This afternoon Muir and I were on the Muck Water with volunteers from Drumgrange and Keirs Angling Club to deal […]
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Ayr Timed Survey underway
The rain held off last night and we decided to head to the top of the River Ayr and work […]
Read MoreMSS Salmon Tracking Project
With our salmon tracking site approved by MSS, we decided to place the mooring and receiver in Ayr harbour today. […]
Read MoreElectrofishing season begins on the Doon.
Today saw us begin our timed electrofishing for the District Salmon Fishery Boards. With water levels still a little on […]
Read MoreCulroy Burn at Culroy revisited.
We fenced this section of the burn a couple of years ago and used green engineering to stabilise what was […]
Read MoreRiver Doon Fencing Update
Our fencer, Jim Thompson has now completed two contracts for us and the Doon Board this year. The Macmanniston stretch […]
Read MoreRiver Stinchar and Duisk River – Balsam Bashes 23/07/2017 2pm
ART secured limited funding from Tescos ‘Bags Of Help’ fund to help control Invasive Non Native Plant Species (INNPS) on […]
Read MoreFunding success for barrier easement on two tributaries of the Irvine.
Great news for the Irvine catchment ART has now secured adequate funding to improve two barriers in the upper catchment. […]
Read MoreLoch Doon Fish Pass Counter
On Tuesday we were at Loch Doon to carry out a clean of the Vaki fish counter. Cleaning the Vaki […]
Read MoreAerial surveys reveal historic and recent problems
Dalquharran Castle on the Girvan Looking at rivers and burns from above can be revealing and help us to understand […]
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