Craigielands Community Woodlands

About

The charity's purpose is to operate Craigielands Wood as a community asset, by & for the residents of Kirkpatrick Juxta parish, including Beattock village. The medium term objectives are: 1 To conduct nature walks, and educational training sessions in woodland skills & activities 2 To provide a network of facilities for woodland walkers - paths, benches, waymarks, picnic tables, information boards, and dog poo bins 3 To create access to natural and manmade features within the wood, such as viewpoints, grotto, waterfalls, millpool, & wartime bunker 4 To generate modest annual revenues from sale of timber products, to provide for woodland maintenance costs In this current start-up phase, while the woodland remains a State asset, owned and managed by FLS, the charity is focussed on: 1 engaging with community members, encouraging their enthusiasm & support for the community woodland project 2 negotiating with FLS & SLF towards woodland acquisition, through CATS transfer.

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