The third Living lake symposium will be held at Lincoln University on November 15th and 16th, with a field trip to follow on Saturday November 19th.

Thanks to generous sponsorship the registration fees are very low, with concessions for WET members. You can download a registration form here, and information about becoming a WET member here.

The fee  for attending Day 1 and Day 2 of the symposium is only $50 ($30 for WET members).  The field trip is only $10 ($5 for WET members).

There is no fee to attend the afternoon session on Wednesday November 16th, focusing on the Selwyn-Waihora Zone Implementation Programme. However, registration is required – you can send in a registration form or email Adrienne with your details.

Symposium Programme

Details are still being finalised but Day 1, Tuesday November 15th, will incude a short presentation from Clive Howard-Williams from NIWA, setting the scene for the symposium.

This will be followed by a series of updates on land use, fisheries, water quantity and quality and restoration initiatives underway around the catchment.  We will hear from Jenny Webster-Brown, Director of the Wateways Centre for Freshwater Management about recent and current research at University of Canterbury and Lincoln University, and about research in the Selwyn/Waikirikiri catchment from a number of NIWA presenters.

Day one concludes with a presentation about the roles and responsbilities of landowners and a chance to mix and mingle over drinks and nibbles.

Day 2 will feature the keynote address from Prof David Hamilton of Waikato University, sharing insights from the North Island and elsewhere. ECan Commissioner Peter Skelton will explain how the Canterbury Water Management Strategy Implementation Programmes will work within the context of the RMA and other planning documents.  We’ll hear about the Land Use and Water Quality project underway in the Hurunui and what can be learned for the Selwyn-Waihora catchment.

The afternoon of Day 2 is a public session – no fee, but we would like people to register.  It will begin with an overview of the principles and concepts of the Canterbury Water Management Strategy and emerging trends as the zone committees relesase their Zone Implementation programmes.

From around 2pm the Selwyn-Waihora Zone Committee invite you to hear more about the recently released Selwyn-Waihora Zone Implementation Programme and to have your say.  You can see the ZIP here.

Field Trip

Following the Symposium, on Saturday November 19^th, we’re hosting a field trip to look at some sites in the catchment and hear from experts about the challenges and projects underway.  This will be a great follow up to the symposium.  If you can’t make the symposium, the field trip will give you a flavour of what has been covered and a chance to see what’s happening on the ground.

Use the symposium registration form to register for the field trip.