by Stuart Brabbs | Jan 15, 2020 | Conservation
Salmon Conservation Measures for 2020 were laid before Scottish ministers and approved on the 17th December 2019. Conservation of Salmon (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2019 come into force on 1 April 2020. (No salmon may be killed on any Scottish river before 1st...
by Struan Candlish | Jan 15, 2020 | Conservation, Events, fishing, General
It’s a very windy day out there but we made a trip to the Dusk and Lugton Waters this morning looking for potential green engineering sites. The Garnock Connections Landscape Partnership Scheme is a suite of 25 projects restoring a network of wildlife habitats...
by Stuart Brabbs | Jan 8, 2020 | Conservation
ART were at the Scottish Parliament today to take part in round table discussions that were aimed at making ‘Salmon Conservation a National Priority’. It was a very positive and well attended meeting with Scottish Government Ministers, MSP’s, The...
by Muir Glendinning | Nov 28, 2019 | Conservation
A huge thanks to two of our supporters, Gilbert Browne from Girvan and Fiona Sinclair from Dunure who have over the years donated trees and shrubs to the Trust for our conservation work on our rivers. Fiona expertly removes native trees and shrubs which have...
by Stuart Brabbs | Nov 25, 2019 | Conservation
Further to our previous post over the condition of the Stottencleugh Burn at Glenbuck, we have been actively catching broodstock trout that enter the burn to spawn. They have been few and far between but this evening we captured 4 pair and stripped and fertilised the...
by Stuart Brabbs | Nov 10, 2019 | Conservation
I nipped up to Glenbuck yesterday to check on the trout spawning that takes place in the Stottencleugh Burn; the very source of the River Ayr that flows into Glenbuck Loch. This burn has been severely impacted by historic mine water upwelling from old shafts for...