by Jonathan Louis | Thursday, October 28, 2021
Natural Flood Management and Climate Change As the climate changes, this will bring an increase in unpredictable and intense weather. This can range from prolonged hot and dry spells to an increase in rainfall. Focusing on the later, this could lead to an increase in...
by Jonathan Louis | Saturday, May 1, 2021
Revive the Allan – Kickstarting River Processes Wood in rivers is a key driving force for change and diversity. It provides so much for the morphological character of the river channel but also for the diverse range of in stream habitats which support wildlife...
by Jonathan Louis | Tuesday, April 20, 2021
Crowdfunder – Clean Rivers, Healthy Rivers Help us crowdfund for clean and healthy rivers. We are looking to our followers to help us fund our Clean Rivers, Healthy Rivers campaign. Pollution from outfalls can impact rivers anywhere but especially here around...
by Jonathan Louis | Friday, March 26, 2021
Forth Rivers Trust Support Farmer to Restore Peat Bog Forth Rivers Trust land management officer Sandra Stewart has been working with a local farmer and contractors Peter and Daniel Carnegie to restore peatland sites near Braco. The Carse and Red Moss bogs, totalling...
by Jonathan Louis | Friday, January 8, 2021
Covid-19 and Trust operations Due to the COVID 19 Stay at Home restrictions imposed by the Scottish Government earlier this week, the Trust has placed all staff on flexible furlough. All staff are on reduced hours most working only three days a week. We are still...
by Jonathan Louis | Friday, October 23, 2020
World Fish Migration Day – Barriers to Fish Migration Man-made weirs (known as barriers to fish passage) cause a major impact on migratory fish around the Forth. The map below shows that impact visually based on barrier locations with section of the rivers...
