Ayrshire Rivers Trust
working to improve and preserve our rivers
Research
ART conducts research on all manner of riparian issues, primarily; invasive weed control, native plant regrowth, water quality, fish populations, salmon egg survival, river habitat.
Fishing
ART work alongside District Salmon Fishing Boards, Angling Clubs, local businesses, and riparian owners to provide advice and encourage responsible management across all catchments.
Education
ART are keen to engage the youth of today by providing environmental education to primary school children. ART have run a number of projects to date, and hope to secure funding for education in 2014.
Conservation
All of ART's work and projects revolve around conservation of Ayrshire's riparian habitats and the species they support. See the above tab for more details.
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The aim of the Trust is to promote and support initiatives designed to conserve, enhance and develop our fisheries and rivers for the enjoyment of both current and future generations.
We achieve our objectives by providing advice, carrying out research, and practical skills to protect and enhance the freshwater rivers and their surrounding habitat.
These are the main projects Ayrshire Rivers Trust are currently working on:
- Invasive Weeds - survey and mapping of the Ayrshire watercourses;
- Barrier Removal - improving passage for migratory fish across catchments;
- Fishery Management - recommend actions to resolve or improve problem areas.
The main rivers presently covered by the Ayrshire Rivers Trust are, from north to south, the following:
There are also several smaller watercourses, including the Gogar Water and Noddsdale Burn in North Ayrshire, the Pow Burn between the Ayr and the Irvine and the Water of Lendal in South Ayrshire.
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The smolt run is upon us again and we are seeing numbers of smolts increasing at Catrine Dam again this year. Since the small amount of rain we had last […] More
Ronald Campbell from the Tweed foundation recently sent me an extract from a book called Fish and Fishing in the Lone Glens of Scotland which provided the author Robert Knox’s […] More
We had an interesting sort of morning looking at erosion on the lower Irvine with a view to suggesting solutions to Irvine Angling Club who are concerned about bank loss […] More
We visited Darvel today to again see if we can find something that may help salmon and trout migrate beyond the Dam that lies just upstream of Ranoldcoup Bridge. We’ve […] More
While on the Girvan yesterday looking at a potential site suitable for a green engineering solution to cut erosion, we became aware that there was slurry spreading going on nearby […] More
Giant hogweed is developing along the rivers slightly earlier than last year and we estimate the onset of spring is at least 2 week ahead of last year. I checked […] More
