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吀栀e magazine of the Cairngorms National Park
Issue highlights
Fàilte / Welcome
Welcome to the spring edition of Cairn, a magazine
which has been created for all the folk who live and
work in the National Park.
2024 may be only a few months
old but a huge amount has
happened since the last issue
of Cairn hit your doormat.
Just before Christmas, beavers
returned to the Cairngorms for the
昀椀rst time in over 400 years. In early
February, our Cairngorms 2030
programme received a £10.7m
funding boost from The National
Lottery Heritage Fund, supercharging
our bid to become the UK’s 昀椀rst net
zero national park. And we launched
two major consultations – on Gaelic
language and 昀椀re management –
helping shape our future plans.
The past few months have not been
without their challenges, though,
and the farming protests that took
place in Grantown and Ballater
were a moment to pause and re昀氀ect.
We understand the strength of
feeling here and that was why it
was important to get round a table
and build on the
common ground we
all share. You can
read more about that
meeting by scanning
the QR code.
Whilst we won’t all agree on
everything, it’s only by coming
together and listening to each
other’s perspectives that we can
tackle the huge challenges we
face as a Park and as a planet.
We’d love to hear what you
think of this spring edition.
You can get in touch with
us by calling 01479 873 535
or you can email us on
haveyoursay@cairngorms.co.uk
This document is available in
other formats on request.
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Burning issue
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Farming forum
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Beaver tales
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