Money announced for Path Work on Ben Nevis
Nevis and the Mamores by Alex Gillespie
The Nevis Partnership are in line to get a £4 million pound funding package for the Ben and Glen Nevis area. The Nevis Landscape Partnership will be formed by adding to the existing Nevis Partnership group. There will be an exciting range of projects funded including archeological experiments to find out how ‘vitrified forts’ were made, excavations of Dun Deardail hilltop fort in Glen Nevis, and a variety of wildlife conservation projects involving locals and volunteers and West Highland College.
Funding will be partly provided by the Heritage Lottery Fund, with the Nevis Partnership needing to draw up detailed plans in the next 16 months to qualify for the money. So exciting times for Ben and Glen Nevis and the Friends of Nevis look forward to working with the Nevis Partnership and finding out more about their exciting plans.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-19960999
Who exactly will be volunteering from the college? Can anybody volunteer? My son goes there and is a dedicated hillwalker and I’m sure would love to be involved.
Dear Michael
Thanks for your comment. If your son is interested in getting involved in the Nevis Landscape Partnership the best way for him to do this is to keep an eye on volunteering opportunities with the Friends of Nevis. As part of the extra cash coming into the area tjhere will be many more opportunites to get involved in the landscape as a volunteer with path building/maintenance, wildlife and species monitoring, archaeological digs and reconstruction activities all increased.
Your son can email me with his email address and I can put him on our distribution list so he gets to hear about what is going on and coming up – info@friendsofnevis.co.uk
All the best
Anna
part time Friends of Nevis Co-ordinator