THE SCOTTISH HIGHLAND ESTATE: PRESERVING AN ENVIRONMENT. By Michael Wigan.

1991 1st edition. Square 4to (196 x 252mm). Pp160. Colour photographs by Glyn Satterley, bibliography. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt.

"The Highland estate is under threat - and with it is disappearing an ecological balance. Sometimes critical of Highland landlords [the author], examines conservation, employment and economics on that often misunderstood entity, the Highland sporting estate". Chapters include: The Long History; Sporting use in the Highlands; Grouse and management for grouse; Stalking and the stalker; Hill farming; Salmon; Trout; Other activities; Forestry; Politics, sporting use and access; The Dun Tenants of the Waste; Managing the silver harvest; Looking at the ground; Realities and alternatives; The challenge for sporting use; Bibliography.