by Amelia | Friday, September 27, 2019
We have been working on the upper Avon for the duration of RiverLife with the aim of improving biodiversity and riverbank management. Earlier this week, we were joined by 11 volunteers from Heineken’s Edinburgh office who came to plant trees, adding to the work of...
by Amelia | Wednesday, September 25, 2019
Heading upstream – from our meeting point in Morrisons carpark – across the adjacent wildflower meadow, our regular volunteer group have often found themselves sliding and stumbling down a steep slope before accessing the tarmac path below. Â This month,...
by Amy Fergusson | Friday, September 20, 2019
RiverLife has been busy lately. Training our volunteers is an important part of our Project and, at Forth Rivers Trust, we have wholeheartedly jumped in these last few months to train our committed volunteers in skills such as Electrofishing, Pesticides application...
by Amelia | Thursday, September 19, 2019
To gain their Angler Activity Badge, Scouts need to become familiar with different fishing techniques, necessary safety precautions and rivercraft. Over the past two years, the 9th West Lothian Scouts have been working towards their badge with the help of RiverLife...
by Amelia | Wednesday, September 18, 2019
Thanks again to Linlithgow Angling Club (LAC) who organised a two-part event this year for the 2nd West Lothian Scouts, funded through RiverLife’s Intro to Angling Programme. The first part of this, a casting lesson with instructors from Scottish Angler’s National...
by Amelia | Friday, September 13, 2019
​The RiverLife team had a fantastic tree inspection workshop with Friends of Polkemmet Country Park on Thursday, 5th September. Our 5 workshop attendees learned some things to look out for in spotting healthy (and unhealthy trees) near and around their local rivers....
