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River Stinchar DSFB Meeting
Apologies for the late notice with this but I've had some issues with signing into the blog pages lately that are now resolved. The next Stinchar DSFB meeting will take place on Thursday 3rd November at Minuntion at 4.00pm. This is a public meeting and all are...
INNS Control Project supported by Tesco’s Bags of Help Fund
With funding from Tesco, ART will be working with volunteers on the River Stinchar and Water of Girvan to control Himalayan balsam, Japanese knotweed, skunk cabbage and giant hogweed in 2017. ART’s invasive plant control project on the Girvan and Stinchar is one of...
Carrick Education Project
Follwing on from our last post from the 10th of October, the schools returned from their October holiday this week and we have been out and about with a couple of schools already this week. The Carrick education project focusses on introducing primary school pupils to...
Draught Burn (Lugton Water) – Fish Rescue
Today Muir and I carried out a fish rescue on behalf of Scottish Water/Caledonia Water. A new pipeline will cross the Draught Burn (tributary of the Lugton Water) at Eglinton Country Park which required an area of approx. 70m to be over pumped for a period of 24 hours...
River Education Project gets underway on the Stinchar and Girvan.
A couple of weeks ago we began an education project that will be delivered to ten schools in the Stinchar and Girvan catchments in South Ayrshire. The project focusses on introducing primary school pupils to their local stretch of river. Funded by Carrick Futures,...
Electrofishing on the Cummock and Burnton Burns.
Muir, Gordon and I were out electrofishing on the Cummock and Burnton Burns today and what a day we had for it. We left the office bathed in glorious October sunshine as we headed for the Cummock Burn a tributary of the Muck Water which enters the River Doon opposite...
How to build a shed….
Today saw Stuart and I taking a departure from our usual work and turn our hand to 'carpentry' as we began building a new shed in the office garden to expand our storage. Over the years we have amassed a vast array of equipment and whilst we have two sheds, both have...
Invasive Plant Control Project in the Stinchar and Girvan catchments supported by Tesco’s Bags of Help Fund **UPDATE TO VOTING DATES**
Please note new voting dates below. With funding from Tesco, ART will be working with volunteers on the River Stinchar and Water of Girvan to control Himalayan balsam, Japanese knotweed, skunk cabbage and giant hogweed in 2017. ART's invasive plant control project on...
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River Map Prints
We have three fine art map prints available to buy.
