Woodland - £8,500
- Broadford and Strath Community Company - Biodiversity Enhancement, Broadford Community Garden - £2,620
- Butterfly Conservation Scotland - Re-establishing a population of Dark Bordered Beauty - £20,164
- Butterfly Conservation Scotland - Restoring Habitats for Priority Lepidoptera in Easter Ross & Sutherland Coastal Landscape - £11,219
- Community Association of Lochs and Sounds - Lochaline Native Oyster Restoration Project - £25,000
- Culduthel Woods Group - Pond Improvement Project - £9,000
- Farmer Jones Academy CIC - Gro For You - Ross-Shire Nature Pond - £7,500
- Friends of Merkinch LNR - Merkinch Warden Programme - £16,650
- Go Flourish - Fungi, Flora, Fauna - North Kessock’s Biodiversity Boost - £14,426
- High Life Highland - Nocturnal Forage Restoration - £5,365
- John Muir Trust - Rainforest Restoration in Britain’s Last Wilderness - £12,315
- Knocknagael Ltd - Creation of a Species Rich Wetland - £7,000
- Knocknagael Ltd - Creation of a Species Rich Meadow - £4,270
- Laide and Aultbea Community Woodland - Newt Pond Restoration - £3,439
- National Trust for Scotland (NTS) - Gleann Leac na Muidhe INNS Eradication Partnership - £16,000
- NICE Nairn - Dune Resilience Project Nairn ( Phase 2 ) - £20,110
- Rogart Development Trust - Restoration of the Mart Site – Wildflower Meadow - £2,177
- Royal Society for the Protection of Birds - Tern Raft Revival - £16,569
- Scotland the Big Picture - Torlundy Wild Connections - £21,480
- Scottish Wildlife Trust - In-Stream River Restoration at Ben Mor Coigach - £11,287
- Speyside Fields for Wildlife - Glenbeg Habitat Restoration - £15,388
- Strathdearn Community Developments - Wildflower Meadows & Orchard Creation in Community Areas - £8,151
- Boleskine House Foundation SCIO - Tree Planting and Wildflower Seed Harvesting - £6,625
- West Sutherland Fisheries Trust - Eels in Loch Assynt - £4,330
- Wick Development Trust - Wick Riverside Biodiversity Improvements – Phase 2 - £9,100