First start....maybe read this wikipedia article?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caledonian_Forest

and a scan of this one, as this organization is dear to my heart!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_S...ction_of_Birds

and a quick look-over of this one:

http://www.treesforlife.org.uk/tfl.contents2.html

and then a review of this text from the first wikipedia article:

"In recent years, there has been a growing interest to reintroduce lost animals back into Caledonian pine forests, and to this end corporations have been set up to persuade the government to let them be re-introduced. The long-running campaign to reintroduce European beavers to Knapdale in Argyll appears to have been successful[3] and there is growing support for the reintroduction of the Grey Wolf[4] and Eurasian Lynx.

Recently, there has also been interest over Scottish landowners who are planning to build large game reserves on their land and release the species that are, at present, extinct. Paul Lister plans to release Eurasian Lynx, Brown Bear, Grey Wolf, Elk, Wild Boar and species already present in Scotland into a huge 200 square kilometre enclosure at his estate, Alladale, due for completion in 2009. A trial enclosure (5.5 km˛) will be built this year and Elk, Wild Boar, Red Deer and Roe Deer will be released into it this year and next."

I'm curious what people think about this, particularly Scots and people living in Scotland. Of course, I'm hoping Jock Scot will write voluminously here, on his thoughts and insights.