The Forth Rivers Trust is pleased to announce the launch of the ‘Greenloaning phase 2’ project, an extension of our ongoing efforts to enhance the Allan Water and its surrounding habitats. This project follows the successes of ‘Revive the Allan’ and ‘Greenloaning phase 1’. To find out more, read the full release here.

Members of the Forth Rivers Trust team Niall Provan, Charlotte Neary and Sandra Stewart had a stand at the recent Braco agricultural show and enjoyed chatting to local people about work the Trust is undertaking in the Knaik catchment and near the Allan Water. Read more about it in this blog piece.

Recently Huw, Niall and Sandra went out with two new PhD students from Heriot Watt and their supervisors for a trip around some of our river and floodplain restoration sites on the Allan Water and its tributaries. Andrew and Maciej have both recently moved to Scotland...

Nether Cambushinnie Bank Protection - 2022 Update   The upper reaches of the Allan Water between Kinbuck and Greenloaning mostly consists of active farmland. This reach also consists of sandy soils which mean that due to a lack of riparian tree cover and land use...

MERLIN - Local Delivery in a European Context By Huw Streater and Niall Provan The Firth of Forth catchment being designated as a case study for the EU MERLIN project is an important leap towards recognising the national, and even international importance of the Forth...

EU MERLIN Partnership Announced   Forth Rivers Trust are delighted to be working with NatureScot to deliver the river restoration element of the EU MERLIN Project.  The Europe wide project is coordinated by the University of Duisberg-Essen, which seeks to restore...

Peatland Restoration Opportunities at Knoxfauld Farm Sandra and Niall from the Allan Water Project were out visiting a peatbog near Knoxfauld looking at some potential new peatland restoration. Previously, a lot of peat was drained to create better agricultural land...

The Danny Burn Tree Planting Project By Blyth Walker The Danny Burn which is a tributary of the Allan Water that arises in the Ochil Hills near Blackford on the Blackford Estate currently has very fragmented native tree cover. The Danny Burn Tree Planting Project...

Reforesting the Danny Burn Staff are working with Blackford Estates and Highland Spring to restore the riparian woodland along the Danny Burn in the Allan Water catchment. Yesterday, staff from Highland Spring helped plant hundreds of trees along the lower reaches of...

A wet day on the Danny Burn Blyth, Niall and Kyle were up the Danny Burn, a tributary of the Allan Water, planting trees as part of a wider tree planting scheme we have secured funding for as part of the Allan Water Project. The three staff members managed to plant...