Welcome to the Moorland Forum’s Moorland Management Best Practice Guidance.

The guidance on this website is produced for farmers, gamekeepers and moorland management practitioners as part of a collaborative process by a range of experts, organisations and specialists in the Moorland Management Best Practice Guidance Steering Group. Working together, this group identifies priority areas for guidance, then shares the work of writing, editing and agreeing on best practice.

The Moorland Management Best Practice Guidance Group has evolved over many years in a number of different guises. In its current format, the group is focussed on a range of subjects to reflect the dynamic and ever-changing nature of moorland management. Chaired by an independent facilitator and supported by NatureSCOT, the group welcomes ideas for future guidance projects and suggestions on existing documents.

The group intends to conduct an annual review and update of all guidance on this website.