News
Charity Dinner & Fundraiser – November 18th 2016
We are pleased to announce the details of this years Charity Dinner & Fundraiser. Over the years the fisherman's supper had been a success however we felt that it needed a change. We have been working in the background for a while and now have everything in place...
Pundeavon Reservoir restoration
Work has been progressing at Pundeavon reservoir all summer and contractors are making good progress with restoration of the valley following the removal of the Plan Dam. ART removed trout from this reservoir during 2015 to allow works to commence but the entire...
Ponesk Burn recovery
Back in 2011 we rescued and relocated salmon and trout from the lower Ponesk prior to Scottish Coal relocating the burn to its current location late that year. This move was to allow them to access coal reserves below the old course of the river. As soon as we...
Follow up to Kilkerran Erosion
(See earlier posts from April 2016 if you would like to read more on this erosion control) After the volunteers and Trust's effort to try and bring some improvements to the eroding banks at Kilkerran on the Girvan earlier this Spring, Muir and I revised the...
Loch Doon Salmon monitoring
As part of our management project to determine salmon migration success through Loch Doon Dam we have counters installed in the dam to record adult salmon moving upstream and juveniles heading downstream as smolts. The Vaki counter had been causing a few concerns...
Electrofishing in the upper Girvan
Whilst the recent rain and high waters in Ayrshire Rivers are great for anglers, it can present a problem when it comes to completing our annual summer juvenile salmonid electrofishing surveys (amongst other things, high flows lower catch efficiency and make it unsafe...
Midges and surveys
Drizzle doesn't stop us from electrofishing but midges might one day! We started on the upper Ayr timed surveys today. This allows a rapid assessment of stocks and comparison with previous years performance. Timed surveys are fry surveys but it's always nice when we...
Doon Fencing update
We are still continuing with erecting riparian fencing as and when our fencer is available. Riparian fencing can make all the difference to water and habitat quality and the images below illustrate just how effective it can be. By excluding livestock, bank stability...
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River Map Prints
We have three fine art map prints available to buy.
