The Upper Forth River catchment stretches from the forested headwaters of the Forth at Loch Chon and Loch Ard, across the floodplains of the Carse of Stirling, meandering through a patchwork landscape of diverse rural land uses and communities to Stirling.

It is a productive working landscape, supporting forestry and farming, as well as of nature rich and wild grasslands, wetlands, and woodlands that support wildlife and rural livelihoods.