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OAS Policy 8: Managing Outdoor Access at Popular Countryside
Sites

1. Active management measures should continue to be applied and monitored at
popular recreational sites in the Cairngorms National Park so as to maximise visitor
enjoyment, safeguard health and safety, maintain or enhance the quality of the
environment and to minimise the adverse effects of recreational use. The
Management for People system (SNH, 2004) should be used at popular countryside
sites within the Park where possible. In relation to camping at unmanaged sites the
policy in the Cairngorms National Park is based on the following principles:
	a) Positive management measures should be adopted to discourage roadside
	camping (except in the circumstances prescribed in the Scottish Outdoor
	Access Code);
	b) Promoting the provision of suitable managed facilities for camping – especially
	in and around those areas where there is demand and/or where current
	unmanaged camping is causing problems;
	c) Direct involvement of the relevant ranger service in the area to provide
	assistance to land managers where there are problems;
	d) Development, in association with land managers and appropriate
	representative bodies, of signage and other written material that explains the
	problems and encourages responsible behaviour.