A flood friendly orchard!?! Flooding and orchards is not something you hear commonly associated with one another. Particularly if the orchard is being used to contribute towards minimising flood risk to urban areas. However, ...
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Communicating Environmental Science at the W@W STEM Event
It was a great honor to run an interactive workshop for the Women@Work Wick STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) event. The Women@Work project provides information, learning and support for women as part of ...
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Macroinvertebrates under the Microscope
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It’s the Riverfly apprentice Emma again, I’ve just finished the first stint of my placement with the NIEA and am currently working away with the Ballinderry River’s Trust which so far has been really interesting ...
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Flood scientists amongst the public!
On Tuesday I had the exciting responsibility of organising and holding a Cafe Scientifique event in the Allan Water Cafe, Bridge of Allan on Natural Flood Management. What is a Cafe Scientifique you ask yourself? Well, a Cafe ...
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Storms and Salmon Stripping
As we come to the end of another year, I have once again been focusing on stripping salmon to fill our hatchery.
We were faced with several challenges this year as a very dry summer has likely decreased the Blackwater ...
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