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 campaigns on the wider political issues
• SWLG makes detailed contributions to national and local government proposals
• SWLG responds to individual developments
• SWLG believes in action - not reaction
• 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

Letters to the WLN Editor about wild land mapping: Excerpt of these letters are reproduced in WLN 73 - read them in full here.

What are your views on mapping wild land? Steve Carver’s article in WLN 72 explains the approach to wild land mapping in the Cairngorms... More

Latest edition of Wild Land News published: WLN number 72 hit the streets last week. This edition was edited by the new Membership Secretary, Grant Cornwallis and can be found here

Beauly Denny Landscape Group: Parliamentary Briefing published while Ministers are making final decisions on the Report of the Public Inquiry... More

EU Report on Wilderness December 2008: This report calls for wild land mapping across Europe and more research into the value and benefit of wild land protection... More

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