Research

The Trust’s research programmes gather information about the health of the River Eden and the results are used to target conservation work.

The two main research programmes are:

Electro Fishing Surveys: to establish the health of fish populations throughout the catchment. 300 sites are surveyed each year.

Aerial Surveying: A combination of aerial photography, environmental modelling, ecological surveying and a Geographical Information System (G.I.S.) are used to give an overall picture of the catchment and to pin point areas that need restoration and conservation work.