 There are four species of plants which are on the World Conservation Union’s (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species, and there are 27 nationally scarce varieties of plants within the Site of Special Scientific Interest.In 2005 and 2006 the firm Airtricity proposed to build a 25-turbine wind farm at Invercassly, 22 kilometres south east of the mountain.Protesters used Ben More Assynt in their arguments against the project, saying that the wind farm would have a detrimental effect on the view from the mountain and the sense of wilderness would be greatly reduced.