About Us
Find out more about what we will be doing and who is involved.
Farmers & Estate Owners
Identifying opportunities for nature restoration
Wild Fish Organisations
Increasing the numbers of healthy salmon
Public & Private Investors
Attracting blended finance into the regeneration activities
Community-led Organisations
Involving communities in the design, governance and delivery
Benefiting people and nature
We will be bringing farmers, estate owners, communities, businesses, local authorities and educators together to find new nature positive solutions to restoring the River Ericht catchment.
OUR TEAM
Who We Are
Clare Cooper
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Ericht Restoration Initiative
Aims & Objectives
Woodland Creation
Depending on landowner permissions, we estimate that up to 29,000 hectares of new woodland could be created in the Ericht catchment, of which 667 hectares would be within 15 metres of rivers.
Peatland Restoration
While woodland creation presents a greater opportunity for impact, peatland restoration opportunities will also be assessed across the 4,780 hectares of blanket bog in the catchment.
Easing Fish Passage
We will work with our partners and other organisations to ease and/or remove active barriers to allow fish migration, one of the priority actions identified in the Scottish Government’s new Wild Salmon Strategy Implementation Plan 2023 – 2028.
Blended Finance
This first stage of the project will design a new Special Purpose Vehicle to attract public and private finance into all the nature restoration projects that are identified and involve local communities in its governance and as investors.
Our Partners
Our project is part of the Riverwoods Investment Readiness Pioneers programme supported by the Esmee Fairbairn Foundation and our partnership group includes community organisations alongside experts in wild fish and nature finance.
