Modifications to the river banks are shown on the accompanying map in orange. Alterations to natural vegetation cover are shown in purple. Where the banks support a natural vegetation cover this is shown in green.

The following man-made modifications were noted.

1. Below the dam outflow and following tunnel there is, on river left, the exit of a huge tunnel with a concrete plinth.

2. A river gauging station with associated tower and ladders sits atop a concrete retaining wall which drops into the river.

3. Immediately below the initial double hole rapid", on left bank, there is a section of approximately 20 metres of bank which has been walled and surfaced with concrete, relatively recently, to create a walkway adjacent to the channel.

4. Behind this lie the remains of an old wooden staircase.

5. On right bank just below the "pop out spot" (third from last rapid on the section) there is another wooden staircase which is in unsafe and rotten condition.

6. A wooden river gauge sits on the left bank just above White Bridge and is in good condition.

7. On river right before the bridge, there is a beach and egress. There is a small amount of erosion in the vague gully which leads up to car park. This erosion is slight and is a combination of water, which runs across the footpath above, running down this drainage feature, and paddlers and rafters walking up the bank at this point.

8. The following vegetation modifications were noted.

9. The right bank is at first a rhodedendron jungle and the thickets give way gradually to more islolated rhododendron plants until just below the playhole.

10. A birch and oak woodland continues downstream and from below the big pool there are additionally some rhododendron plants flourishing and some isolated sitka spruce trees which have seeded from the adjacent plantation.

11. A nice oak and birch woodland with a heather filled undergrowth borders the remainder of the section with occasional areas of cleared rhododendron and one or two thickets of the same as one approaches the car park at the bottom.

12. A car park area has been constructed at White Bridge, well landscaped, with access to a "forest enterprise" woodland walk which follows the river on this bank.

13. On this walk an information sign indicates amongst other things that "fishing and canoeing permits" must be obtained from a local hotel. The wording of this sign is inappropriate with regard to canoeing.

14. The left bank below the dam is a dense forest of rhododendron which gives way, below the put in, to a wide strip of woodland (mainly birch and oak) which has seen a major effort at rhododendron clearance.

Some of the broad leaf trees are dead as a result of competition from rhododendron. The clearance work is probably within last 5 years and in places has left large amounts of branch litter which will be very slow to decompose. The toxicity of the leaf and branch litter is preventing any undergrowth regeneration at present.

Since the clearance work was carried out, many of the rhododendron bushes have sprouted new growth and some bushes are already looking vigorous, growing to as much as 5 feet and beginning to spread and or join up again.

The overall appearance of this bank is of a sterile and untidy environment, but with a much improved visibility which allows fine views of the River Garry.