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John Muir Trust Wild Woods Appeal

I’m running a marathon (London) for the first time and aiming to raise £1500 for the John Muir Trust’s Wild Woods Appeal. This appeal helps to restore and expand native woodlands in the UK and a £1500 donation could help the John Muir Trust buy 750 trees for planting.

Help bring back our wild woods

Our forests play a crucial role in healthy ecosystems – providing clean air and carbon storage as well as important habitats for some of our rarest animals, such as red squirrels and pine marten. But human impact – including centuries of felling for timber, and ever-increasing numbers of deer and sheep – has had a devastating effect.

Native trees now cover just 4% of the UK, and remaining areas of ancient woodland are sparse. Plantations of exotic tree species, packed too densely for other wildlife to thrive, still make up much of our tree cover, while the mountain woodland that should stretch across our uplands is rare or missing entirely.

Your donations could help to support tree planting, protective fencing and the monitoring of self-seeded saplings – the exact work varies from year to year depending on the needs of the landscape.

Please donate to John Muir Trust's Wild Woods Appeal today and help these lost forests return.