This innovative £1.7 million project will remove a major barrier to Atlantic salmon migration on the Wooler Water whilst creating a new heritage trail, improved habitat, and education and recreational programmes that connect people with nature.
Restoration of the River Breamish and Pow Burn at Hedgeley will enhance biodiversity, improve water quality and reconnect the river with its floodplain, supporting delivery of the wider River Till Restoration Strategy.
The Strategy sets out a clear programme of works to improve the physical condition of the River Till. Tweed Forum is now delivering this programme in partnership with the Environment Agency and Natural England.
Tackling harmful non-native invasive plant species, this project delivers a comprehensive control programme for giant hogweed and Japanese knotweed in the Tweed catchment. Methods for control of Himalayan balsam are also being trialled.
The Tweed LENs (Landscape Enterprise Networks) will bring organisations together to co-fund and implement regenerative agriculture and nature-based solutions to drive landscape resilience.
The TweedWATCH education programme is working with schools to develop workshops and resources for teachers that improve young people’s knowledge of and connection to the River Tweed.
The Upper Nith River Restoration Project will enhance a section of the Upper Nith for the benefit of the river, wildlife and the local community. The project will restore a more natural river corridor along 6 km of river by setting back flood embankments (thus reconnecting the river to its floodplain) and planting riparian trees.
The Wild Heart Expansion Project is an innovative and ambitious initiative that will be exploring the development of responsible investment in natural capital, through a model primarily based on carbon funding, that can unlock investment to significantly expand native woodland cover, specifically in the South of Scotland.Reconnecting the Wooler Water
River Breamish and Pow Burn Restoration Project
River Till Restoration Strategy
Tweed Invasives Project
Tweed LENs
TweedWATCH Education Programme
Upper Nith River Restoration Project
Wild Heart Expansion Project
