Cross-Party Group on Sustainable Upland Management Tuesday 6 September 2022, 18.30-20.00 Minute Present MSPs Alexander Burnett MSP Paul McLennan MSP Invited guests Dr Penelope Whitehorn (Highlands Rewilding) Lianne MacLennan (Scotland’s Regional Moorland Groups) Mark Ewart (Scotland’s Regional Moorland Groups) Non-MSP Group Members Kaley Cochran (Office of Brian Whittle MSP) Ian Thomson (RSPB) Michael Thornton (Lothian & Borders Raptor Study Group) Patrick Krause (Scottish Crofting Federation) Peter Clark (BASC) Robbie Douglas Miller (The Hopes Estate) Ross Ewing (Scottish Land & Estates) Tim Baynes (Scottish Land & Estates) Stephen Young (Scottish Land & Estates) Simon Ritchie (Scottish Land & Estates) Apologies Chris Wernham (British Trust for Ornithology) Claudia Rowse (Naturescot) Davy McCracken (SRUC) Gemma Cooper (NFU Scotland) Helen Todd (Ramblers Scotland) Jake Swindells (Scottish Countryside Alliance) Max Wiszniewski (Revive) Mike Daniels (John Muir Trust) Nora Casey (RSPB) 1 Agenda item 1 Apologies were recorded as above.