The Helping Nature strand is now open for Expessions of Interest, which must be submitted by Monday 6 March 2023.

NatureScot invite protects requesting a grant of £25k - £250k to be delivered over a maximum of two years.

The priorities under freshwater restoration are listed below:

• Natural flood management and surface water management solutions such as reconnecting rivers to floodplains
• Restoring water courses, for example re-meandering, reprofiling and deculverting stretches of rivers/streams historically straightened
• Instream and bank works to increase habitats and/or reduce flow, erosion, sediment wash out and reduce water temperature increases
• Increasing lowland ponds and other water and wetland habitats.