Projects
New Nature Restoration Project to commence on the River Ericht Catchment in east Perthshire
The new River Ericht Catchment Restoration Initiative has been confirmed as the second project in Scotland to receive a Riverwoods Investment Readiness Pioneers award. Led by a group of locally based organisations and supported by global Nature Finance specialists, Palladium, the project will commence with a 10 month design phase in August. The River Ericht,…
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We need your help!! We would appreciate your help in raising funds for a project very dear to our hearts – saving the iconic Atlantic Salmon. We have commissioned a video to highlight key aspects of this remarkable fish and its environment; its importance to Scotland and its life cycle including its incredible migration and…
Read MoreAutumn 2022 SmartRivers Results
Please see newsletter with the Autumn SmartRivers results
Read MoreSmartRivers Benchmark 1 results
Attached are the results of the April benchmarking.
Read MorePOST-COVID FUNDRAISER!!
We have done so little over the last 15 months and with new projects in the offing we need to look at resurrecting fundraising to ensure we can fulfil the projects that we wish to pursue, We are planning an event some time after the salmon fishing season end. We don’t know what it is…
Read MoreFISH COUNTERS – 2021
The TGA believes that good knowledge of fish numbers entering our river system is vital in the battle to save the Atlantic Salmon. There are some counters on the Tay System, the most notable being the counters on the fish ladder at the Pitlochry Dam fish ladder. We have voiced concerns about the accuracy of…
Read MoreTAY GHILLIES ASSOCIATION RIVER TAY PISCIVOROUS BIRD COUNT JULY 2019 – JUNE 2020
Introduction During May and June 2019, the Tay Ghillies Association (TGA) had a number of meetings to debate their approach to improving the River Tay in order to do everything possible to help halt the decline of the Atlantic Salmon. It was felt that a more proactive approach to a number of issues was called…
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