DUNDREGGAN REFORESTATION LAUNCHED – 1,500 TREES PLANTED IN A DAY

A team of green-fingered volunteers from Moray-based conservation charity Trees for Life braved the elements to plant over 1,500 native trees on the Dundreggan Estate, Glen Moriston on Sunday November 1st, 2009.

[UKPRwire, Thu Nov 05 2009] A team of green-fingered volunteers from Moray-based conservation charity Trees for Life braved the elements to plant over 1,500 native trees on the Dundreggan Estate, Glen Moriston on Sunday November 1st, 2009.

The sponsored tree planting event marked the beginning of Trees for Life’s programme of forest restoration on Dundreggan, which lies to the west of Loch Ness.

Alan Watson Featherstone, Executive Director of Trees for Life, said: “I’d like to thank everyone who turned out for this special event despite the very wet weather. The team were fantastic, smiling and even singing in the rain as they worked.

“It was inspiring to see so many birch, hazel and aspen trees being planted so quickly, and the day also raised much-needed funds for our work.”

People can support Trees for Life’s restoration of the Caledonian Forest in the Highlands – of which only 1 per cent survives – by purchasing dedicated trees and groves or by joining its acclaimed Conservation Volunteer Weeks. For more information please visit www.treesforlife.org.uk or call 0845 458 3505.

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1. Trees for Life aims to restore the Caledonian Forest to an area of 1,500 square kilometres in the Scottish Highlands west of Inverness.
2. Since planting its first trees in 1991 in Glen Affric, Trees for Life has planted over 800,000 trees. Its awards include 1991 UK Conservation Project of the Year, the Millennium Marque in 2000 and Top 10 Conservation Holidays worldwide in 2009.