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2024-12-11 07:11:15 UTC

Fiona Grahame Orkney News Ltd on Nostr: Heavy River Engineering Projects in Scotland’s Upland Areas & their Impact on Wild ...

Heavy River Engineering Projects in Scotland’s Upland Areas & their Impact on Wild Salmon

Scottish river restoration schemes which are currently receiving large sums of public funding are unlikely to be successful, are based on weak scientific evidence and risk significant degradation of salmon habitat, a leading scientist has warned. Professor Chris Soulsby from the University of Aberdeen and two of Scotland’s most experienced salmon biologists, have set out concerns…

https://theorkneynews.scot/2024/12/11/heavy-river-engineering-projects-in-scotlands-upland-areas-their-impact-on-wild-salmon/