by Struan Candlish | Dec 12, 2016 | Conservation, General, Invasives
I am pleased to announce that we have been awarded £8000 by Tesco’s Bags of Help Fund to support Invasive Weeds control on the Girvan and Stinchar in 2017. Through this project each catchment will be provided with training, tools, chemical, guidance and support...
by Stuart Brabbs | Dec 12, 2016 | General
We held our Christmas Raffle draw on Friday the 9th at the Chestnuts Hotel in Ayr. We would like to thank John Scott MSP for drawing the winning tickets and the Hotel for allowing us to host the draw. We would also like to thank all of those who donated prizes for the...
by Stuart Brabbs | Nov 22, 2016 | Events, General
As per previous posts, we held our charity fundraising dinner on Friday the 18th of November. The event was attended by around 100 people and helped raise some valuable funds for the Trust. Altogether we managed to raise a very respectable £2302 Unfortunately the...
by Struan Candlish | Nov 15, 2016 | General
Following recent rain I was back up at Loch Doon today to continue our pH monitoring on a number of the tributaries that enter the loch. A couple of our monitoring sites require a walk out across some rough, tussocky hills. Everyone else in the office suddenly had...
by Stuart Brabbs | Nov 8, 2016 | General
The ‘Rivers and lochs in the classroom’ project is a four year project which will be delivered to primary schools across the regions surrounding the Clyde Estuary. The project will be delivered by Ayrshire Rivers Trust, the Clyde River Foundation and Loch...
by Stuart Brabbs | Nov 8, 2016 | General
We have now completed the first part of the Carrick Education Project which was delivered to ten primary schools across the Carrick area. The project focuses on introducing primary school pupils to their local stretch of river. Funded by Carrick Futures, Hadyard Hill...