"This expert group will help us achieve that and identify how we can better manage our wild deer in the lowlands, and whether improvements can be made"

Professor Steve Albon, an Honorary Research Associate of the James Hutton Institute, has been appointed a member of a new expert panel established by Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) to examine complex issues related to deer management in the Scottish lowlands.

The group will look at the nature of deer impacts and examine how best to involve and work collaboratively with private landowners, agricultural interests, local authorities and other public agencies. Its work will contribute to the Scottish Government’s ongoing review of deer management across Scotland.

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This article was originally posted by The James Hutton Institute