We are very pleased that Vicky Johnson will be joining GFT for 12 weeks under the 'Working With Rivers' trainee placement scheme. We look forward to working with Vicky on a range of GFT projects over the next 3 months! #naturescot #workingwithrivers

We're improving riparian habitat along the Piltanton Burn, near Stranraer, by fencing and planting native trees thanks to the Nature Restoration Fund (NatureScot). This area supports important sea trout and lamprey populations and we hope to improve water quality and temperature

Fantasic rainbow moment as Kacie, Dan and Phil plant more deciduous trees today on the Cree catchment. In the future these trees will provide vital dappled shading along the watercourse, to the benefit of an array of aquatic species throughout the summer heat.

Kacie has been checking her cameras at gravel addition sites on the Black Water of Dee. This monitoring helps us understand how floods are washing the gravel into the river and plan future work. She's had great photos already, a heron fishing, a trout angler and a skinny dipper!

Great opportunity for someone looking to gain experience in the fisheries sector! We have a 6 month paid internship available (18-25 years old) funded by The Holywood Trust and the Galloway Glens Landscape Partnership Scheme. For more details visit: https://t.co/Exb6dSydHK

Wow time flies! Abbie finished her 6 month placement at GFT this week. Thanks to both the @gallowayglens and @HolywoodTrust for supporting the internship. Check the link below to view her latest blog. https://t.co/GNX00ghC0E

Not long now until Dr Samantha Beck will be joining @gallowayglens to discuss tracking Atlantic salmon smolts to reveal the challenges and conundrums the smolts will face on their seaward migration. Sign up now for 3rd March! https://t.co/23iFVO8tcW

Recently it’s been all hands on deck to get lots of deciduous trees planted on the Tarf and the Luce to future-proof the waterways against climate change by providing dappled shade to keep the water cool. Nearly 1000 trees planted so far! @nature_scot #Biodiversitychallengefund

We met with @StoryContractng and @IKMConsulting on the Dalmakether Burn - Annan to discuss practical mitigation measures to protect fish and water quality during the replacement of a railway culvert and substrate management work. We caught a Brook lamprey while surveying the site

We are working with @PeatlandACTION to target areas for peatland restoration. Great to be joining the #SFCC Biologists meeting over the next 2 days.

The latest blog post from Abbie our fisheries intern is up on our website. See what she’s been getting up to over the last few months https://t.co/JRVtCj5gJl

On the 3rd March our very own Dr Samantha Beck will be joining @gallowayglens to discuss an exciting new project to track Atlantic salmon smolts from Polmaddy to Kirkcudbright Bay, which will reveal the challenges and conundrums the smolts will face on this journey. Sign up now!

A favourite from our video archives is @Galloway_FT electrofishing on the upper Dee, including a clip on identification of young Salmon&Trout. Video: https://t.co/pjqSLAg0hQ (The work fed into the report on Salmon in the Upper Dee, now published here: https://t.co/JaM72R5IOF)

This week Jamie checked the fish pass at the Loups of Dalnigap.  The pass was built in 1911 to allow salmon and sea trout easy access into the upper 7 km of the Luce.  Over hundred years later and it is still working effectively!

The Luce District Salmon Fishery Board AGM will take place at 4pm on the 9th December 2020. The meeting is open to the public and will be held by zoom.  Contact office@stairestates.com for an agenda and details on joining the meeting.

We would like to thank @coopuk Newton Stewart and their customers for this very generous donation. This will support our work with volunteers throughout Galloway

Malzie Burn Improvement works 2019/20. 1,400m of fencing to prevent bank-side grazing, ~ 2000 deciduous trees planted to provide shade and woody debris, and 100s of boulders into degraded sections. Thank you to the landowners involved and @nature_scot biodiversity challenge fund

After 2 years of consultation the Sectoral Marine Plan for Offshore Wind Energy in Scotland was published this week. No sites are being taken forward for SW Scotland. The proposed site in the outer Solway Firth was potentially in the path of migratory fish

We had a chilly meeting today with @Draxnews discussing the transportation of surplus gravel from the Deugh to the Black Water of Dee (BWD) below Clatteringshaws Dam. The added gravel will enhance instream habitats and improve salmonid spawning habitat on the Black Water of Dee.

It’s #WorldFishMigrationDay! Large impoundments effect gravel migration in many rivers, reducing vital spawning habitat for salmonids. See our short video produced with ⁦@gallowayglens⁩ to learn about an exciting project ⁦@fishmigration⁩