News
Willow/Earth Auger Trial
For the tree planting portion of our Carrick River and Tree Planting Education Project we have bought an Earth Auger (petrol powered earth drill) to help dig the holes for the stakes and the trees that we will be planting with school pupils. This will ensure that...
Wild Fisheries Reform
Today, Scottish Government announced a U Turn in their reform plans. They may not describe it as a U Turn but that's how it appears. Read the latest in their press release by following this link http://news.gov.scot/news/wild-fisheries Their plans to abolish long...
Lochs and Rivers in the Classroom…project update
Gordon and I have been busy visiting school over the last two weeks as we launch the Rivers and Lochs in the Classroom project funded by the Greggs Foundation. This far the project has had a fantastic reception from pupils and teachers with everyone very excited about...
Trust AGM
ART's AGM will be held at 6pm on the 24th January 2017 in our offices at Auchincruive, Ayr. Our Trustees meeting will then commence at 7.30pm Members are welcome to our AGM but space is very limited, please email the trust on info@ayrshireriverstrust.org should you...
Lochs and Rivers in the Classroom Project.
The ‘Rivers and Lochs in the Classroom’ project is four year project which is being delivered to primary schools across the regions surrounding the Clyde Estuary by three Fishery Trusts/Foundations. The project is being delivered by Ayrshire Rivers Trust, the Clyde...
Invasive Weeds Control supported by Tesco’s Bags of Help Fund
I am pleased to announce that we have been awarded £8000 by Tesco's Bags of Help Fund to support Invasive Weeds control on the Girvan and Stinchar in 2017. Through this project each catchment will be provided with training, tools, chemical, guidance and support from...
Christmas Raffle 2016 – Winners
We held our Christmas Raffle draw on Friday the 9th at the Chestnuts Hotel in Ayr. We would like to thank John Scott MSP for drawing the winning tickets and the Hotel for allowing us to host the draw. We would also like to thank all of those who donated prizes for the...
Charity Dinner
As per previous posts, we held our charity fundraising dinner on Friday the 18th of November. The event was attended by around 100 people and helped raise some valuable funds for the Trust. Altogether we managed to raise a very respectable £2302 Unfortunately the...
Photo Gallery
River Map Prints
We have three fine art map prints available to buy.
