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Project Manager (Nature Restoration)

Miss Kacie Jess


Kacie joined GFT in February 2019 after graduating with a BSc Hons in Animal Biology from the University of Stirling. She worked with GFT each summer between 2019 - 2024, and for the rest of the year travelled the world including Australia, New Zealand, south east Asia and Japan.

Kacie took up a permanent post at GFT in early 2025 as Project Manager (Nature Restoration).  She plays a key role in delivering the practical works in the GFT 'Flowing Forward - Restoring Galloway's Rivers' Programme.  She is particularly experienced in electrofishing surveys, managing databases, invertebrate analysis and project management.

She is a local girl having grown up in Newton Stewart. She enjoys scuba diving, gaming and being outdoors. 

Kacie Jess

Project Manager (Nature Restoration)

Latest News


Completion of the Saving the Sparling Project - phase 1

The two-year project aimed at increasing awareness about sparling has come to an end. The project was designed to be delivered by two interns, the second of which Courtney Rowland reflects on her time on the project.

Distribution of INNS in the Dee Catchment

GFT would like to say thank you to everyone that helped us in our plea for information on sightings of American signal crayfish across Galloway.

Smolt sampling on the Bladnoch

GFT are presently sampling smolts caught in a fyke net at the inflow to Torhouse Fish Farm on the lower River Bladnoch. The fyke net also helps provide data on various other fish species within the Bladnoch catchment.

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