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EVENT - Invasive Species Week

Conservation Volunteer Day: Himalayan balsam pulling
Thursday 16th May - Dunkeld (Perthshire)

Come along and join SISI project officer Mark and National Trust for Scotland rangers on the riverbanks of the Tay to hand pull some Himalayan balsam, an invasive plant…

EVENT - Invasive Species Week

Conservation Volunteer Evening: Giant hogweed treatment
Monday 13th May - Forres (Moray)

Monday night is Hogweed night in Forres! Join the Findhorn, Nairn and Lossie Fisheries Trust and help control Giant Hogweed. 

The evening will consist of a short talk on…

EVENT - Invasive Species Week

Conservation Volunteer Day: Himalayan balsam pulling
Wednesday 15th May - Brechin (Angus)

Come along and join SISI project officer Mark to hand pull some Himalayan balsam, an invasive plant taking over our riverbanks. At lunchtime there will also be an opportunity…

EVENT - Family Fly Fishing on the Deveron

Saturday 11 May
Near Huntly (Aberdeenshire)

A chance for the younger ones to get inspired and find their love for angling by trying out fly fishing - for free!

All tuition and equipment is provided, the activity takes place in the safe location of the Artloch…

NEWS; Sheep join battle against plant invaders in Macduff
April 2019

A new woolly weapon is being deployed in the battle against Giant hogweed in Macduff this week as part of trial works by the Scottish Invasive Species Initiative.

The flock of two dozen sheep will be introduced into a strip of woodland, upriver of the Macduff distillery, which is overrun…

Could you help stop mink in their tracks? Highland & Eastern Perthshire
February 2019

Our project is looking for more volunteers in Highland and Eastern Perthshire to get involved in work to help remove American mink from the countryside.

The invasive American mink was brought to Scotland for fur-farming in 1938 and, as a consequence of both escapes and deliberate releases…

 

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