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Charity plans reintroduction of beavers to Highland glen

A rewilding charity is hoping to win permission for proposals that could see beavers return to a Highland glen for the first time in 400 years. Trees for Life is to apply for a Scottish Government licence to reintroduce beavers to Glen Affric ...

03 Mar 2023 at 14:00

Scotland

Nature agency accused of ‘cowardly stalling’ on beaver release plan

Conservationists have criticised Scotland’s nature agency for delaying a decision on plans to release beavers in a Highland glen. The Scottish Wildlife Trust called into question the “transparency and consistency” of NatureScot’s process for ...

22 Apr 2025 at 16:54

Scotland

Scottish Government accused of shutting door on rewilding and beaver restoration

The Scottish Government has been criticised for cancelling a meeting about beaver restoration and failing to schedule a replacement, with activists warning that the “door is shutting” on biodiversity. A meeting with the Scottish Rewilding ...

25 Jun 2025 at 00:01

Permission sought for ‘historic’ return of beavers to Glen Affric

Beavers could make a “historic” return to Glen Affric in spring next year, it has been announced. Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) has applied to nature agency NatureScot for permission to release the semiaquatic mammals into Loch Beinn ...

13 Dec 2024 at 17:03

Six beaver families to be released in Highlands

NatureScot has approved the release of up to six beaver families at two sites on a river in the Highlands. The Scottish Government conservation agency said on Friday beavers will be rehomed at the sites near the River Beauly, near ...

22 Aug 2025 at 13:11

Charity bids to return four ‘architects of the wild’ species to the Highlands

A charity is launching a bid to return four species described at the “architects of the wild” to the Scottish Highlands. Following the release of beavers into a Highland glen last month, Trees for Life also wants to reintroduce ...

14 Nov 2025 at 09:04

More beavers released in Highland glen in ‘wildlife success story’

Another family of beavers has been released into a Highland glen marking a “wildlife success story” four centuries after the animals were driven to extinction, conservationists have said. The family of four were released at ...

26 Feb 2026 at 00:01

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