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Planting trees is very fashionable these days, and most people think it is good conservation practice. Aside from replacing what our ancestors felled, there is also a halo of virtue because of carbon capture and global warming. Like all such fashions, however, there are specific considerations that can make a big difference to how much good is being done.

I suspect you had to read the title twice before continuing! The misinformation starts with the term “peatland burning ”. Let’s be clear from the outset – moorland managers undertake controlled burning to manage heather and implicitly not to burn the peat.

The Scottish Government is seeking views via a consultation on proposals to strengthen the law relating to the use of dogs to hunt and flush foxes and other wild mammals in Scotland.

We respond to a piece in The Field on the subject of shooting woodock.

We all believe in The Code of Good Shooting Practice, don’t we? Well, we certainly should, because it has been written by our representative organisations as set of principles that any decent sportsman or woman should not just accept, but embrace and promote.

With the Guardian reporting declines in rabbit populations and the importance of intervention in their management, we thought it the ideal time to reflect on how they’re getting on our Scottish demonstration farm.

It’s not a question I’ve ever asked before but, given the level of discourse about conservation on social media, it’s how I started my morning.

We are delighted to support the #LambforStAndrewsDay campaign and are equally pleased to know that 180 schools and 30,000 home economic pupils across Scotland have signed up to cook and eat Scotch Lamb on the day.

If eating game shot with lead were that dangerous, use of lead in shooting would have become illegal long ago.

Whether you are part of or manage a syndicate or larger shoot, it is vital at this time everything is organized for the smooth running of the shoot days.