Blog entries
Tracks to Tributaries: Connecting Nature, Water and Communities
Over the past year, we’ve been working on Tracks to Tributaries, a project that set out to explore how nature‑based solutions can be delivered alongside critical...
Tree planting volunteer opportunity in Callander: 26/3, 27/3, 28/3
Volunteers needed for tree planting next week in Callander!🌳 We are working in partnership with Callander Community Council to create some new native river woods in...
Climate Springboard: How Forth Rivers Trust made fuel-saving driving into a contest
“It was a team building exercise. People were saying: OK, so what's next?” You don’t need to know everything to get started. It’s a simple piece of advice. But many...
Blog: Work Experience with Forth Rivers Trust
Written by Gyuguo Gigya As a part of third year in my Environmental Management course at Glasgow Caledonian University, I had the opportunity to undertake a placement...
New Initiative to Build Climate-Resilient Water Landscapes in the Upper Forth
A new initiative has been launched to work and collaborate with land managers across the Upper Forth catchment, aiming to increase climate resilience and optimise water...
Twelve Years by the River: A Farewell from Jonathan
A message for Jonathan Back when I joined FRT 8 years ago it was a much smaller team, but even then there was a dynamic force at work in this organisation. A feeling...
A New Partnership for Environmental Change in the Lothian Esk River Catchment
A new partnership has been formed to help restore nature and address climate change in the Lothian Esk river catchment area.The Lothian Esk Catchment Partnership (LECP)...
New regenerative agriculture programme set to strengthen farm resilience and climate outcomes in Scotland
Landscape Enterprise Networks (LENs), in collaboration with the Forth Rivers Trust, Diageo, SSEN and Perth & Kinross Council, today announced the launch of the...
Personal development: Obtaining my spraying certificate for INNS treatment work
The staff team at Forth Rivers Trust regularly undertake training to further their knowledge and skills, and Elijah, having seen the impact of several different...
Forth Rivers Trust: Unblocktober 2024
Unblocktober is the world’s first month-long national campaign and awareness month to improve the health of our drains, sewers, watercourses and seas. It is a public...
Conservation activities
River monitoring
The health of rivers is very important. Learn more about the monitoring activities the Trust undertakes. From electrofishing to habitat surveying, redd monitoring to Riverfly or Outfall Safari surveying, there are lots of opportunities that can provide us a snapshot of river health.
Practical conservation
Activities where we are directly involved with improving rivers and surrounding habitats, offering a host of benefits for wildlife and people.
Invasive Non-Native Species Control
Invasive Non-Native Species taking over your local river? Get in touch to find out how you can report their presence, help tackle them, and improve your local river for both community and wildlife.