Our July ABCAN newsletter is out now 🌊 This month's theme is marine life, with spotlights on Kyles Coastal Community, Seawilding, Holy Loch Nature Reserve and the Argyll Hope Spot. Did you know Argyll has more coastline than the whole of France? Read it here: buff.ly/mMSrIyS

New job with our Rainforest Squad 🌳 We're looking for an experienced chainsaw operative to help deliver regeneration and forest management work across sites in Argyll & Bute. £25K-£29K p/a, 35 hrs/wk. Closes Friday 24th July. Full details: buff.ly/jn8S2o2 #ScotlandsRainforest #Argyll

Congratulations to Jamie Joyce, our Climate Manager, now certified as a Carbon Literacy Consultant, the highest trainer status in the @carbonliteracy.bsky.social network. One of just 12 trainers globally to hold this status 🌍 Read more: buff.ly/R9QwnsT #CarbonLiteracy #ABplacetobe

⏰ Still time to apply! Our Finance & Operations Assistant/Officer role closes Monday 6 July. Flexible location | £24,479–£29,000 | Job share considered. Please share! 👇https://www.act-now.org.uk/News/were-hiring-finance-and-operations-officer

Our June newsletter is out now! Catch up on the latest from ACT: ABCAN Seed Fund, new team members, peatland recovery work, new blogs on Scotland's Rainforest, MAKI Pups Summer Holiday Club and more. Read it here: buff.ly/fLTI8Li

Invasive non-native species are one of the biggest threats to Scotland's habitats, including Argyll's temperate rainforest 🌿 Small actions make a difference. Check Clean Dry, stick to paths, and record what you spot. #InvasiveSpeciesWeek #INNSWeek #ScotlandsRainforest

📢 Community screening: The People's Emergency Briefing #PEBuk A powerful new film with leading UK scientists explaining what the climate & nature crisis and means for food, health, weather and the cost of living. Followed by a local discussion. 📍 Helensburgh 🗓 29 June, 7pm 🎟 Free: buff.ly/LXBzmk6

Yesterday, on #WorldRainforestDay we visited Glen Shira, ancient woodland, veteran trees, extraordinary epiphytes, and a vivid reminder of what's at stake. Inspired (and midge-bitten). 🌿 Learn more: buff.ly/QXLcemB 📷 Stephen Carter @asrainforest.bsky.social #ScotlandsRainforest

#WorldRainforestDay 🌿 Rainforest recovery isn't always about fencing animals out, sometimes it's about letting them back in. How grazing cattle and ponies are helping #ScotlandsRainforest in Morvern: buff.ly/aPavG2a 📷 Calum Robertson @asrainforest.bsky.social

🌿 Our Rainforest Volunteer Co-ordinator Heather has been visiting local careers fairs to talk to pupils about Scotland's rainforest and working in habitat regeneration. Tarbert Academy: done. Campbeltown: this Wednesday. #ScotlandsRainforest #Argyll

Last chance to apply! ⏰ Our reCycle Trainee Technician role closes this Wednesday 17 June 👇

A few spaces still available on our free Carbon Literacy training -- 17th & 24th June online 🌿 Sign up via the link! @CarbonLiteracyProject.bsky.social #carbonliteracy #climateaction

Last month Philippa and Julie met with Scottish Forestry to look at the work completed at North Knapdale and what's still to come. Great advice shared on making the best use of their funding schemes 🌳 #ScotlandsRainforest

We're hiring a Finance & Operations Assistant/Officer! 🌱 Support our work across Argyll | £24,479–£29,000 | Flexible location | Job share considered | Closes 6 July 👇 buff.ly/SienqeN

A massive thank you to the ten JPMorgan volunteers who spent a day last month with Heather near Tayvallich clearing Rhododendron ponticum 🌿 and to every single volunteer who gives their time to help us care for Argyll's landscapes 💚 We couldn't do it without you. Happy #VolunteersWeek! 🎉

Happy #WorldBicycleDay! 🚲 This month's ABCAN newsletter is all about Active Travel, local projects, events and resources from across Argyll and Bute. Take a look 👉 buff.ly/qmM9zgO #ActiveTravel #Argyll

It's #WorldPeatlandsDay! We're sharing case studies from two of our recent peatland regeneration projects in Argyll. 600ha brought back onto the road to recovery across Islay and West Cowal. buff.ly/yTCPVhr 📷 Lucy Smith / ACT

1,109 species. 171 volunteers. One corner of Argyll's rainforest, and a story that reached a global audience of hundreds of millions this week. From a damp Tuesday in Glenan Wood to screens across the world 🌿 buff.ly/xWdJN5q 📷 Ben Mitchell & ACT #ScotlandsRainforest @asrainforest.bsky.social

🚲️ We're hiring! reCycle Trainee Technician based in Lochgilphead, refurbishing bikes & supporting community cycling across Argyll. 17.5 hrs/week | Closes 17 June. buff.ly/EAp0c99

Summer Holiday Club at MAKI Pups is open for bookings! 🌿 Outdoor days for children aged 3–8 at Kilmory Walled Garden, Lochgilphead. 📅 2–3 July + 6–9 July 💷 £32 (morning) / £52 (full day) Spaces limited – register now: buff.ly/IYME61Z 📷 Rachel Keenan / ACT

1,109 species found in West Cowal 🌿 Our citizen science project is on the BBC today the first survey of the area in 50 years. Full piece on BBC Scotland News at 7pm & BBC Radio Scotland this afternoon. Big thanks to Ian, Heather, Ben Mitchell and the squad! Read more: buff.ly/XKuXoHb

Mud kitchens, bug hunts, and walled garden adventures 🌿 Celebrating #OutdoorClassroomDay with MAKI Pups, our outdoor nursery at Kilmory Walled Gardens, Lochgilphead. #MAKIPups #EarlyYears

Free certified carbon literacy training for Argyll & Bute - 17th & 24th June online 🌿 Covering climate science, resilience, the just transition & more. Earn your Carbon Literacy Certificate! @carbonliteracy.bsky.social Book here: bit.ly/4diexmE

Two days left to apply! Our MAKI Pups Outdoor Nursery Practitioner role closes 21 May. 🌿

May is #LymeDiseaseAwarenessMonth. Ticks are active across Argyll right now. If you're spending time outdoors, it's worth knowing what to look for and how to remove a tick safely. Great advice here from @publichealthscot.bsky.social👇 #BeTickAware

Our ABCAN May newsletter is out 🌼 Nature & Biodiversity is the theme, with spotlights on community woodland and nature learning across Argyll & Bute, plus events and resources for World Biodiversity Day on 22nd May. Read it here: buff.ly/eQXCZ1P

We're hiring! Join the MAKI Pups team as an Outdoor Nursery Practitioner at Kilmory Walled Gardens, Lochgilphead 🌿 Love children and the outdoors? Closes 21 May. Full details and application form: buff.ly/GdrDwqu

Our Peatland Team, Lucy and Clare, have been out on Jura this week! HIA surveys help us understand how grazing pressure is affecting the land, so we can plan patland regeneration in the right places. Brilliant work, brilliant sunshine ☀️🌿 #PeatlandACTION

Busy week at our tree nursery! 🌱 Alder seedlings, oak seedlings and aspen root cuttings all pushing through. Clare and Lucy helped get the third bench up too. Oh, and we had a very special visitor... 🐿️ #ScotlandsRainforest #RedSquirrel #ArgyllWildlife 📷 Heather Morrison / ACT

1,100+ species recorded across West Cowal’s rainforest since 2024, thanks to a growing community of volunteers. Sharing our Rainforest Manager Ian's @inaturalist journal for #EarthDay 👇 buff.ly/CC4JDLp 📷 Ben Mitchell @asrainforest.bsky.social #ScotalndsRainforest

Last chance ⏰ We’re recruiting for three roles at ACT: 🌿 Forester 🌱 Tree Nursery Assistant 🚲 reCycle Trainee 📅 Applications close Monday 👉 Find out more and apply: buff.ly/6tWMmg4 Know someone who might be a great fit? Please share or tag them below 👇

A jam-packed few days at our MAKI Pups Easter Holiday Club 🌸 22 children joined us for campfire cooking, clay faces, bug hotels, scavenger hunts and more. So nice to see familiar faces and welcome new ones too 😊 Find out more about MAKI Pups: buff.ly/GlJ0O8k

One week to go ⏳ We’re recruiting for three roles at ACT: 🌿 Forester 🌱 Tree Nursery Assistant 🚲 reCycle Trainee 📅 Closing date: 20 April 👉https://www.act-now.org.uk/careers

Our April ABCAN newsletter is live 🌱 This month we’re focusing on Repair, Re-use, Recycle 🛠 Find local projects, events, funding and a reCycle Trainee opportunity with ACT 🚲 Take a look 👇 buff.ly/68x02oJ

We’re growing our team 🌱 Three roles now open at ACT: 🌿 ACT Forester 🌱 Tree Nursery & Rainforest Hub Assistant 🚲 reCycle Trainee Technician Work across habitat regeneration, woodland management and community bicycle projects in Argyll. 📅 Closing date: 20 April 👉 buff.ly/LxWCN2N

Final day of our Cowal Learning Exchange 🌿 Land regeneration and local resilience 🌱 ColGlen Growers 🌳 Kilfinan woodland crofts A great way to round off the exchange, with lots to bring into our work. 👀 More to come soon! 📷 Roxanne Hunt and Jo Wheeler / ACT

Day 2 of our Cowal Learning Exchange in Dunoon 🌿 🌱 Grow Food Grow Dunoon 🚶 Active travel with Dunoon on the Move 🛍️ The Pop Shop 🌳 Benmore Botanic Garden 💬 Poverty Alliance workshop Great to hear from so many local projects. Another valuable day, with lots of ideas, conversations and connections

We’ve kicked off our Cowal Learning Exchange in Argyll 🌿 Day 1 in West Cowal included: 🌳 Rainforest walk exploring Biodiversity Net Gain 🦌 Community insights from Friends of Glenan Wood 🔥 Campfire lunch at Glenan Wood 🌱 Tree planting at Caladh A great start to the trip!

Today is International Day of Forests 🌳 This year’s theme is forests and economies. In Argyll, rainforest restoration supports jobs, skills and local communities. Find out about our work 👇 buff.ly/ISYwm7F #ForestDay #ScotlandsRainforest

Thanks to everyone who joined us at Glenan Wood to collect Aspen root cuttings. Great to spend the day in the rainforest and learn together. Cuttings are now back at our Lochgilphead nursery 🌱 Get involved: buff.ly/S9Hf9t4 Supported by The National Lottery Heritage Fund 📷 Heather Morrison

A big thank you to the Mid-Argyll team from Balfour Beatty who joined Heather this week to help pot up acorns. 5 volunteers spent just over 5 hours lifting acorns from stratification beds and potting them on. Total potted: 2,528 A great start for the next generation of oak trees. 📷 Heather Morrison

🌿 Aspen propagation at Glenan Wood 🌿 Join us this Friday (13 March) to learn how Aspen root cuttings are collected and grown. 🕙 10–2pm 📍 Glenan Wood Free event. Join for part or all of the day. Book here: buff.ly/Qsvod1I Supported by The National Lottery Heritage Fund.

Over winter our peatland team has been working with landowners and contractors to restore around 450ha of peatland across two Argyll sites. Work includes restoring erosion features, blocking drains and re-profiling peat banks. Find out more here: buff.ly/ePQI6cw 📷 Lucy Smith and Clare Trinder / ACT

Our March newsletter is out now! Inside: a world first for Cardross Primary School, five years of MAKI Pups, peatland and rainforest restoration updates, and ways to get involved. Take a look 👇 buff.ly/bXmTgYw

🌿 Thanks to everyone who joined us at Ferry Wood, Ardpatrick this week to collect Aspen root cuttings. These are now being processed at our Native Tree Nursery in Lochgilphead. Another chance to get involved on 13 March at Glenan Wood: buff.ly/JfgeErX #ScotlandsRainforest

Back to North Knapdale with Philippa, our Habitats Manager 🌿 This steep site was cleared of Rhododendron ponticum last June. Only light regrowth so far and good potential for native ground flora to return as light reaches the woodland floor. Restoration takes follow-up. #ScotlandsRainforest

ABCAN connects communities across Argyll and Bute who are taking practical climate action 🌿 Our first monthly newsletter is out now. We’re starting a new themed approach, beginning with growing 🌱 Take a look: bit.ly/4aYvQGN

There are still some spaces available for our Aspen root cutting and propagation day next Tuesday 3rd March in Ardpatrick and Lochgilphead. Free to attend! 🌿 Sign up here: forms.office.com/e/muh93Bwhhv

325 hectares of blanket bog restored at Caladh, Tighnabruich 🌿 Our latest blog shares reflections from a recent site open day and explains how historic drains have been blocked to slow water movement and support long-term peatland recovery. Read more: buff.ly/PNAh7cr 📷 Clare Trinder / ACT

🌍 World first for Cardross Primary School Congratulations to the whole school community on becoming the first Primary School in the world to achieve Carbon Literate Educator status! Delighted to support this milestone through ABCAN. Read more here: buff.ly/TPhFc8d #CarbonLiteracy #ArgyllAndBute