RESP – River Eden Development Project
RESP has received funding from the Scottish Government’s Nature Restoration Fund, managed by NatureScot for a development project to investigate ways of improving the biodiversity on the River Eden catchment.
Currently both the River Eden and Motray Water are classified as poors or moderates by SEPA. We are committed to changing this.
Our plan is to gather evidence for the best ways to improve the health of our river and make it more resilient to climate change. Our surveys will identify:
- the current state of the river habitat and how it could be improved.
- where invasive plant species are and how best to deal with them.
The survey work will help to decide which projects will have the most impact and we will then seek further funding to carry them out. This could be a source-to-sea strategy to control INNS, planting trees for shade to keep water cooler or helping to stabilise banks and prevent erosion.
We will work in partnership with landowners and land managers as well as residents, local businesses, public bodies and expert organisations everyone with a stake in a healthy river.

We need community support to carry out our plans.
If you are a landowner, land manager or farmer and you would like to know more about our plans, we want to hear from you about how we can work together for mutual benefit. Your expertise and knowledge are vital to our project. Please contact us.