Working together towards a sustainable Solway Firth
Get up close to sealife at the World Oceans Day family event in Port William. A local fisherman is opening the doors to his lobster and crab holding tanks so the public can get up close to wildlife from our seas on Saturday 8th June from 12 noon to 5pm at Port William Harbour. Paul… Read more »
Marine Scotland (MS) will be holding an event at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Glasgow on Friday 14 June from 2.00pm to 5.00pm to discuss the Scottish Government’s recently published national discussion paper on the Future of Fisheries Management in Scotland As part of the discussion paper process MS are holding events around the country and… Read more »
Join the beach clean at Port Logan on Thursday 30 May.
Wolsty Boardwalk Project The Solway Coast AONB are going to be working on replacing the boardwalks from the Northern Wolsty Car Park over the dune front to the beach with three work days allocated to the task: Thu 30 May – Demolition and removal of existing boardwalk Thu 13 June – Construction of new boardwalk… Read more »
Morecambe Bay Partnership are looking for a new Nature and Wildlife Officer to deliver nature, heritage, disabled access, cycle ways and volunteering projects. For more information look at the Morcambe Bay Partnership website
During the Summer of 2018, nearly 60 young people aged 18–30 from Scotland, Finland, Latvia and Estonia came to Dumfries and Galloway to take part in a week long Amaze Me LEADER event. The journey, funded by Dumfries and Galloway LEADER programme, involved them travelling across the region to consider the strengths, weaknesses, challenges and… Read more »
This issue, produced by the Marine Management Organisation, includes news on the recent stakeholder engagement on policy development for the North West, North East, South West and South East Marine Plans; the recent implementation training sessions that have been carried out; and the results of our monitoring survey of the use of the East and… Read more »
‘A sense of place’: a creative writing workshop on a Solway saltmarsh will run on Saturday 8 June from 10.00am to 4.00pm. The saltmarshes of the Upper Solway change daily with the tides and weather, and are home to millions of minute animals, salt-tolerant plants, and thousands of feeding birds. How can we convey our… Read more »
The C-Side Carbon Storage Project is seeking volunteers for a salt marsh survey. The NERC funded C-SIDE (Carbon Storage in Inter tidal Environments) project is looking into the importance of salt marshes in absorbing carbon dioxide to combat climate change. C-SIDE is collecting lots of soil samples from salt marshes across England, Scotland and Wales…. Read more »
Join Dumfries and Galloway Council staff on Tuesday 7 May at 7.00pm at the Ewart High School in Newton Stewart for a ward event on waste and recycling. The Ward Event will provide an opportunity to find out how the Council handles the treatment, recycling and disposal of waste within the Ward and wider region…. Read more »