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  • Working with nature to tackle flooding and drought in the Upper Forth
  • Working with nature to tackle flooding and drought in the Upper Forth
  • Working with nature to tackle flooding and drought in the Upper Forth
  • Working with nature to tackle flooding and drought in the Upper Forth
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Working with nature to tackle flooding and drought in the Upper Forth

Wed 24 Jun 2026 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM The Lodge Forest Visitor Centre, Aberfoyle, FK8 3SX
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Working with nature to tackle flooding and drought in the Upper Forth

Wed 24 Jun 2026 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM The Lodge Forest Visitor Centre, Aberfoyle, FK8 3SX
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An event for local communities, land managers, farmers and businesses in the Upper Forth and surrounds

  • What does the Upper Forth, its landscape and waterways mean to you?
  • What are the benefits of living and working here?
  • What challenges do you face with flooding and drought in the Upper Forth?
  • What are your dreams and ambitions for the Upper Forth in the future?

Please come and join us for this important event to discover how working with nature can address some of these challenges and support both the environment and local livelihoods now and in the future.

The event agenda is below. Feel free to attend some or all of the sessions.

Professor Christopher Spray MBE will be our guest speaker, talking about engineering with nature in the Eddleston Water with the Tweed Forum, a widely celebrated example of Natural Flood Management (NFM). Chris is a renowned Scottish environmental scientist and Emeritus Professor of Water Science and Policy at the UNESCO Centre for Water Law, Policy and Science, University of Dundee.

Event Agenda:

4pm

Welcome and event overview

Tea & coffee

4.10pm

Valuing the Upper Forth landscape and waterways

Find out more about, and let us know your thoughts on -

1.What do you as a local community member, farmer, land managers or business owner value about the Upper Forth landscape and waterways?

2.What are the challenges and concerns you face from flooding and drought in the Upper Forth?

3.What are your dreams and ambitions for the Upper Forth in the future?

5pm

Light supper

5.45pm

Learning from the Eddleston

Professor Christopher Spray MBE - Engineering with nature in rural landscapes for flood and drought management, a case study from the Eddleston Water in the Tweed

Q&As

6.15pm

Opportunities for engineering with nature in the Upper Forth

Presentation on the Forth Flood Forum by FEL Scotland and The Upper Forth Community Flood Group by Strathard Community Trust

Find out more about, and let us know your thoughts on -

1.What are the opportunities for engineering with nature in the Upper Forth to tackle flooding and drought?

2.How can local communities, farmers, land managers and local businesses work together on the practicalities of natural flood management (NFM) scoping, funding and delivery?

7pm

How can we measure how well working with nature solutions work?

Presentation on NatureScot’s new community-led landscape monitoring observatory pilots in Scotland.

Find out more on the opportunities for communities in the Upper Forth to monitor changes in their local environment and landscapes over time – through creative, social and citizen science approaches.

7.40pm

Next steps, thanks and finish

The event is hosted by the Resilient Landscapes Upper Forth Partnership in collaboration with Strathard Community Trust, FEL Scotland, and the Upper Forth Farmer and Land Manager Network.

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Location

The Lodge Forest Visitor Centre, Aberfoyle, FK8 3SX