Ben Lomond from the east Photo: John Digney Loch Eil to Nevis Range from above Fassfern Photo: David Jarman A beautiful wintry day on Ben Vorlich Photo: Jayne Glass

The Scottish Wild Land Group works to protect and conserve wild land throughout Scotland, and has campaigned since 1982 on a wide range of issues. SWLG is in favour of sensitive development of rural areas where it is sustainable and takes account of the interests of local communities.

HELP US TO PROTECT AND CONSERVE SCOTLAND’S WILD LAND:

• SWLG raises awareness about the importance and value of wild land
  SWLG campaigns on the wider political issues
• SWLG makes detailed contributions to national and local government proposals
• SWLG responds to individual developments
• SWLG is a founder member of the Scottish Environment Link

SWLG aims to address issues affecting the wild land of Scotland, including its islands. Issues covered in recent years include:-

• insensitive hydro schemes and wind farms;
• proliferation of fencing;
• badly sited telecom masts;
• construction of bulldozed tracks for sport shooting;
• superquarries;
• transport in rural areas;
• land ownership;
• funicular railways;
• protection of the Cairngorms;
• adverse impact of mechanised downhill ski-ing;
• degradation of land by deer and sheep grazing;
• afforestation;
• access to the hills;
• fish farming and the marine environment.

We aim to push landscape issues much higher up the political agenda.

Latest News

Wild Land News 75 published (23 March 2010): The latest edition of our magazine, Wild Land News, will be landing on your doormats in the next week. Read the electronic version here.

MCofS launches Hill Tracks Campaign (25 Feb 2010): Act now to stop  uncontrolled development of unsightly hill tracks - sign the online petition. Read  more here.

SWLG joins calls to Minister to reopen Public Inquiry (23 Feb 2010): The Beauly Denny Landscape Group and Scotland Before Pylons have written to Jim Mather MSP to ask him to reopen the Public Local Inquiry into the Beauly Denny power-line. Click here for more.

Questionnaire about the 'meaning' of mountains (16 Feb 2010): Questionnaire about how  we perceive mountains. Click here for more.