by Stuart Brabbs | Oct 20, 2016 | General
Follwing on from our last post from the 10th of October, the schools returned from their October holiday this week and we have been out and about with a couple of schools already this week. The Carrick education project focusses on introducing primary school pupils to...
by Stuart Brabbs | Oct 12, 2016 | General
Today Muir and I carried out a fish rescue on behalf of Scottish Water/Caledonia Water. A new pipeline will cross the Draught Burn (tributary of the Lugton Water) at Eglinton Country Park which required an area of approx. 70m to be over pumped for a period of 24 hours...
by Struan Candlish | Oct 10, 2016 | General
A couple of weeks ago we began an education project that will be delivered to ten schools in the Stinchar and Girvan catchments in South Ayrshire. The project focusses on introducing primary school pupils to their local stretch of river. Funded by Carrick Futures,...
by Struan Candlish | Sep 27, 2016 | General
Today saw Stuart and I taking a departure from our usual work and turn our hand to ‘carpentry’ as we began building a new shed in the office garden to expand our storage. Over the years we have amassed a vast array of equipment and whilst we have two...
by Struan Candlish | Sep 19, 2016 | Conservation, Events, General, Invasives
Please note new voting dates below. With funding from Tesco, ART will be working with volunteers on the River Stinchar and Water of Girvan to control Himalayan balsam, Japanese knotweed, skunk cabbage and giant hogweed in 2017. ART’s invasive plant control...
by Stuart Brabbs | Sep 15, 2016 | General
In 2015 works were underway to repair parts of the Kinclair Viaduct on the Stinchar catchment. These repairs were to include bank reinforcements on the burn which runs under the viaduct and joins the Water of Assel about 50m downstream of the viaduct. Last year Struan...