Tag: Forth Rivers Trust
Initiative launched as eel numbers plummet
An initiative to help preserve the critically endangered European Eel has been launched by the Forth Rivers Trust (FRT) as numbers plummet, and business are being asked to contribute cash.The Forgotten Fish Project...
Deadline looms on river crowd funding appeal
Time is running out to donate to a crowd funding initiative to empower volunteers map the network of outflow pipes along the River Almond and other rivers in the Forth basin. This would mean...
Volunteers returning to the riverbanks thanks to a Lottery grant
Rivers in the Forth area are set to benefit as volunteer activity restarts for the first time in five months thanks to a £49,200 National Lottery Heritage Fund grant awarded to the Forth Rivers...
Muir’s men remove 30 trolleys from Almond
Shopping trolleys are a hazard when they end up in rivers and Scot Muir organised a work party to remove some from The Almond.
The members of the trolley removal crew, hosted by Forth Rivers...
Almond rock ramp project is major boost
Works to help fish like salmon, sea trout, brown trout, lamprey and eel over a redundant structure in the River Almond at Howden in Livingston are under way.The project is part of RiverLife: Almond...
Fishing – clean up volunteers wanted
The first clean up in The Almond near Mid Calder organised by the Forth Rivers Trust removed hundreds of items in 90 minutes.They included food and drink containers, plastic bags, panty liners, and wet...
