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Good progress has been made to protect braided rivers
Good progress has been made on collaborative efforts to protect Canterbury’s iconic braided rivers.
Last week the regional council’s representatives again met Fish & Game, Land Information New Zealand, the Department of Conservation and Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu (Forest & Bird and Federated Farmers are also part of the group) to implement the agreement reached earlier this year that consistent management of all land in and on the margins of Canterbury’s braided rivers is required.
Meanwhile, a prosecution for illegally clearing riverside land in the lower Waitaki has successfully gone through the Alternative Environmental Justice (AEJ) process.
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