Introduction to the Cairngorms National Park's Cairngorms Moorland Project Introduction to the Cairngorms Moorland Project
Moorland People: land ownership, game keeping, farming information and the moorland year Moorland People: land ownership, game keeping, farming information and the moorland year
Moorland Culture: pastimes, herbalism & medicinal plants, moorland produce, poetry, stories from the moors and the moorland vocabulary Moorland Culture: pastimes, herbalism & medicinal plants, moorland produce, poetry, stories from the moors and the moorland vocabulary
Moorland is any open land that has not been planted for forestry or improved for agriculture (although it may still be used for grazing).

Just over 2000 of the 3 800 square kilometres within the Cairngorms National Park are classed as moorland (54%). 		Heather moorland is an unusual habitat because human beings
created and maintain it.

Moorland is therefore not a habitat threatened by human activity but rather one that exists because of it!
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