A “game-changing” £1m cash boost from the Scottish Land Fund has taken campaigners within £450,000 of their funding drive to double the size of Dumfriesshire’s newest nature reserve.
The clock is ticking as Langholm’s residents race to raise £2.2m to buy 5,300 acres of Langholm Moor from Buccleuch Estates – which has already extended the original deadline by two months to July 31.
The £1m Scottish Land Fund Award, announced on Wednesday, has been met with delight from Tarras Valley Nature Reserve’s estate manager, Jenny Barlow.
