Muck Water habitat improvements

Another day and another job. This time it was placing suitable boulders in the Muck Water near Dalmellington to improve juvenile habitat in the burn which was modified and moved 100 years ago. The instream habitat lacked diversity and large substrate material...

Kilkerran Willow Update

Following the bank stabilisation we installed at Kilkerran on the 16th April this year, we nipped back recently to check how things were looking. There has only been one small run of water since that date but none the less, there appears to have been  some build up of...

Skeldon Mill Fish Rescue

On the 26th of May we reported that works had commenced on the Skeldon Mill Hydro Scheme and that contractors had been busy clearing the debris and undergrowth that encroached on the intake lade. ART are very supportive of the fact that the developer and contractor...

Skeldon Mill Hydro commences work

Work on the Skeldon Hydro Scheme commenced yesterday and contractors quickly cleared the debris and undergrowth that encroached on the intake lade. Once they complete this, they will be installing new smolt screens upstream of the penstock and then clearing the silt...