North Highland
The chair of each Area Advisory Group (AAG) is supported by a
river basin planning co-ordinator.
The co-ordinator and first point of contact for the North
Highland AAG is:
Name: Rachel Harding-Hill
Email: rachel.harding-hill@sepa.org.uk
Office: Dingwall
Tel.: 01349 860347
Getting involved
The consultation on the draft river basin management plan will
begin on 22 December 2008.
This is your opportunity to get involved in the basin planning
process in your area. Of particular relevance to you will be
the North Highland area management plan, providing local
detail on the health of the water environment in North
Highland and how it can be maintained, and where necessary,
improved.
The draft river basin management plan and the North
Highland area management plan can be viewed on the RBMP
home page
Please note that the deadline for responding to the consultation
is 22nd June. Where possible, please respond by 22 March 2009
either in full or at least in the form of a summary setting out
your principal comments and suggestions. This will help us plan the
work we need to do to finalise the plan during the spring and
summer of next year
Any queries, please contact the North
Highland co-ordinator.
Membership
Membership of the North Highland AAG is determined by the
range and type of pressures in the North Highland area.
Members include representatives from:
- British Waterways
- Cromarty Firth Fisheries Board
- Forestry Commission
- Highland Council
- Inverness Harbour Authority
- Kyle of Sutherland Fisheries Board
- Moray Firth Partnership
- National Farmers' Union, Scotland
- RSPB
- Scotch Whisky Association
- Scotland
- Scottish and Southern Energy
- Scottish Crofting Foundation
- Scottish Government Rural Inspections and Payments
Division
- Scottish Natural Heritage
- Scottish Rural Property and Business Association
- Scottish Water
- SEPA
Membership is flexible. It will be possible for additional
members to be co-opted for agreed periods to assist with the
preparation of particular aspects of river basin planning. Such
members can be co-opted onto the AAG for single meetings, to cover
specific agenda items or for a short period to advise on a
particular issue. They will not be full members and therefore will
not determine quorum or vote.
Meetings and minutes
The North Highland AAG meets regularly and provides a
mechanism to support the production of a river basin management
plan (RBMP) for the Scotland river basin district, and its
co-ordination with other plans and programmes.
Future meetings
The date for the next meeting of North Highland AAG will be
confirmed soon.
Previous meetings
Agenda, minutes, papers and presentations from the past three
meetings of North Highland AAG are available online.
North Highland AAG forum
Anyone with an interest in the water environment of North
Highland can become a member of the North
Highland advisory group forum.
Presentations and proceedings from previous AAG forum
conferences are available from the river basin planning
co-ordinator.
North and West Highland Forum events
Inverness
Date: 14th May 2009
Location: Royal Highland Hotel, Magnus Suite, Station Square,
Academy Street, Inverness.
Times: 15.30 till 17:00 hours and 19:00 till 20:30 hours.
Thurso
Date: 28th May 2009
Location: Pentland Hotel, Princes Street, Thurso.
Times: 15.30 till 17:00 hours and 19:00 till 20:30 hours.
Broadford
Date: 11th June 2009
Location: Broadford Hotel, Torrin Road, Broadford, Skye.
Times: 15.30 till 17:00 hours and 19:00 till 20:30 hours.
Stornoway
Date: 18th June 2009-05-06
Location: SEPA offices, 2 James Street, Stornoway.
Times: drop in session 15.30 till 17:00 hours.
Please confirm your attendance to Rachel Harding-Hill by e-mail,
Rachel.harding-hill@sepa.org.uk or by phone, 01349 860347.
Further information
Significant
water management issues (SWMI) 
(1.85mb)
Published in 2007, the report provides a comprehensive assessment
of the threats to Scotland’s water and identifies the actions and
improvements that are necessary to protect the water
environment.
SWMI in North
Highland (62k)
Summary table of SWMI affecting water bodies in North
Highland .
Early basin planning work
Information on early river basin management planning work, such as
environmental and economic characterisation and Plan of Action.
Monitoring and classification
Information on how monitoring and classification are linked to
basin planning can be found on the monitoring and classification
pages.
Use the links on the left to visit other AAG pages.