Planting for a healthy & diverse ecosystem
Southern Woods Nursery are offering a free workshop, with a great range of speakers, on Saturday August 11th, 2012. See their flyer for more information.
New Zealand’s 100% pure, clean-green delusion
Dr Mike Joy, Massey University, will speak at an EcoPathways seminar at Lincoln University Thursday 19 July3:30pm, in S2 (Stewart 2) All welcome. In this talk Mike will give the facts on New Zealand’s stark environmental and biodiversity reality - the facts that are hidden from most New Zealanders. He will discuss the reasons for [...]
WET Trust Meeting July 2012
The next WET Trust Meeting will be on Monday July 23rd at 6.30pm, and will be in the Habgood Room at Lincoln Events Centre. Robin Smith from the Department of Conservation will telling us about DOC activities and the Public Conservation Land around Te waihoar/Lake Ellesmere. All welcome.
Demonstrating successful riparian restoration
WET and the Sustainable Drain Management team have put together a simple guide to some of the more recently planted riparian restoration sites around the catchment. The guide features 12 sites planted between 2008 and 2011, plus suggestions of a few more established sites that can be visited. If you'd like to see how our [...]
Te Waihora evening lectures
Enrolments are now open for a short series of evening lectures in August/September on Te Waihora/Lake Ellesmere, offered as part of the University of Canterbury's Community Education Programme. It is a joint initiative of the Waterways Centre for Freshwater Management (UC & LU), Ngai Tahu, and WET. Topics will include the history, the current state, [...]
Longfin
There has been some discussion about longfin eels/tuna in the media recently. This short film, made in 2006 by Lindsey Davidson & Melissa Salpietra, follows the amazing journey of an endemic eel, from its beginnings in the ocean through the many decades spent in the freshwater rivers and streams, before it returns to the ocean.
Canterbury Weedbuster education day
If you'd like to find out more about Weedbusters in Canterbury, there's an education and information sharing day coming up in Little River on Sunday July 1st. RSVP by 19 June to: Gemma Livingstone Environment Canterbury gemma.livingstone@ecan.govt.nz 027 487 5472
Celebration of 10 years of Streamcare on Harts Creek
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 Newsletter
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.
Longfin eels in Te Waihora/Lake Ellesmere
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 [...]