News
Culroy Burn
Following up on the surveys we undertook on the Culroy Burn last year, I decided to take a look at it today on my way back from a farm visit. We recently had a report of American Signal Crayfish on this burn. Although a bit early in the season yet, I thought I would...
CIRB 2013 – Pre-Tender Meeting and Tender information
The tenders for the control of Invasive Non Native Species will be available to download from here in the next few days. We have arranged for the Pre-Tender meeting to take place on Wednesday the 6th of March. This will be held at ART offices which are located in the...
Doon Levels
I received a message today from a concerned Doon owner about the 'supposed winter compensation flow'. The river was well down on where it should be at this time of the year and he was concerned that the calibration was incorrect. He was right and wrong at the same...
Another one bites the dust!
The Cronin Building at Auchincruive is in the process of being demolished. ART's first office was in this building was way back in the early days. I first met Brian and Pete there in 2005 when I was a student at Auchincruive and it was with a tinge of sadness that I...
Pundeavon Reservoir
We were at Pundeavon Reservoir today to work out how best to survey the fish and habitat prior to Scottish Water removing the dam wall. This redundant reservoir is no longer fit for purpose and if left as a fishery would increasingly pose a flooding risk to the...
CIRB Conference, Belfast
The staff were in Northern Ireland this week attending the CIRB conference on Invasive Species and their control. ART are a partner in the CIRB project and it is this project that has allowed us to control so many areas affected by Non Native Invasive Weeds since...
Salmon Fly tying for beginners
We have had a few people interested in this so we have decide to go ahead and hold a couple of evenings to see how things go. Some very kind people have also said that they will donate some materials for us to use. We would like to run these classes on...
CIRB Invasive Weeds Conference
We are heading to Ireland tomorrow to attend the CIRB conference on Invasive Weeds and their control. Alongside Gillian and myself, will be Gordon and Meryl, our two Invasive Weeds Project Officers and Alba Bonas Piella, our Catalan intern that worked with the Trust...
Photo Gallery
River Map Prints
We have three fine art map prints available to buy.
