All Change

At the Annual Business Meeting in May, Simon Blackett was elected president as Christopher Badenoch had been advised to stand down for medical reasons.

Simon is the factor at Invercauld Estate near Braemar and had been the North East Regional Chairman for many years.

Chris Badenoch remains on Council as Immediate past President.

William Crawford and Pat Hunter-Blair were elected as Vice Presidents

Gavin Strachan also stood down as Editor of Scottish Forestry after he was head hunted for a job in the oil industry.

Dr Jenny Johnson has been appointed in his place.  The Winter edition highlights some of the Society changes this year and will be out at the end of December.

Jenny previously edited the journal in the early 1990s.  She has recently been dealing with problems arising from SRDP for SNH.  She will probably find editing the journal light relief!