John Muir Trust Properties
The Trust looks after Ben Nevis. As owner of the Ben Nevis Estate, it plays a key role in the Nevis Partnership, which covers care of the Ben and the wider Nevis area including Glen Nevis and the Allt a' Mhuilinn leading to the North Face. In Perthshire, the Trust is restoring Schiehallion by re-aligning the footpath and removing the ugly erosion scar of the old path. The vision of the Trust is to bring back beautiful ancient woodland and native woodlands - with all their birds, animals, flowers and other vegetation, insects, mosses and fungi.
The Trust helped establish the Knoydart Foundation, which purchased the 17,000-acre (69 km2) Knoydart Estate in 1999. This was an historic moment for Knoydart and one that the Trust had spent 16 years trying to bring about. The purchase brought the "rough bounds" into community and conservation ownership. The Trust is the only external representative on the North Harris Trust, which aims to manage, develop and conserve the North Harris Estate (Outer Hebrides) in a sustainable manner for the benefit of the community and the enjoyment of the wider public. In 2005, the Trust purchased the Quinag Estate in Sutherland and joined the Assynt Foundation (Lochinver) to assist them in purchasing and managing the neighbouring Glencanisp and Drumrunie Estates.
The John Muir Trust has given support to the Carrifran Wildwood project, initiated by the Borders Forest Trust. The Wildwood group purchased land in the Carrifran valley in the Moffat hills of Southern Scotland in 1999 and has started to recreate a large tract of woodland wilderness that will be used as an inspiration and an educational resource. The Trust is working with the owner of two hill farms in the Cambrian Mountains of mid-Wales to maximise environmental benefit. The owner is responsible for the management and financing of the project, while the Trust will carry out surveys, develop detailed land management plans and offer advice and support as necessary.
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