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Your chance to plan St Kilda’s Future This summer the MOD's proposals for the Hebrides Range put the future of St Kilda to the fore. We were already planning our next Management Plan, which sets out our goals for the next 5 years together with a longer term vision, but this was all put on hold until a decision was made. Now we feel we can proceed and we need your input. We would like to hear from you what issues you feel need to be addressed in the new management plan and we would also like to hear your opinions on a number of issues that the Trust and partners have identified. Please read the St Kilda stakeholder consultation paper and let us know your responses on the Reply Form, answering as many or few questions as you wish. Or you can download the form here and send it to: Vicky Cairns St Kilda WHS Management Planner The National Trust for Scotland 28 Charlotte Square Edinburgh EH2 4ET If you have any difficulty downloading either document, please email StKildaConsultation@nts.org.uk and we will email the documents to you. All consultation responses will be collated and analysed and a report summarising the findings published on the St Kilda pages of the National Trust for Scotland website www.nts.org.uk and also on the St Kilda website www.kilda.org.uk All responses received by 18 January 2010 will help the Trust and its partners write the first draft of the new St Kilda World Heritage Site Management Plan. If you would like to read our current Management Plan click here. Or come along in person to our community consultations, these are being held in Harris and Benbecula on the following dates: Isle of Harris – Harris Hotel, Tarbert   Monday, 23rd November, 6 – 9pm   Tuesday, 24th November, 12.30 – 9pm Isle of Benbecula - Museum nan Eilean, Sgoil Lionacleit   Wednesday, 25th November, 6 – 9pm   Thursday, 26th November, 12.30 – 9pm The consultations are being run as drop in sessions and members of the community are invited to join us at any time during the consultation. No formal public meeting is planned. In addition on Tuesday, 24th November at 7.30pm at the Harris Hotel, Tarbert, Robin Turner, Head of Archaeology at the National Trust for Scotland will be giving a talk on ‘Outstanding Universal Value’: How St Kilda became a dual World Heritage Site. On Thursday, 26th November at 7.30pm at Museum nan Eilean, Sgoil Lionacleit, Richard Luxmoore, Senior Nature Conservation Advisor at the National Trust for Scotland will be giving a talk on St Kilda’s seabirds: What can they tell us about climate change?

Replies 1. What makes St Kilda special to you? 1.1 What makes St Kilda important to you? 2. Biosecurity – introduced species 2.1 How best do you think we can convey this message? 2.2 What information sources should we ensure it is included in? 2.3 Who should we be working with to convey this message? 3. Coastal erosion 3.1 What do you think of the existing coastal defences in Village Bay? 3.2 Do you think we should reinforce the existing coastal defences to prevent any further loss of the cultural heritage from coastal erosion or allow nature to take its course? 3.3 If the Featherstore cannot be saved, should it be left to be destroyed by the sea or should we move it? 4. Marine environment 4.1 What do you see as the major threats facing the marine environment around St Kilda? 4.2 How do you think they should be protected, if at all? 4.3 Who should be involved in reviewing and potentially enhancing the protection of the seas around the archipelago? 5. Visitors 5.1 Have you visited St Kilda? Yes No 5.2 If yes, was it: On a day visit from the Western Isles On a cruise ship On a private yacht As a member of a Work Party For work reasons, eg stationed there with the army or employed as a civilian contractor Other, please specify 5.3 If no, do you have any plans to visit the archipelago? Yes No If you have visited more than once, please tick all the appropriate boxes 6. Visitor numbers 6.1 How do we make sure that an increase in visitor numbers does not impact on the visitor experience nor the natural nor cultural heritage? 7. Access 7.1 Have you visited the St Kilda websites – www.kilda.org.uk or www.hiort.org.uk? Yes No 7.2 What information were you looking for and did you find it? 7.3 How could the website be improved? 7.4 Would you welcome a web-cam or do you feel it would detract from the islands sense of isolation and remoteness? 7.5 If yes to 7.4, what elements of the natural and cultural heritage would you like to see on the web-cam? 7.6 What other ways could access to the islands be improved? 8. Facilities 8.1 What do you think of the visitor facilities at present? 8.2 What visitor facilities would you wish to see on Hirta? 9. MOD buildings 9.1 What significance do the MOD buildings within Village Bay hold for you, if any? 9.2 What do you think should happen to the present buildings if the MOD and their contractors no longer require them? 10. Funding 10.1 What do you think of the idea to charge a modest fee for use of the pier? 10.2 What ideas do you have about ways in which the Trust could raise the necessary funds for the ongoing conservation and management of the islands’ heritage and enabling greater access to it? 11. Wider benefits 11.1 How could St Kilda be of greater economic and social benefit to the communities of the Western Isles? 12. Other Issues 12.1 What other issues do you have concerning St Kilda? We are keen to hear everyone’s opinions and suggestions about how we could improve our management of the islands in the future. We are keen to hear everyone’s opinions and suggestions about how we could improve the management of the islands in the future. If you have any views on these or any other issues, please send them to Vicky Cairns, St Kilda Management Planner, the National Trust for Scotland, 28 Charlotte Square, Edinburgh EH2 4ET or email StKildaConsultation@nts.org.uk. Views are welcome at any time and comments received by 18 January 2010 will help the Trust and its partners write the first draft of the new St Kilda Management WHS Plan. Contact Details It would be very useful for the Trust to have the contact details of those that take part in the consultation in case we want to get in touch in the future. However this is entirely optional. None of the comments from this consultation will be attributed in the final report following the consultation; no names will be referred to in the management plan and your contact details will not be passed on to any outside organisation. Name: Email address: Postal address: