Author: brian

The two-year project aimed at increasing awareness about sparling has come to an end. The project was designed to be […]

GFT would like to say thank you to everyone that helped us in our plea for information on sightings of […]

GFT are presently sampling smolts caught in a fyke net at the inflow to Torhouse Fish Farm on the lower […]

GFT are currently in the process of downloading data from temperature loggers which are in 20 sites across the river […]

GFT commissioned a Bolton based taxidermist, Phillip Leggett to create a realistic sparling model. This model accurately represents three adult […]

GFT recently attended the Fisheries Management Scotland Conference ‘Salmon and People in a changing world. Source: Galloway Fisheries Trust – […]

This year’s Saving the Sparling Project Intern has been continuing with the Sparling Goes to School Project by visiting local […]

GFT undertake electrofishing surveys on Galloway’s river catchments each year. This is a summary of a report on the health […]

Courtney is GFT’s second Saving the Sparling intern. She has been working towards the arrival of Sparling since she began […]

GFT are presently investigating the distribution of North American Signal Crayfish across Galloway and are interested in hearing reports of […]