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Ill wind threatens literary heartland
It is a quiet landscape of dramatic beauty which was immortalised by one of Scotland’s most famous authors.
But Dunbeath Strath, through which runs the Highland river of the title of one of Neil Gunn’s best-loved works, has become the focus of the debate on whether wind farms are a boon or a blight on the land.
The area, described as one of Europe’s last true wildernesses, is an environmentally important stretch of sparsely populated bog and moorland.
January 7, 2007
by Nick Drainey
in The Scotsman
It is a quiet landscape of dramatic beauty which was immortalised by one of Scotland’s most famous authors.
But Dunbeath Strath, through which runs the Highland river of the title of one of Neil Gunn’s best-loved works, has become the focus of the debate on whether wind farms are a boon or a blight on the land.
The area, described as one of Europe’s last true wildernesses, is an environmentally important stretch of sparsely populated bog and moorland.
But the Scottish Executive is to consider an application for a £35m wind farm to be built there which could potentially create... [continue via Web link]
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