230310CNPAPerfCttePaper4CapercaillieProject

This document contains an update on the Cairngorms Capercaillie Project for the Cairngorms National Park Authority's Performance Committee. It highlights progress in empowering communities, raising awareness, working with landowners, and developing a community-led conservation model. The project is generally on track, with positive work continuing in habitat improvement and predator management. An extension has been approved to ensure a strong legacy, with ongoing work to integrate the project's findings into future conservation efforts and to share these learnings with other organisations.