The Riverwoods Blueprint Project, led by the Scottish Wildlife Trust, is excited to announce the launch of a £200,000 grant to kickstart a pipeline of new river woodland creation and restoration activities across Scotland.

The Riverwoods Development Grant will fund 10-20 environmental NGOs, charitable trusts, community groups, local public bodies, and others in Scotland to produce river woodland development plans – the essential first step in enhancing local river health, creating new homes for wildlife and improving access to nature.

Scotland has over 125,000km of rivers and streams. River woodlands – the trees and woods in, next to and near rivers, burns and lochs – are vital for creating and maintaining healthy rivers. These biologically rich areas provide a link between land and water and are the green arteries of an ecosystem, supporting many of our most iconic native species including ospreys, white-tailed eagles, otters, red squirrels and Atlantic salmon.