Evening talk and next Trust meeting
‘Central Plains Water Enhancement Scheme: the environmental benefits of managing, monitoring and enhancing irrigation practice within the Central Plains Area’. A chance for WET Trustees, members and anyone else who is interested, to find out [...]
Applications invited for environmental enhancement funding
Environment Canterbury is inviting landowners and community groups to apply for a share of $2 million in annual funding to protect and restore Canterbury’s unique native biodiversity. Environment Canterbury Regional Programmes Manager Stephen Hall said [...]
Canada geese cull
Recent headlines in the media have highlighted the issues associated with controlling numbers of Canada geese around Te Waihora/Lake Ellesmere and other water bodies. From June 9th 2011 Canada geese were moved from Schedule 1 [...]
Lake warning – toxic algae
A health warning has been issued by Canterbury District Health Board because of increased concentrations of toxic algae (cyanobacteria) in Te Waihora/Lake Ellesmere. People and animals should avoid contact with the lake until the warning [...]
Selwyn-Waihora Zone Implementation Programme
The Selwyn-Waihora Zone Implementation Programme for water management was formally received by Environment Canterbury at its council meeting on Thursday December 15, 2011. A copy can be downloaded from the ECan website.
Living Lake 2011 – abstracts and presentations
The full programme, including brief abstracts, has now been added to this website on a new events page - Living Lake Symposium 2011 Some presentations can be downloaded now and the rest will be made [...]