Piers wrote
>
> Nobody here would venture an opinion on matter arboricultural without
> hearing some Kiwi wisdom first - but you are quite right, Chris, the bulk
> of present day Scottish conifer forests are commercially planted (and
> harvested), and are most definitely not Scots pine.
>
> The single chap you read about was probably Alan Watson Featherstone. He
> runs Trees for Life, a charity which is indeed restoring the Caledonian
> Forest at Dundreggan, and other sites around here.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trees_for_Life_(Scotland)
>
> But he is not the only one interested in restoration of the Scots Pine -
> on the Glenfeshie Estate I have seen for myself the beginnings of natural
> Scots pine regeneration, the result of new owners deciding to vastly
> reduce the deer population in 2004. It caused significant controversy at
> the time (Google is your friend), but here is a later analysis of the
> wider picture:
>
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/natureuk/2011/11/liz-bonnin-the-science-behind.
> shtml
>
> The story is not simply about regeneration of the tree, more about the
> specific ecosystem which the Scots pine supports, and the resulting
> bio-diversity. See here:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caledonian_Forest
>
> One of these days Bob W might release some photos from his walk in Glen
> Affric - there will be some Scots pine forest to see there, I am sure.
>
> Piers
Thanks very much for the links and information Piers. I followed most of it
through and found
it fascinating and interesting.
Brian Swale
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