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Dean Ford update

Dean Ford update

Over the holiday period, the Kilmarnock Water rose to one of the highest levels recorded in the last 10 years and predictably, there was a mass of timber carried downstream. At the new box culvert bridge being installed to replace the old ford, a substantial quantity...

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Catrine

Catrine

Following last week's spate, I headed back to the dam today to see how things had held up following the flood. I didn't really expect to see any problems but rather surprisingly there were two small issues obvious. The coarse trash bollards that were installed...

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Good News

Good News

It's been a difficult year financially or the Trust with funding extremely difficult to secure in the current financial climate. This morning we received a call from Scottish Power informing us that they are going to support our Loch Doon Project that is designed to...

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Scotland’s Marine Plan

Scotland’s Marine Plan

I've attached a link to the Scottish Government's Marine plan that will be the central to their plans for 2015. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/0046/00465865.pdf With changes afoot in Scotlands Wild Fisheries and further increase in Aquaculture and off shore...

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Spawning underway

Spawning underway

With the lower temperatures in the last few days and a falling water, it no surprise that salmon have started spawning in earnest. I received a report on Monday that a few salmon were spawning in Galston area on the Irvine. Heavy rain on Tuesday and Wednesday...

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Burnanne, Galston

Burnanne, Galston

I dropped in at Galston to see if any fish were moving through the upper two fish passes on the Burnanne. The pool below the Cemetery Road Bridge appears once again to have filled with gravel and the entrance to the fish pass may not be easy found. I suspect also that...

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Dean Ford update

Dean Ford update

Despite speaking to the site agent and foreman when I highlighted the importance of protecting the spawning gravel from fine sediments the last time I visited, I received a message last week that the Kilmarnock Water was once again dirty as a result of works at this...

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