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Coming Soon: Scottish Rivers Fund
Restoring Scotland’s rivers for nature and people
We are delighted that you’re interested in engaging with Fisheries Management Scotland to support the development of the Scottish Rivers Fund. The Scottish Rivers Fund is a national collaborative effort led by Fisheries Management Scotland to facilitate the vital investment needed to restore healthy, resilient river catchments which support abundant populations of native wild salmon, sea trout and other migratory and freshwater species. Our focus on river catchments allows a broad approach to addressing environmental pressures on rivers to achieve positive impacts for nature and people. We are looking for early adopters to engage with us to fulfill the ambition of the Scottish Rivers Fund.
We need your help to secure the resources to support local projects.
Support local river restoration projects across Scotland’s river catchments that:
- Align with national policy priorities including the Scottish Biodiversity Strategy and Wild Salmon Strategy
- Deliver a range of river restoration project types to improve ecosystem health, species diversity and abundance
- Empower local knowledge and action for river restoration
Deliver cold clean water, biodiversity and benefits to people by:
- Developing ecologically relevant outcome-focused projects with defined benefit for nature and people
- Working with local organisations to deliver integrated projects in partnership with others
- Engaging communities in river restoration activities
Achieve high integrity, responsible investment for positive ESG outcomes to:
- Demonstrate corporate leadership among peers to meet sustainability goals through nature-positive action
- Ensure good fund governance, management oversight, verifiable monitoring and impact reporting
- Invest in projects that meet national nature investment standards including Scottish Government’s Natural Capital Market Framework
Please fill in this form so that we can stay in touch!
The Scottish Rivers Fund is supported by The Facility for Investment Ready Nature in Scotland (FIRNS), delivered by NatureScot in collaboration with The Scottish Government and in partnership with the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

