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Campaigners object to another windfarm planned on national park doorstep

A campaign group that includes outdoor luminaries has lodged a formal objection to a proposed windfarm.

German power firm loses Round One of Allt Duine windfarm battle

Opponents of a proposed windfarm in the Highlands welcomed a local council’s rejection of the plans.

The great outdoors in 2011: the year in view

Our customary look-back at the past year provides a mix of triumph and controversy; tragedy and humour, with a few heroic acts.

Anti-windfarm demo is planned for next week

A demonstration against a planned windfarm postponed from last month will now go ahead next week. Save the Monadhliath Mountains campaigners said t...

Outdoor writers' and photographers' work recognised in awards

More than a dozen outdoor writers and photographers gained awards for their work at a recent gathering in Snowdonia.

Writers join campaign to stop 'a windfarm too far'

Two leading outdoors writers have thrown their weight behind a campaign to stop a windfarm being built 400m outside a national park.

To climb or not to climb: survey leaves munrobaggers with dilemma

Munrobaggers close to finishing their round with an eye on the remote Fisherfield Forest may wish to delay their project as uncertainty surrounds the status of one of the listed peaks.

Outdoors bodies say politicians must act to control hill-track spread

Outdoors campaigners say the Scottish Government must act now to control the spread of controversial vehicle tracks across the country’s wild lands.

Outdoor groups say: quiz election candidates on wild land

Outdoor bodies are calling on electors to put the country’s wild lands on the political agenda in the run up to polls for members of the Scottish Parliament, Welsh Assembly and Northern Ireland Assembly.

Whisky and walking combine in guidebook launch

Outdoor enthusiasts are being invited to meet guidebook authors and sample malt whisky at an event in July.

Windfarm planning bosses urged to boot up to visit Highland site

Outdoor campaigners have criticised councillors who plan to make a site visit to a controversial windfarm site – by going to a railway more than 10 miles away.

Let's value our mountains, says council head as windfarm decision nears

Scotland’s upland landscape is at risk of being sacrificed to commercial, interests, the head of the country’s mountain body said.

Last-minute stocking fillers for outdoors fans

Looking for a last-minute gift for the outdoor enthusiast in your life? We have a few pointers to stocking fillers for outdoor fans...

Controversial Highland windfarm hearing postponed

A planning hearing into the proposed building of 31 wind turbines in the Highlands has been postponed.

New Scots mountaineering head pledges to tackle threat to landscape

The new president of Scotland’s representative mountaineering body said he shares his predecessor’s fears for the country’s upland landscape in the face of increased development.

Mountain body upbeat on safety as incidents drop to 30-year low

The number of mountain rescue incidents in Scotland has fallen to a 30-year-low, according to the representative body for climbers, hillwalkers and mountaineers.

Scottish watershed walks spark debate

Peter Wright's book of his Scottish watershed walk has prompted debate among the hillwalking community .

Walkers and mountain bikers urged to join rally against sell-offs

Outdoor enthusiasts are being urged to show their opposition to Government plans to privatise large tracts of the Lake District’s forests by joining a rally next weekend.