Hostile Habitats: A Guide to Scotland’s Mountain Environment

Author Biography

Nick Kempe has been exploring Scotland’s mountains since the age of six and enjoys all forms of mountaineering. He has a keen interest in our relationship with the hills and has served as President of the Mountaineering Council of Scotland, Chair of Mountain Leader Training UK and a Board member of Scottish Natural Heritage, as it was then known. He maintains a strong interest in access rights, having represented mountaineers in the negotiations that led to the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003. He writes widely on the management of Scotland’s mountains and runs a campaigning blog, Parkswatch Scotland. Mark Wrightham has been a keen hillwalker, climber and off-road cyclist in the UK and beyond for 45 years, and has been active in various outdoor NGOs including Mountaineering Scotland and the John Muir Trust. After a spell as an upland ecologist, he worked for Scottish Natural Heritage and NatureScot for 24 years, latterly as Policy & Advice Manager, dealing with upland land use, wild land, protected areas and outdoor access. He was closely involved in launching Scotland’s outdoor access rights and was Secretary of the National Access Forum for the first 10 years after this landmark legislation. He retains a strong interest in upland vegetation ecology.