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East Lothian Countryside Management
and the East Lothian Countryside Ranger Service

Neil Clark

On 15th of April, 1970 Archie Mathieson was appointed East Lothian's first and Scotland's second countryside ranger. At that time the County Council managed a quarter of the coastline, boasted the first Local Nature Reserve in the United Kingdom and large coastal restoration and derelict land rehabilitation programmes were underway. 'A more mature practical countryman was needed to look after the countryside and help people enjoy it.' (Tindall, F P, 1998 p230)

The County Ranger was allocated a uniform consisting of breeches, a tweed Norfolk jacket and a deerstalker's waterproof hat. A Land Rover was provided and he was equipped with joiner's tools, scythe, hedge knife, bushman saw, and grappling iron.

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