New Gaelic legislation 'a real turning point'

Issue 13 is available for download now from the bottom of this post or you can get a paper copy from any of these shops.

For this issue we lead with our interview with Mairead Bush, Gaelic Development Officer at the Wester Ross Biosphere. We're pleased to publish our first bilingual 10 questions feature. Mairead answers 5 questions twice for us - once in Gaelic and once in English.

Also in this issue:

• Delay to muirburn licensing
• Gairloch Boat Club Regatta report
• The latest on the short-term let regulation debate
• A deep dive into Blue Hope Alliance’s maerl survey of Upper Loch Torridon
• In Memoriam: Dr Ian Blake
• Meter signal switch-off delay: what next?
• Harbour seals: Are they in peril?
• Peter's wildlife column
• More than 3 pages of local jobs
• The best local directory and What’s On guide

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