Meet our team
The Arkaig Community Forest was established, and is still overseen, by a community board of local residents. An additional team of five staff are employed to manage our ongoing projects including the tree nursery and deer larder.
Our staff
Anna Macfie
Tree Nursery Manager
Anna Macfie grew up on Knoydart, and was inspired by the nurseries at Beinn Eighe and Rum NNRs to grow trees for Woodland Grant Schemes. She has planted thousands of native trees, and worked as a field ecologist across the Highlands, from Caithness to Abernethy and Kintyre. She loves working with other people to restore nature, and is a keen propagator of native wildflowers.
Catriona Souter
Development Officer and Community Venison Project Manager
Hailing from Aberdeen Catriona has a rich variety of charity sector experience including fundraising and social media management. A keen paddle boarder, wild swimmer and hiker she loves getting out into the land and sea of the Highlands.
Madeleine Cowley
Tree Nursery Assistant
Madeleine loves working outdoors in all seasons to help restore and revitalise Scottish woodlands. She has a diverse range of third sector experience including counter human trafficking, international election observation and a community land buyout in Glasgow.
Our trustees
Chairperson - Liam McLoone
Treasurer - Jon Mercer
Minute Secretary - Sandy Edmond
Gusach - Angela Mercer
Clunes Oakwood - Ali Austin
Clunes Forest School - Davie Austin