And in England there are people who fight against those who are trying to restore the forest, because the island has clearly always been rolling hills of soft pasture.
A lot of highlands in the UK support large grouse shooting estates and / or sheep farming. They are wildlife deserts unless you are the sort of wildlife that supports a vested-interests business.
edit: for the inevitable "i dont get it" https://www.washington.edu/news/2017/11/15/what-counts-as-na... https://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/younger-generation-...
There's a reason Man vs Nature is a fundamental literary conflict even if we've long since pacified and destroyed the land around us.