a LEaDING land reform campaigner and a noted conservationist are backing a small Highland community's efforts to run their own forest.  aigas Community Forest has until next June to raise GBP690,000 to buy the 700 acres of woodland at Lower Strathglass, Inverness-shire, after Forestry Commission Scotland agreed to sell.  The charity wants to create forest crofts, a small-scale timber production centre and a renewable energy scheme. It also wants to expand wildlife tourism in the area which is close to the renowned aigas Field Centre. The centre is run by Sir John Lister Kaye, who is supporting the forest purchase.  The community takeover is also backed by Professor Jim Hunter, a historian and active campaigner for land reform.  Sir John said: "I believe that imaginative community ownership would permit creative management of the forest for the best interests of conservation."