Scottish rewilding project hits £2.2m buyout target
by Severin Carrell Scotland editor from Environment | The Guardian on (#626B2)
Langholm community hails deal with Duke of Buccleuch as beacon of hope for people and planet'
A rewilding project on a former grouse moor at Langholm in southern Scotland has doubled in size after a rollercoaster" fundraising campaign by local activists.
The Langholm Initiative announced on Friday it had finally raised the 2.2m needed to buy out a further 2,415 hectares (5,300 acres) of moorland from one of Scotland's largest hereditary landowners, the Duke of Buccleuch.
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