Scale and ownership
The entire management area extends to some 47,000 hectares and includes the RSPB’s Glencripesdale Reserve, the Rahoy Hills Nature Reserve (part-owned and managed by the Scottish Wildlife Trust and part-owned by Ardtornish Estate), properties owned and administered by the Forestry Commission Scotland (Barr, Savary, Fiunary and Mungosdail Forests) as well as 12 estates currently in private ownership.