CIRB – upcoming project events

Arran Weekend As mentioned in a previous post, ART staff will be on Arran for the weekend of the 17th and 18th of August to train local volunteers to survey for Japanese Knotweed and other invasive plant species. Volunteers with experience of the plant (and of...

CIRB – Project Update

Giant Hogweed Control Giant Hogweed control started back in May and has now been completed. Contractors controlled Giant Hogweed on the following catchments – Ayr, Coyle, Irvine, Annick, Garnock and selected coastal burns. ART staff along with some volunteers...

Invasive weeds update

ART has now resurveyed the River Doon and are preparing maps to illustrate the reduction in Japanese knotweed and Himalayan balsam along the length of the river. Both species have reduced since we commenced control in 2010 so all in all a good result but we...

Success with Japanese Knotweed

AS part of the CIRB project we awarded a contract to control Japanese Knotweed on the River Irvine and I reported at the time that this control had been completed by early October 2012. The method used was spraying with roundup pro biactive 45o g/l  when the plant was...

CIRB Tenders 2013 and pre tender meeting

Our tenders have now been verified and are available to download below. We have arranged the Pre-Tender meeting to take place on Wednesday 6th March 2013. This will be in at ART offices which are located in the Engineering Department, Donald Hendrie Building,...