John Muir Trust
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| Formation | 1983 |
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| Type | charitable NGO |
| Headquarters | Pitlochry |
| Website | John Muir Trust website |
The John Muir Trust is a Scottish charity established as a membership organisation in 1983 to conserve wild land and wild places for the benefit of all. The Trust has over 10,000 members internationally.
The organisation was inspired by the work of Scottish-born conservationist John Muir - a key figure in the modern conservation movement, particularly in the USA where he worked to save Yosemite National Park and other areas of wilderness. Building on Muir's reputation there, the Trust has links with the Sierra Club, which John Muir founded in California in 1892.
The trust was founded by Denis Mollison, Nicholas Luard, Nigel Hawkins and Chris Brasher.
The John Muir Trust owns some of the finest wild land in the highlands and islands of Scotland: land on Skye, the Knoydart peninsula and Sandwood, as well as Ben Nevis, the highest mountain in the British Isles, and part of Schiehallion. As well as protecting landscapes, the Trust works to restore natural habitats and encourage native species. It works with local people and communities, seeks to increase awareness and understanding of wild places.
The Trust looks after Ben Nevis. As owner of the Ben Nevis Estate, it plays a key role in the Nevis Partnership, which covers care of the Ben and the wider Nevis area including Glen Nevis and the Allt a' Mhuilinn leading to the North Face. In Perthshire, the Trust is restoring Schiehallion. It aims to restore ancient woodland and native woodlands.
The Trust helped establish the Knoydart Foundation, which purchased the 17,000-acre (69 km2) Knoydart Estate in 1999. The purchase brought the "rough bounds" into community and conservation ownership. The Trust is the only external representative on the North Harris Trust, which aims to manage, develop and conserve the North Harris Estate (Outer Hebrides) in a sustainable manner. In 2005, it purchased the Quinag Estate in Sutherland and joined the Assynt Foundation (Lochinver) to assist them in purchasing and managing the neighbouring Glencanisp and Drumrunie Estates.
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