- Offbeat
Scottish wildlife management exonerated by judicial review
BASC Scotland’s public affairs manager, Ross Ewing, explores what the ruling of the judicial review on beaver culling could mean for wildlife management in Scotland.
- Offbeat
What Scotland’s programme for government means for shooting
BASC Scotland’s public affairs manager, Ross Ewing, reflects on the key policies within Scotland’s newly unveiled programme for government.
- Offbeat
Election analysis: a new Scottish Government
BASC Scotland’s public affairs manager, Ross Ewing, explores what the next five years could mean for shooting as the new session of the Scottish Parliament gets underway.
- Features
Scottish election: manifesto analysis
Ahead of the Scottish elections on 6 May, Ross Ewing breaks down the party manifestos to expose how their policies will affect shooting and conservation.
- Offbeat
Lifeline: The story behind the Scottish country sports tourism restart fund
BASC Scotland’s public affairs manager, Ross Ewing, explores the significance of the recently announced £1M coronavirus fund to help Scotland’s country sports tourism sector.
- Latest news
Urgent support required for country sports tourism businesses – an open letter to the Scottish Government
BASC has written an open letter to the Scottish Government regarding the repeated exclusion of country sports businesses from coronavirus financial support in recent months.
- Offbeat
Grouse shoot licensing: Exposing the fragility of Scottish Government rural policy
BASC Scotland’s Ross Ewing explores how the outcome of the Scottish Government’s review of grouse moor management had been skewed to appease armchair conservationists.
- Offbeat
High and dry: Are MSPs disinterested in the plight of Scotland’s gamekeepers?
BASC’s Ross Ewing explores whether Scotland’s politicians care about the documented abuse facing the country’s gamekeepers.
- Offbeat
In the public interest: the glorious benefits of grouse moor management
In his latest blog, BASC’s political and press officer in Scotland, Ross Ewing, explores how the glorious benefits of grouse moor management in Scotland are firmly in the public interest.
