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Upper Avon Enhancement project
Work to improve the upper Avon in 2018 included green bank protection, tree planting, fencing and drainage works. Find details of each of these works below. Brash bank protection This is the process of pinning brash (bits of tree) to an eroded bank. This brash acts...
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Dynamic Rivers Day Out
The RiverLife River Table made an appearance at the Scottish Association of Geography Teachers National Conference on the 27th of October. Amy and Jonathan went along to impart some Dynamic Rivers wisdom to the teachers (and let them have a shot on the River Table!)....
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Playing with rubbish: Almost at the end of the first River Rubbish project
Our RiverRubbish project has been rolling along well, this is the first time we have run volunteer and public events specifically around the issue of litter and sewage in our rivers. This season’s project has been based at the Almondell and Calderwood Country Park, a...
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Aspen project launch
RiverLife have teamed up with Eadha Enterprises, a social enterprise focusing on rare native trees, to deliver an aspen project based in the Almond and Avon catchments. Aspen supports more biodiversity than any other native tree and, while it is widespread across the...
read moreGeorge Mackintosh becomes River Restoration Centre River Champion
OUR RIVERS FINALLY HAVE A CHAMPION THEY DESERVE WITH AN AWARD WINNING VOLUNTEER George Mackintosh has spent years helping to repair the river Avon to support wildlife and make the river a better outdoor place for all to visit. SCOTLAND, APRIL 25th, 2018 – Rivers in...
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Fish in the classroom – St Mary’s Roman Catholic Primary (Polbeth)
In 2017/18, the River Forth Fisheries Trust is delivering its 'Fish in the classroom' project to 11 schools across the Forth catchment. Four of these schools fall within the Almond and Avon catchments. Today, St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary in Polbeth completed...
read moreVolunteer Opportunities with RiverLife
By Lorna Oldershaw In addition to practical conservation volunteer days, we will also be continuing to control invasive species on the river banks and to survey invertebrates as part of the ARMI Riverfly Monitoring Scheme, both of which we need volunteers to help...
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Tree Planting at Killandean
By Lorna Oldershaw The final RiverLife volunteering days of 2017 were spent tree planting at Killandean. In total 400 trees were planted over 2 ½ days with the help of both volunteers and Trust staff. The purpose of this planting is to help stabilise the bank of the...
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Fair a Far Weir Fish Pass Opening Ceremony
The Trust in conjunction with project partners City of Edinburgh Council are organising a small gathering to celebrate the opening of the Fair a Far weir fish pass. The event will take place on the 3rd March 2018 at 11.30am next to the weir at the old mill building....
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