Save Warblaw Action Group

Campaign against commercial forestry on Warblaw,Langholm,D&G, Scotland to protect biodiversity, landscape & farming. Insta:warbla_hill.E:[email protected]

[Vicky Allan @vicky_allan]

'Magnificent formations of nature' at risk from tree planting policy and lack of deer control. A report, I covered, in @heraldscotland lists the ways we are failing to protect the Caledonian Pinewoods - and what to do abut it
https://t.co/NQ57wxlZIh

[David Mundell MP @DavidMundellDCT]

Great day at Langholm Show with Oliver and @CraigWHoy1. Meeting with lots of constituents and local organisations as well as checking out the top class livestock on show #dumfriesshireclydesdaletweeddale

[Save Warblaw Action Group @save_group63082]

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[Save Warblaw Action Group @save_group63082]

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[Save Warblaw Action Group @save_group63082]

Scottish Woodlands offered a 'voluntary' Environmental Impact Assessment on Warblaw because of the 'complexity of the site and level of issues raised'.
Many more issues were raised at scoping meeting.
Scottish Forestry must not grant permission.
"The battle is just beginning!"

[Wild Moors @wildmoorsuk]

An abundance of benefits are unlocked for nature, climate and people when moors are restored:

🐦Wildlife and biodiversity
🌍 Carbon storage
💧Clean water
🏘️Flood protection
👷‍♂️Green jobs and skills

Together, we can turn degraded moors into wild moors.

[Peatland ACTION @PeatlandACTION]

To mark #PlantHealthWeek we're highlighting the role of the amazing sphagnum mosses in this week's @NatureScot Peatland ACTION blog. Who knew there were more than 30 species in the UK alone! @Love_plants @BSBIbotany https://t.co/e22Nn0NRqa

[The Scottish Rewilding Alliance @ScotRewilding]

Programme for Government 2025-6: wilder nature is the missing piece of the puzzle

John Swinney has promised to make Scots ‘healthier and wealthier’ in today’s Programme for Government. But we know there’s a missing piece of the puzzle – nature.

Wilder nature could boost our health and wellbeing, support local economies and help us tackle climate breakdown. Today’s Programme for Government was a test of the Scottish Government’s willingness to set us on the pathway to a Rewilding Nation. This Programme for Government, with its reduced peatland and woodland restoration targets, weak commitments to consult on real protections for marine areas and nature targets that appear as an afterthought, fails that test.

With no nature minister in government and no plan for the large-scale recovery of Scotland’s ecosystems, we’re seeing the effects of this across every decision this government makes.

🦫 Backtracking on beavers - by undermining the Scottish Beaver Strategy.
🦪 Overlooking oysters - by stalling on introducing real protections for marine areas.
❌ Losing nerve on lynx - by sidestepping a reasoned debate on lynx reintroduction.

We want to see a Programme for Government that makes Scotland healthier, wealthier – and wilder.

📷James Shooter / @ScotlandTBP

[Save Warblaw Action Group @save_group63082]

SWAG is hosting an exhibition of their objections to James Jones' forestry proposals for Warblaw.
POP-UP SHOP, LANGHOLM, 12th - 17th May, 11am - 4pm.
Pop in to see maps, photos, videos and more.
Special Bake Sale, Thurs 15th May, 11am - 2pm
to kickstart our fundraising campaign.

[Stobo Hope @HopeStobo]

@nationaltrust @N_T_S @BBCNews @Natures_Voice @Telegraph @thetimes @FinancialTimes https://t.co/cPwiWvm2qs

[Stobo Hope @HopeStobo]

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[Ben Goldsmith @BenGoldsmith]

Slowly slowly, Scotland is getting its act together and beginning to fix centuries of ecological degradation. Scotland is becoming an inspiration for all countries on how to do this.

[Save Warblaw Action Group @save_group63082]

@BenGoldsmith This is an inspirational story, however many other communities in Scotland (eg Stobo Hope and ourselves) are currently fighting against publicly-funded, huge, monoculture Sitka plantations which threaten biodiversity and continue to degrade peat. Please could you look into this?

[Save Warblaw Action Group @save_group63082]

This is what 330 hectares of Spruce plantation looks like, on the SW slopes of Warblaw. We are fighting a proposal to plant another 300 hectares of conifers on the other side of this small hill.
#sitka #sitkaplantation #biodiversity @BenGoldsmith

[Save Warblaw Action Group @save_group63082]

Warblaw Hill is part of Langholm, which is why we are objecting to commercial forestry here. We don't want Sitka Spruce plantations on our doorstep.
#sitka #sitkaspruce #scottishforestry #scottishlandscape #biodiversity #monoculture #invasivespecies #peat #peatland #moorland

[Tarras Valley Nature Reserve @TarrasValleyNR]

🌿 A moorland that healed the world.
During WWII, Langholm folk gathered sphagnum moss from the hills to make wound dressings—over 21,000 of them—sent across the UK, to Malta, even the Middle East.
✍️ By Timothy McCracken
🔗 Read the full story: https://t.co/GznCexFrEv

[Save Warblaw Action Group @save_group63082]

Sphagnum Moss was collected from the peat bogs on Warblaw to use as wound dressings during both World Wars.
#sphagnummoss #moss #bryophytes #peat #peatbog #peatland #heritage #carboncapture #healingnature

[Peatland ACTION @PeatlandACTION]

The first phase of a peatland restoration on the community-owned @TarrasValleyNR was successfully completed in March.

Today's #PeatlandACTION guest blog is from Jenny Barlow, Langholm Initiative Estate Manager who shares more about the project's progress.
https://t.co/xAkAr0xR79

[Tarras Valley Nature Reserve @TarrasValleyNR]

We've had a great week hosting 80+ Masters students from Exeter (Biology/Conservation) & Bangor (Forestry) on their annual Scottish field trip! Exeter helped plant 1000+ trees 🌱 & a Bangor student from Mauritius saw her first ancient oaks in Longwood 🌳 See you next year!