Schnews writes on Dalkeith Park in its current issue 25th November 2005 - Issue 522. It also mentions nuclear power in this issue and Colin Macleod, founder of the M77 protest camp Pollock Free State and Gal Gael, who died last week of a heart attack. http://www.schnews.org.uk/ COM-BAT STATIONS Help is needed urgently from now until the end of November to save 700 trees and hibernating bats at the Dalkeith Country Park near Edinburgh. Conservation laws prevent trees being cut after the end of November if they have bats in them, as this enters their hibernating season - making this week critical. The protest camp at the site was issued court papers this Tuesday for an eviction hearing today (Nov 25th), but either way if enough people are down there over the next week to prevent the three camps being evicted, the area will get a reprieve. People and equipment (locks, ropes, tarps, etc.) are needed NOW. The proposed Dalkeith Northern Bypass will cut in two the 850 acre park that serves as a valuable wildlife habitat and is visited by 50,000 people annually. Contact: Dalkeith Protest Site Phone: 07783 904369. More info: www.save-dalkeith-park.org.uk ----------- KILT STATUS Earlier this month Colin Macleod, founder of the M77 protest camp Pollock Free State and Gal Gael, died last week of a heart attack. He was aged 39. Colin MacLeod, was a dreadlocked anti-motorway protestor who inspired a kilted clan of eco-warriors from their tree-top protest houses into establishing a Gaelic-based movement for cultural renewal in inner-city Glasgow. His cult status in the city meant that the police had to close the streets in Govan to allow 600 mourners to follow his homemade coffin and attend his funeral. http://www.schnews.org.uk/