Environmental rule breaking in Argyll’s commercial forests has polluted protected lochs, including one home to Scotland’s rarest freshwater fish, and put drinking water supplies at risk, the nation’s green watchdog has found.
Inspections by the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (Sepa) found foresters failing to protect waterways from pollution, leaving behind hundreds of plastic tree guards and burning, burying or abandoning waste.
Both “public and private drinking water supplies continue to be put at risk” from forestry operations, Sepa reported.
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