A Watershed Moment - River Deveron Dam Removal

Project Deveron is a catchment-scale wild salmon recovery project delivered by The Deveron, Bogie & Isla Rivers Charitable Trust and Atlantic Salmon Trust. In 2025 it succeeded in achieving one of its major early habitat restoration goals in the River Deveron catchment. With support from Chivas Brothers' 'The River Within' programme and the European Open Rivers Programme, the formerly overgrown and decrepit Mill of Eden weir on the King Edward tributary has now been removed, providing unhindered access for wild Atlantic salmon, trout, eels and other wildlife to over 11km of habitat for the first time in 150 years.