Photo: Trust for Public Land
The Plock of Kyle, on the west coast of Scotland, is a microcosm of Scotland. The 60-acre (24-hectare) plot, which boasts roe deer, otters, lizards, eels and a huge array of insects and birds, is part of a small but significant global trend of land once used for golf being turned back over to nature. In 2019, the trust which owned the land passed it to the local Kyle of Lochalsh Community Trust, and the main green is now managed as a permanent wildflower meadow with over 80 species of flowering plants. In 2018, The Trust for Public Land (TPL), a US non-profit, bought the 157-acre (64-hectare) San Geronimo Golf Course in California and worked to restore the ecosystem of the endangered coho salmon. TPL has used a similar model of restoration and transfer to public ownership with several other golf courses.
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