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Badenoch and Strathspey Conservation Group
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Highland council accused of causing ‘potentially criminal’ damage to native forest
Highland Council has been accused by conservationists of causing potentially criminal damage to native trees at Loch Morlich.
Developer backed by Fergus Ewing required to replant wrecked pinewood
A hotel developer backed by the rural economy minister, Fergus Ewing, has been forced to restore an ancient pinewood illegally felled in the Cairngorms national park.
Fergus Ewing under fire for ‘conflict of interest’ over felled pinewood
Leaked emails prompt accusations that the rural economy minister, Fergus Ewing, breached the ministerial code of conduct by intervening in a planning dispute in the Cairngorms.
Bid to control hill tracks scarring the highlands
A move to impose tougher controls on landowners scarring hillsides by bulldozing tracks for deer stalking and grouse shooting has been launched in the Scottish Parliament.
Rare Scottish wildlife left without legal protection
Scottish ministers have not given legal protection to ten endangered species, including four insects, two plants, two seahorses and water voles.