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Ash Dieback

Friday, 5 July, 2019 - 13:39
Ash dieback, a fungus which affects ash trees, is beginning to weaken and kill trees in the Dean village and Dean valley. It is caused by a fungus, Hymenoscyphus fraxineus also known as Chalara ,which blocks the water transport systems in trees causing leaf loss, lesions in the wood and on the bark and ultimately the dieback of the crown of the tree. This disease, first described in Poland in 1992, was first identified in Britain in 2012 in nursery stock and then in the wider environment in 2013 although it could possibly have been around in the country much...
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Overgrown river banks at Stockbridge obscure views of reinstalled Anthony Gormley statues. Now only visible from the bridge.

Sunday, 16 June, 2019 - 17:18
Anthony Gormley’s ‘ironman’ statue has returned to the Water of Leith at Stockbridge, part of a larger installation entitled 6 TIMES which was originally installed along the length of the river in 2010. However those in the river had to be removed because the original design, which allowed the statues to tilt and submerge when the river flow reached certain levels, was unsatisfactory. So modifications have been made to the fixings so that those sculptures are now permanently fixed to their mounts. Simon Groom, Director of Modern and Contemporary Art at the National Galleries of Scotland said that they were...
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Landslip update

Wednesday, 16 January, 2019 - 11:59
Water of Leith Conservation Trust's latest newsletter has an update on the landslip near Dean Village: legal proceedings are on hold while technical investigations continue. Below is a statement from City of Edinburgh Council's Natural Heritage Service please direct any queries to naturalheritageservice [at] edinburgh.gov.uk · The Council (“CEC”) has raised legal proceedings against a number of parties in respect of the landslip at the Dean Path · These proceedings have been paused pending further investigations by technical experts appointed by CEC and other parties respectively · Before steps can be taken to reopen the path, the causes of the...
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Proposed Dean Valley renovation: Second phase feasibility study published

Tuesday, 2 October, 2018 - 19:20
The Second Phase Feasibility Study completes a suite of documents which Dean Valley Regeneration Ltd, a Scottish charity, have commissioned which outline the scope and costings for restoration work to the Dean Valley designed landscape owned by City of Edinburgh Council (CEC) and additional abandoned land. This unique and special valley, with the Water of Leith running through it, is one of our City’s green lungs and lies within our Edinburgh World Heritage site. Our aim has been that by producing these studies and documents it will encourage CEC to apply for Heritage Lottery Fund grants which will bring the...
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