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We welcome articles, letters and photos for inclusion in Wild Land News. Please send any material to our Editor, James Fenton: james@swlg.org.uk
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Wild Land News 98 (Winter 2020/21)

Wilderness, Wild Land, Scenery & Landscape Tim Ambrose
Membership Matters Grant Cornwallis
Update on Glen Etive Hydro Scheme Jane Meek
Micro Hydro & Wild Land David Jarman
Shooting & Conservation Peter Ewing
Wild Land in the Anthropocene Andrew Painting 
Edited by James Fenton
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          Wild Land News 97 (Summer 2020)

              Editorial James Fenton
                The Glen Clova Hilltrack Saga Beryl Leatherland
                 National Planning Framework Beryl Leatherland
                 Wild Land and Mountains: The Mountaineers' View Davie Black
                 
The Wildness of the Galloway Hills James Fenton
                 
                 Edited by James Fenton
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Wild Land News 96 (Winter 2019/20)
Editorial James Fenton
Monitoring landscape changes to the hills Jim Robertson, Derek Sime
The upkeep of hill paths Andrew Painting
Rewilding: The Big Picture Conference Peter Ewing
Grouse Moors: The Revive coalition Beryl Leatherland 
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 Wild Land News 95 (Summer 2019)

Editorial James Fenton
Scotland's Landscape Alliance Beryl Leatherland
The Invasion of Sitka Spruce David Jarman
The wildness of the Flow Country Andrew Painting
What is meant by wild? James Fenton

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​    Wild Land News 94 (Winter 2018/19)

     Editorial
James Fenton
     The Glen Etive hydro schemes Bill Stephens
      Hilltracks campaign update Beryl Leatherland
      Obituary: David Batty ​Peter Willimott
      How wildness is lost James Fenton

      Edited by James Fenton
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Wild Land News 93 (Summer 2018)

Editorial James Fenton
Windfarms and the Scottish landscape Drennan Watson
The next generation of windfarms Beryl Leatherland
The Role of National Parks in Protecting Wild Land John Mayhew
Wildness in Torridon: a case study James Fenton
SWLG objection to Cairngorm artificial ski slope Beryl Leatherland
Lust for the eyes Andrew Painting

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Wild Land News 92 (Winter 2017/18)

Editorial Beryl Leatherland
Recent SWLG activity Beryl Leatherland
Mining a National Park Bill Stephens
National Scenic Areas and Wild Land James Fenton
Keep it Wild Mel Nicholl
The Outer Hebrides interconnector Danny Rafferty
The lure of wild land Andrew Painting
Book review  Bill Stephens

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Wild Land News 91 (Autumn 2017)

Editorial James Fenton
Update on recent SWLG activity Beryl Leatherland
SNH's Wild Land Areas & Government Policy James Fenton
Personal views on wild land SWLG Steering Team
Wind Turbines: Power vs Landscape High Voltage Interlink for Orkney? David Watson
Removal of the Beinn a'Bhuird track Andrew Painting
Book review: Out There - A Voice from the Wild by Chris Townsend Beryl Leatherland

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Wild Land News 90 (Spring 2017)

Editorial George Charles
Bringing beavers back from extinction Louise Ramsay
Some words from Alec Finlay
Research by three biologist colleagues with Iain Shepard Adam Watson, Alexander D Walker and Rodney E Heslop
SWLG's objection to the construction of a hydro scheme on the East Glenquoich Estate on the Allt Fearna Beryl Leatherland
Review - A Farewell to Ice: a report from the Arctic Peter Wadhams

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Wild Land News 89 (Autumn 2016)

Editorial George Charles
The Benefits of Woodland: Unlocking the Potential of the Scottish Uplands  Helen Armstrong and Forest Policy Group
Wild Land Areas John Low  
HILLTRACKS – AN UPDATE   [and  a plea for help with information gathering!] Beryl Leatherland
Hydro Schemes:  Saviours of the Planet or  Destroyers of Wildness?  James Fenton
349 Views of Scotland by David Squires (Review) Beryl Leatherland
Sixty seven North Pete Ewing

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Wild Land News 88 (Winter 2015/2016)
Editorial George Charles
Keep Rannoch Wild Douglas Whynn
Proposed Hydro Scheme at Ardessie Burn James Fenton
Objection to Cnoc an Eas Wind Farm Peter Ewing
The biggest native tree plantation in Scotland! Jeremy Fenton
Scottish Snow - 2015 Iain Cameron
Nyvaig Tales Geoff Salt
Thoughts on W.H.Murray's 'Effects of Mountaineering on Men' George Charles

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Wild Land News 87 (Spring/Summer 2015)

Editorial Calum Brown
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Standing up for Wild Land Helen McDade, John Muir Trust
Respecting Scotland’s Mountains The Mountaineering Council of Scotland
The Myth of Renewables Anthony Trewavas
The Munro Society -  Mountain Reporting David Batty, The Munro Society
Upon the Ribbon of Wildness Peter Wright
Land Reform SWLG
Building Scotland’s Biggest Estate Mike Stevens
The Hebridean Islands National Park David Woodhouse & David Pollard
Scotland's Green Gold Revisited David Woodhouse
Book review  Ramble On by Sinclair McKay - John Milne
The Wilderness of the South Atlantic James Fenton
My Wild Land Michael Burke

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Wild Land News 86 (Autumn 2014)

Editorial  Calum Brown
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Walking the Tay River catchment Stefan Durkacz
Managing for Wilderness?  Ken Brown
Grouse Moor Management Pete Ewing
A History of Glenlyon's Woodland (Part 3) Tom Beels
To the Isles John Milne
Glen Lyon in Winter Jamie Grant
Book Review: Running Wild by Mike Tomkies Beryl Leatherland
My Wild Land: Journey to the Ends of the Earth Jamie Grant

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Wild Land News 85 (Summer 2014)

Editorial  Calum Brown
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Land value taxation  John Digney
Deer management and rewilding Pete Ewing
Wild land mapping Johnathan Agnew
Scottish woodlands George Charles
Wild land and rewilding James Fenton
Landscape and song Geordie McIntyre
The rape of the glens: rewilding on the defensive Ken Brown
Hill tracks and the future of Scottish landscapes Calum Brown
Power from wind and water? Geoff Moore
Book review - Reading the Gaelic Landscape
My wild land Geoff Salt

Edited and designed by Calum Brown
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Wild Land News 84 (Autumn 2013)

Editorial  Calum Brown
Coordinator's Report John Milne
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Geodiversity and Scottish wild land  Simon Cuthbert
Scotland's Geodiversity Charter Angus Miller & Simon Cuthbert
Australian outback meets Scottish Highlands Mike Stevens
SWLG consultation responses
Book review - A Saga of Sea Eagles
Unfinished Business - National Parks in Scotland John Mayhew
The History of Glenlyon's woodlands: part 2 Tom Beels
Wildness and the new bridge at Braemar Joe Dorward
The Braemar bridge: a response to Joe Dorward George Charles
Highland Perthshire Communities Land Trust: Don Coillich Tim Fison
Letters
Walking the Tay catchment Stefan Durkacz

Edited and designed by Calum Brown
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Wild Land News special issue: Wind farms gone wild

A summer 2013 special edition of Wild Land News focusing on wind farms is available to read or buy online.
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Wild Land News 82 (Autumn 2012)

Comment  Calum Brown
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Raptor persecution: 'a national disgrace'  Bob McMillan
Scotland's green gold  David Woodhouse
Scottish wildcat on brink of extinction
The wild Monadhliath no more  Neil MacKenzie
The history of Glenlyon's woodlands  Tom Beels
SWLG responses on hill tracks and wind farms
The Aarhus Convention & energy policy  John Milne
Aarhus, wind farms & public accountability Christine Metcalfe
Fear makes the wolf seem bigger than he is Chrissie Valluri
The SWLG is 30 years young  Tim Ambrose
My Wild Land: wild land poetry  John Milne

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Wild Land News 81 (Summer 2012)

Comment  Calum Brown
The Tay Beavers  Louise Ramsay
Garbh Coire refuge - should it stay or should it go?  George Charles
Woodlands through the mists... of time  Simon Rennie
A conversation with Jim Crumley  John Milne
The rising tide of windfarm development  Calum Brown
The Scottish butterfly and the human landscape  Naomi Sackett
Bumblebees, pesticides and wild land  Penelope Whitehorn
Ultramontanes and Salvationists  George Charles
My Wild Land: Ard-na-what?  Chrissie Valluri
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Wild Land News 80 (Spring 2012)

Comment Calum Brown
The Cairngorms Legal Challenge Tim Ambrose
Mar Lodge Independent Review - what now for wild deer and wild land? Mike Daniels
Wild land set to disappear under blanket of bracken? Calum Brown
Wild land or waste land? Ken Brown
SLWG response to Woodland Expansion Advisory Group consultation 
Planned wind farm on Ben Wyvis Leo Sharratt
Book review: 'The Great Wood' by Jim Crumley John Milne
29 years ago: How wild is wild? Jim Crumley
The lost world of Dundreggan Calum Brown
News Holly Deary

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Wild Land News 79 (Autumn 2011)

Comment Calum Brown
Cairngorms new town appeal Tim Ambrose
Glen Affric - a living link with an ancient past David Jardine
Return of the wild at Dundreggan Alan Watson Featherstone
Assessing the 'community right to buy' Dr Calum Macleod
Obfuscating fog, searing clarity and Bogha-Cloiche George Charles
Rum and Irvine Butterfield Roderick Manson
My wild land Phil Turner

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  Wild Land News 78 (Spring 2011)

    Comment   Calum Brown
    Dunmaglass Windfarm   Calum Brown
    Wild land threatened in Glen Lyon   Jamie Grant
    England's woodlands for sale?   Ken Brown
    Leave the hills alone   David Craig
    Nature Kindergartens   Christiane Valluri
    Review of 'The Poor Had No Lawyers'   John Digney
    Review of 'The Carrifran Wildwood Story'   Nick Kempe
    News   Holly Deary
    Grizzly Adams and Me   Glyn Jones

    Edited by Calum Brown.  Design by Ania Kociolek.
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  Wild Land News 77 (Autumn 2010)

    Comment  Rob Mc Morran
    What have we done in 2010? Rob Mc Morran
    Protecting wilderness and wild land in the EU  Olli Olaja
    Exploring Europe's most undisturbed areas of nature  Edit Borza
    Wild land research gathers momentum  Steve Carver
    What makes wild land wild?  Dennis Smith
    My wild land  Tommy McManmon

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  Wild Land News 76 (Summer 2010)

    Comment  Rob Mc Morran
    Rewilding in Scottish Conservation: is there room for it?  Calum Brown
    Wild Landscapes - new ways forward - Wild land conference report
    Report on Hill Tracks
    Glenmorie Windfarm Exhibition: a report  Geoff Moore
    Wild Land: a mind map  George Charles
    Response to ‘Beauly Denny. The case for’  Jo Cumming
    My wild land  Frances Pothecary

    Edited by Jayne Glass and Calum Brown. Design by Ania Kociolek.
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  Wild Land News 75 (Spring 2010)

    Comment  Rob Mc Morran
    Act now to stop the spread of hill tracks  Calum Brown
    Carrifran, ecological restoration and the Wildwood Group  Philip Ashmole
    Environmental Change Network in the Cairngorms National Park: 10 years and counting  Chris Andrews
    Beauly-Denny: Goodbye wild Highlands
    Windfarms and bats: a need for research and mitigation measures  Roger Cottis
    A story of wild land  Robert Russel
    The Great Renewables Lie  Geoff Moore
    Major wild land conference near Perth
    Back to basics: what is the SWLG?  Tim Ambrose
    My wild land  Heather Morning

    Edited by Jayne Glass and Rob Mc Morran.
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