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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.     They also reminded Defra that t