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about managed moorland in Scotland

This site has been set up by the Scottish Countryside Alliance Educational Trust as a guide to the most authoritative and up to date information on Scotland’s moorland.

It is intended for students and teachers, for journalists and policy makers – for anyone who cares about Scotland’s moorlands.

LATEST RESEARCH

Grouse shooting helps keep rural communities alive

Out-migration from communities in rural Scotland has been a problem recognised for generations. 

Now, the UK’s first social study of grouse shooting, commisioned by the Scottish Countryside Alliance Educational Trust and carried out by the Centre for Mountain Studies, Perth College Studies UHI, has revealed that the grouse industry significantly helps to address the problem faced by remote areas suffering this depopulation of young people.

The report indicated that a key benefit of the grouse shooting industry, apparent from both interviews and survey responses, was the contribution of gamekeepers and their families as active members of the community.

Click here to read the full press release

Click here to read the full report