PEOPLE’S Postcode Lottery players are the lead funders of the Loch Arkaig Pine Forest Restoration Fund, according to Woodland Trust Scotland.
Players have now provided more than £1.5 million towards ancient woodland restoration work at the historic Highland forest, near Achnacarry. A trust spokesperson said: ‘We have partnered with Arkaig Community Forest, a group of local residents who share our ambitious, far-reaching and long-term goals for the 2,500 acre site. They have been instrumental in enabling the trust to acquire Loch Arkaig Pine Forest and themselves own two parcels of land.’
Loch Arkaig Pine Forest consists of two blocks of native Caledonian woodland and is brimming with wildlife.