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Walking the Talk is a small environmental consultancy offering services in a number of specialist areas throughout Scotland, and beyond. We have a wide range of clients in the public, private and third sectors, and the following list of projects should give you an idea of our skills and capacity:

Barriers to Participation

We have been contracted by Perth and Kinross Council (in partnership with sportscotland and Scottish Natural Heritage) to investigate the barriers to participation in 'active outdoor recreation' within Perth and Kinross.

Farming and the environment

Walking-the-Talk has been contracted by Scottish Natural Heritage to deliver a series of awareness-raising events and advisory visits for farmers in the Savoch burn / Loch of Strathbeg catchment area near Fraserburgh.
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Windyhills community woodlands management plan

We have been contracted by the Woodhead and Windyhills Community Trust to produce a management plan for 2010 - 2015 for the Windyhills community woodlands. This will include consultation with Trust members, the local community and other stakeholders as well as preparing the plan and future work programme.

Guidance for Habitat Networks

Client: Scottish Natural Heritage

Contract Summary: We have been contracted to develop guidance for a range of audiences to explain some of the concepts in spatial ecology, focusing particularly on ecological networks.

Scottish Community Land Network

Client: Highlands and Islands Enterprise

Summary: Facilitation of the Scotland-wide network of community groups with an interest in Community Land Initiatives. This involves the design and management of a web portal, with monthly newsletters sent by email to subscribers. The newsletters are a digest of the articles produced for the website and provide an overview of network members' activities on the site.

The website can be found at : www.communityland.org.uk

Afon Teifi river restoration project

Client: Countryside Council for Wales

Summary: Production of a programme of works and two funding bids for a large-scale river restoration project. This work included assembling a database of potential project actions, liaising with key stakeholders and project partners to establish a coherent project plan and completing funding applications for the finalised project.

Mountain woodlands - best practice guidance

We have been contracted by the Action for Mountain Woodlands group to write the text for a new best-practice handbook on managing mountain woodlands. This will include information on what mountain woodlands are and how land-managers can contribute to their restoration.

Path Attributes Research

Client: Scottish Natural Heritage

Summary: We have been commissioned to undertake research on 'Path Attributes'. The research will look at ways of describing paths in a 'standard format' so that people can gauge for themselves whether a path is suitable or interesting to use. This work involves engaging with a wide spectrum of path users and hopefully people who don't currently use paths. In addition we will work with path managers to find out how practical it can be to produce the descriptions.

Visitor impacts on the Loch Lomond islands

Client: Loch Lomond & Trossachs National Park Authority

Summary: Working in partnership with Macaulay Scientific Consulting Ltd and Paul Johnson, we are helping the National Park Authority to better understand the impacts of visitors on the ecology of a number of islands on Loch Lomond.

Path Management Advice

Client: Scottish Natural Heritage & Cairngorms National Park Authority

Summary: We are part of a framework agreement to provide specialist advice on path management, including specifcation of repair works and Health and Safety considerations (e.g. compliance with Construction Design Management Regulations, 2007)

Path benefits toolkit

Client: Paths for All Partnership

Summary: We developed a toolkit to allow community groups to undertake evaluations of path networks to investigate the economic and social benefits of path development and use. In addition, we provided strategic advice to the Partnership regarding their support to community path groups.

Arran Paths and Tracks Feasibility Study

Client: Arran Access Trust

Summary: We were commissioned to undertake field survey of paths across Arran and develop proposals for future funding. This involved both strategic and specification surveying techniques as well as community engagement in the selection of paths for inclusion in a project.