Harts Creek Streamcare Group and the Sustainable Drain Management Team invite you to a Celebration of 10 years of streamcare on Harts Creek and tributaries Tuesday June 19th, 10am – 1pm Meet at Leeston Community Room (Leeston Library), 19 Messines St, Leeston Join us on a short field trip to find out more about improving our [...]
WET's newsletter for May 2012 is now available. If you are a subscriber it should arrive in your inbox, or you can view it here on our website.
Recent publicity has higlighted the plight of longfin eels, which are unique to New Zealand and are listed as a threatened species. [singlepic id=23 w=320 h=240 float=right]Te Waihora/Lake Ellesmere maintains important customary and commercial tuna (eel) fisheries. Two species, shortfins and longfins, are present and there is evidence to suggest that the proportion of longfins [...]
Environment Canterbury manages the Halswell Drainage District and, following significant damage in the earthquake of September 2010, produced a comprehensive Earthquake Reinstatement Plan. This has now been updated and investigates changes to the Halswell River following the 2010 and 2011 earthquakes. The plan, which was outlined at a community meeting in March, covers progress, works [...]
The next WET Trust meeting will be held on Monday April 30th, 6.30pm, Habgood Lounge, Lincoln Events Centre. All welcome.
In 2011 Katie Collins (MRS) and Aminath Nazra (MAppSc(Envt.Mgt)) each completed research on restoration work done by the Trust. Links, and an outline of findings provided by Hamish Rennie, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Management and Planning at Lincoln University (and WET Trustee), is below. Katie's thesis, submitted as part of her Masters of Resource Studies [...]
A search of the research archive at Lincoln University will produce many theses and dissertations with relevance to Te Waihora/Lake Ellesmere or related topics. Recent work by Katie Collins and Nazra Aminath are examples. All students submitting work in recent years have been asked to give permission for their work to be included in the [...]
WET Restoration Consultant, Stephen Brailsford, was a presenter at the National Wetland Restoration Symposium in Invercargill in March 2012. Stephen explained the practical lessons learned from WET's Riparian Restoration Programme and the current Sustainable Drain Management project to a large and enthusiastic audience from around New Zealand. His presentation (which can be downloaded here) features [...]
Another event coming up on April 4th 2012 for anyone interested in water issues in urban and rural Canterbury. Details can be downloaded here.
This year's Hot Debate, organised by Lincoln Envirotown as part of Earth Hour 2012, is on the topic of The Future of Food in Canterbury. It's on Thursday March 29th at 7.30pm at Lincoln and full details are on the Lincoln University website. Doors open at 7pm. To find out more about what's happening for [...]
Lake is currently:CLOSED to the sea Latest lake level reading:0.83m msl recorded on July 17, 2023 READ MORE >>
