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I am giving this presentation on 8th October in Seil Island Hall, to the south of Oban.  Although not exactly on a main thoroughfare (you have to cross the 'Bridge over the Atlantic' to get onto the island), the meeting promises to be well attended. I have borrowed the title from the  UK Wildfire Conference  that is taking place in Cardiff, 20th-21st November.  Many of the points I will be making will be a rehearsal for the discussion I expect to take place during the conference, but I suspect that with 'wildfire' and 'muirburn' sharing the title, there will be no shortage of discussion. For tickets, please contact the Talks Convenor at  LNHG .

In July, I helped to deliver the "Creating a Brighter Future" (CABF) project for the Uplands Alliance, with Nigel Stone, the former Chief Executive of the Exmoor National Park Authority.   I am very grateful to the hill farmers who attended the five meetings I ran in the north of the country and to Defra's t eam  for attending the meetings, during a very busy period.   This post is a  summary  of the project and highlights the need for more work of this sort to take place, as we all stand poised  on the  edge of the unknown. Creating a Brighter Future, Lake District With the support from the Prince's Countryside Fund, the CABF project brought together over 100 hill farmers, with Defra staff, to explore how farmers can create a brighter future for their businesses and the environment.     Farmers were keen to stress how many public benefits they already provide and that, with appropriate support, they can provide more....