Our work to restore nature and acting as environmental stewards of the Dreel Burn and its wider catchment.
Working with the landowners, Forth Rivers Trust developed a proposal and secured funding to create a wet woodland in the upper reaches of the Dreel Burn. Forth Rivers Trust worked in partnership with Anstruther Improvements Association, Balcaskie Estate and Balcarres Estate to deliver the project, which included wetland creation, tree
In 2022 Anstruther Improvements Association (AIA) engaged Forth Rivers Trust to map the areas of invasive, non-native Giant Hogweed along the entire length of the Dreel Burn. The AIA facilitates an INNS management meeting with Forth Rivers Trust, Fife Coast & Countryside Trust, Footprint East Neuk and Fife Council.
Anstruther Improvements Association (AIA) worked with Forth Rivers Trust (FRT) to train volunteers in water quality monitoring techniques and to set up a tailored, community-led monitoring programme for the Dreel Burn, which began in January 2023. The AIA also organised training in the Riverfly Partnership’s national Riverfly Monitoring
Fish in the Classroom is an educational project developed and delivered by Forth Rivers Trust. Anstruther Improvements Association (AIA) coordinates the delivery of the project for local schools in the East Neuk. Students from Anstruther Primary School, Pittenweem Primary School and Colinsburgh Primary School have taken part in the educational
Annual Community River Session Anstruther Improvements Association (AIA) organises an annual Community River Session to showcase the work that is taking place to restore the Dreel Burn. Project partners come together to highlight and celebrate achievements in taking action, from poring over microscopes to count caddis flies to creating wetlands
Anstruther Improvements Association (AIA) coordinates a group of local volunteers, who undertake monthly water quality monitoring on the Dreel Burn and its tributaries. This data has created a baseline measurement for water quality, allowing the results of ongoing and future interventions to be monitored. The dedicated volunteers sample and test
Anstruther Improvements Association (AIA) coordinates a group of local volunteers, trained in the Riverfly Partnership’s national Riverfly Monitoring Initiative (RMI). The community science group carries out monthly invertebrate monitoring at two locations along the Dreel Burn. Volunteers are working with the University of St Andrews to collate a baseline
In 2024 Anstruther Improvements Association (AIA) began a campaign to control Himalayan Balsam, an invasive, non-native species that is prevalent in a number of locations along the Dreel Burn corridor. The AIA aims to eradicate Himalayan Balsam on the Dreel Burn and, with the help of volunteers and the