Openness in publication of Mar Lodge review applauded

Both the Association of Deer Management Groups (ADMG) and the East Grampian Deer Management Group have said that the National Trust for Scotland (NTS) must be applauded for its openness and willingness to make available the independent report on Mar Lodge Estate. Richard Cooke, Chairman, ADMG, says: “This has not been a comfortable examination for the Trust, since the report is highly critical of management at Mar Lodge Estate and of the way the Trust has communicated its land management plans and actions, particularly with its neighbours...

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ADMG welcomes Mar Lodge report findings

The Association of Deer Management Groups (ADMG), the organisation that represents deer managers in Scotland, has welcomed the report by the Mar Lodge Independent Review Panel published this week. Richard Cooke, ADMG Chairman, says: We welcome this thorough and balanced review which gives some very clear pointers, after years of difference and conjecture, over the future way forward at Mar Lodge that will enable the National Trust for Scotland (NTS) to pursue its objectives while at the same time not disadvantaging those other landholdings...

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