Join our North Scotland Member Network for a day visit onto Dava to learn about the impacts of the 2025 Dava wildfire and the response and recovery work that has followed.
This event will include a site visit, with an opportunity to hear from the forest managers who responded to the fire on the day and learn about the subsequent recovery and management of the site. The visit will be followed by group discussion and presentations at Edinkillie Community Hall. Teas and coffees will be provided but please bring your own lunch.
Places are limited to allow for a focused and engaging event. Don’t miss out!
Programme
| 10:00 – 10:15 | Arrival, registration and welcome at Edinkillie Community Hall. | |
| 10:15 – 10:25 | Drive to the Dava wildfire site, Darnaway Estate (car sharing encouraged). | |
| 10:25 – 12:30 | Site walk: the fire and the response on the day, impacts on forest and moorland, recovery work and ongoing research. | Ben Clinch MICFor CEnv and contributions from Cawdor Forestry |
| 12:30 – 13:00 | Lunch: weather permitting, lunch will be on site. In poor weather, we will return to Edinkillie Community Hall. Please bring a packed lunch. | |
| 13:00 – 13:10 | Drive back to Edinkillie Community Hall | |
| 13:10 – 13:30 | Tea and coffee | |
| 13:30 – 14:55 | Short talks and facilitated discussion: the rising wildfire risk profile and what it means for land and forest management, reflections from the response, operational challenges and unexpected obstacles, successes and lessons, changes made by land and forest managers, future preparedness, and where policy could give greater support. | Tim Gordon-Roberts MICFor, Prof Rory Hadden, Karen Rentoul, Alastair MacMillan and further speakers TBC. |
| 14:55 – 15:00 | Summary and close |
Speakers
Ben Clinch MICFor CEnv – Woodlands Manager, Moray Estates
Tim Gordon-Roberts MICFor – Adaptation and Resilience Policy Advisor, Scottish Forestry
Professor Rory Hadden – Personal Chair of Fire Science, University of Edinburgh
Alastair MacMillan – Land Manager, SSE Transmission
Karen Rentoul – Policy and Advice Manager, Uplands and Peatlands, NatureScot
Additional Details
Ticket Type 1 - ICF Member
Ticket Price 1 - £15
Ticket Type 2 - Standard
Ticket Price 2 - £20
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Event Region - north_scotland