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Fears national park could be encircled by wind farms

OPPOSITION is gathering to the prospect of three wind farms being given the go-ahead around the north western edge of Scotland's largest national park.

Tranquil: Campaigners have urged ministers to think again about the current assumption in favour of wind farms in the mountain landscape. Picture: Mike Scott/Redpoint Photo
Tranquil: Campaigners have urged ministers to think again about the current assumption in favour of wind farms in the mountain landscape. Picture: Mike Scott/Redpoint Photo

Mountaineering groups and campaigners fear the sense of wildness enjoyed by visitors to the Cairngorms National Park will be destroyed by the sight of more than 70 proposed turbines across three locations.

As they consider the go-ahead for the schemes, Scottish ministers have been urged to think again about the current assumption in favour of large scale wind farms anywhere in the mountain landscape.