News
Whatever the weather, it’s slurry weather!
Despite heavy rain most of today, I couldn't help but notice the strong acrid smell of slurry as it hit my nostrils as I left Failford on the way home this evening. It was still raining as it had been since mid morning and as I came to the brow of the hill, a freshly...
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...
Crayfish trapping continues on the Ayr catchment
We recommenced our American signal crayfish (ASC) trapping efforts on Tuesday of this week on the tributary of the Ayr where we caught a single large male towards the end of last year. After a late spring, water temperatures have warmed sufficiently for trapping to...
Girvan DSFB Meeting
The Clerk to the board has announced the date of the next meeting. Date of Meeting: Thursday 2nd June 2016 Venue: The Carrick Centre, Culzean Road, Maybole Time: 6.30pm
Loch Doon Dam: Essential Works
Essential maintenance will take place at Loch Doon Dam on Tuesday the 10th of May. This will mean that the compensation flow will be cut between the hours of 10am and 2pm. Extra water will be released before and after the works to compensate for the loss of flow.
Giant Hogweed Control 2016
We have now secured the necessary funding to continue with Giant Hogweed control across Ayrshire. We are just waiting on the required licences from SEPA but hope to start control within the next couple of weeks. We have been controlling this invasive non native plant...
ART response to the government consultation on The Draft Provisions for a Wild Fisheries (Scotland) Bill
Here is the response that ART provided to the Scottish Government's consultation on The Draft Provisions for a Wild Fisheries (Scotland) Bill. The government's questions are in bold and ART's responses are in italics. We provide this to illustrate ART's current...
Draft Provisions of a Wild Fisheries (Scotland) Bill and Draft Strategy for Wild Fisheries: consultation documents
Just a reminder that we are getting close to the end of the consultation period for comments on the Draft provisions for aWild Fisheries (Scotland) Bill and Draft Wild Fisheries Strategy. If you haven't already done so, please read through the documents and send a...
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River Map Prints
We have three fine art map prints available to buy.
