Jury of environmental

Anne Stuart

      Anne Stuart has lived in Angus most of my life and have always had a keen interest in wildlife.She was educated at Brechin High School and then at St Andrews University where she took an M A degree. She went to Manchester, then, to train as a teacher of the deaf. She taught deaf children all her working life. Anne is now involved with deaf adults through the Arbroath and District Lip-reading Group She has lived in London, in Kent and in Tasmania - that was where she started to take an interest in ecology. She realised that everything on the planet is so interconnected that any change creates a ripple effect and no-one can be sure how this will affect widlife or the environment in general. When she retired she joined Friends of the Earth Tayside and became their secretary. She particularly enjoy taking part in practical activities such as the annual beach clean-up. She has always enjoyed film and go to the cinema as often as she can. She is also a keen gardener and, with her husband, take pride in growing as much of their own food as possible.

Fred Connacher

Frederick Conacher was born 1965 and educated in Dundee.His Forestry Career started in Camperdown Park with the Parks Department under a Youth Opportunities Programme for L25/week! Real work started for two and a half years pre-college work with the Forestry Commi -ssion based in Tentsmuir Forest, Fife. Then followed two years in Inverness at the Scottish School of Forestry and one more year with the Forestry Commission at Glen Branter Cowal District, Argyll cul -minating with an HND in Forestry. As a fully fledged forester He started in the Northern Ireland Forestry Service as the East Fermanagh Harvesting Forester but soon returned back to Dundee Parks Department to work as an Assistant urban forester for 9 years then moved to Angus Council as their Tree Officer where He is to date. With his wife they share life long interests in many outdoor activities includ -ing, hill-walking, conservation volunteering, Scouting, rustic wood working, wildlife and plant conservation work, canoeing, sailing and more recently entertaining and educating their 3 year old daughter in the great outdoors.