News
Caaf Reservoir pollution
Following the silt pollution over the weekend that arose from Caaf Reservoir, I can update concerned anglers with the latest information that I have. We visited the site this morning to find the flow has now been cut totally to the Caaf to prevent further silt being...
Garnock Pollution
Over the weekend, I received several calls regarding pollution on the Garnock arising from the Caaf Reservoir. This has been reported to SEPA who are investigating what occurred that led to such a heavy silt loading. Obviously this incident is linked to the drawdown...
Large Woody Debris
I make no apologies for another post following the Woody Debris/ green engineering theme and there will more to follow as work progresses on the Culroy Burn later this summer. Last year Kilkerran Estate took steps to protect two rapidly eroding banks using green...
‘Fish Live in Trees’, they do, they really do!
Muir and I attended a 2 day workshop in Argyll organised by Argyll Fisheries Trust, funded by Ibis and delivered (in part) by the Wild Trout Trust to examine the benefits and see the improvements of introducing (or leaving) Large Woody Debris (LWD) in rivers. This...
Loch Doon project
We have been working away behind the scenes to put in place everything needed to monitor smelt output from the catchment above the dam. We know numbers are critically low as only a handful of salmon have made it through the dam in the last 3 years. We suspect one of...
Dean Ford
The upgrade at Dean Ford is virtually complete and should again open to traffic very shortly. This is a huge improvement over the ford and will allow salmon and trout to move up and downstream in virtually any height of water. There can't be much left to do aside...
Giant hogweed control commences on the Ayr
Following up on the previous years control of non native invasive species, ART managed to secure a limited amount of funding to allow us to control Giant hogweed in Ayrshire. With the plants not growing quickly, our contractors have started spraying this plant on the...
Glaisnock Pollution at Cumnock
This afternoon I received a call from SEPA informing me that there had been a pollution incident on the Glaisnock Water at Cumnock. An articulated lorry carrying glue had overturned and spilt it's load which had run to the burn. I headed straight there expecting the...
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