The project land, which has been owned by The National Trust for Scotland since 1996, is adjacent to NTS’s internationally renowned Ben Lawers reserve at the west end of Loch Tay. The property has not been grazed as intensively as the Ben Lawers reserve and habitat recovery has been underway for several years. The overall, long term is to continue this recovery process and to allow, by a combination of planting and natural regeneration, the pre-late eighteenth century habitat to be restored. The project has involved the fencing of 268.3ha (using an innovative design of electric deer fence) in 4 enclosures within which native trees and shrubs have been planted. A crop of conifers has been cleared from one of the sites. Outwith the enclosures, the open hill ground (extending to about 1,030ha) is being managed to encourage the regeneration of woodland and other habitats; this is being achieved by intensive shepherding and deer control.

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