A large Highland estate whose owner wants to establish the country’s first wolf reserve in the wild wants people to pay £500 to care for a tree they can call their own.
A remote fragment of Scotland’s ancient Caledonian pine forest in Sutherland is being restored at Alladale Wilderness Reserve, owned by Paul Lister, former boss of the furniture retailer MFI.
Now the 23,000-acre Alladale estate is seeking “pine custodians” from across the world who will help cover the preservation costs.
The estate managers hope to raise £50,000 from the scheme, and promise to offer the custodians “an ecologically guided walk to see your tree”.
Lister, who inherited a £50 million fortune when his family sold the MFI furniture chain, would like to see wolves
