Gravel trap to encourage salmon to spawn on the River Tryweryn

What a pleasure it is to be able to make a really positive post about NRW on this site.

Click on the link below to see a short video of the newly constructed gravel trap on the River Tryweryn, a major tributary of the Welsh River Dee. The boulder dam holds back the waters of the river to increase the depth of the water  behind the dam, the additional depth has been filled with about 200 tonnes of gravel,  which form about one thousand square meters of potential spawning area for the fish. The results will, it is hoped, be apparent when next years spawning takes place.

Gravel trap to encourage salmon to spawn on the River Tryweryn