What is the Dee Catchment Management Plan?
The River Dee catchment is the area of land drained by the River Dee and its tributary burns. The Dee Catchment Management Plan (CMP) is concerned with the health of the catchment’s water environment, which encompasses not only the natural water resources, such as rivers, burns, lochs and groundwaters, but also riverine habitats such as wetlands and riparian areas, as well as the species they support. The high quality of this water environment gives it great value to local communities and businesses – as a habitat for wildlife, for drinking water, as a recreational environment, as a basis for tourism and salmon fishing, and as a central asset underpinning much of the rural economy Water quality is greatly affected by how we use and manage the catchment, and, because all of the running waters in the catchment are connected, a poor quality burn in one part of the catchment can reduce the environmental condition of the whole area. The purpose of developing the Dee CMP is to integrate thes
