A group living along Nelson's Maitai River want stricter forestry controls saying it is damaging the river. Katy Jones reports. Tom Kennedy has lived along the Maitai River for 30 years and says the river has changed considerably in that time. "Under the Nile Street bridge you used to see … [Read more...]
Blue-green algae monitoring starts
Council has started its summer blue-green algae (also known as cyanobacteria) monitoring programme, to ensure it can provide up-to-date information to river users on any elevated levels of algae in the Maitai River. Blue-green algae is a naturally occurring organism found throughout New Zealand. It … [Read more...]
FOM Present at the Council Meeting 9th November
Great work from Alison Horn on behalf of FOM. And Matt Lawrey please keep on asking the Nelson City Councilt tough questions about swimmability of the Maitai. The presentation also covered those pesky plastic parking tickets, the councils new environmental hotline 0800POLLUTE (great news), and the … [Read more...]
Ecologist Mike Joy: critic and conscience award
With a growing number of lakes and rivers unsafe for swimming eco-warrior Dr Mike Joy is determined to get people to think about cleaning up our waterways. The Massey University freshwater ecologist has spent many years trying to raise public awareness of the state of our water environments. Now the … [Read more...]
Brook Sanctuary Brodifacoum Results
Brook Sanctuary have had their our independent water sample test results in... Water samples were collected from the Brook Stream, before the operation and 14, 23, & 47 hours after the operation by the Cawthron Institute. Analysis was carried out by Landcare Research's toxicology lab in … [Read more...]
Science, art and retail collide
Retail promotions aren’t known for being overly scientific — but that didn’t stop a collective of talented folk from making it the centrepiece of an entry into the Uniquely Nelson Illuminate promotion.The Illuminate promotion is run in conjunction with Feast of the Senses, to help brighten up the … [Read more...]
Sally Gepp and the Ruataniwha Dam
A Nelson environmental lawyer who fronted the legal battle against the proposed Ruataniwha Dam in Ruahine Forest Park says the Department of Conservation is failing in its obligation to protect New Zealand's natural assets. JONATHAN CARSON reports. Sally Gepp was working in a tiny, second-storey … [Read more...]
World Water Day – Fish Game
To celebrate World Water Day, March 23rd. Ali K and I set up the Fish Game close to the Brook Waimarama display and the NCC stand by the stream in Isle Park. This coincided with the Isle Park evening market. We enjoyed playing the game with several young families. While there,we met the Educators … [Read more...]
More protection needed for whitebait species – Conservation Authority – Radio NZ
Written by Maja Burry @majaburry Whitebaiters could face catch limits, tougher enforcement and fishing permits amid concern over the future of the native species. Regulations around whitebaiting have not changed since the mid-1990s, despite four out of the five whitebait species having … [Read more...]
Filthy water report: A starting point or an end game? – Radio NZ
Written by Dave Hansford @davehansford4 Another day; another freshwater report. By now, you could recite this stuff in your sleep: too many cows pissing too much nitrate, drought by irrigation. Greedy farmers, shrill environmentalists. Equivocal scientists, euphemistic politicians. All of them … [Read more...]
NZ’s economic growth model pushing environmental limits – Radio NZ
Freshwater pollution and increasing greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture are among the biggest challenges New Zealand's environment faces, says a new review. The Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) has made 50 recommendations in its third environmental performance … [Read more...]
Ban Commercial Fishing of Whitebait
Why is this important? It is inexcusable that we allow a native threatened species to be commercially harvested and sold locally and exported. While commercial harvesting of whitebait species is not the biggest threat to their decline (declines in habitat quality are) it is an extra pressure on … [Read more...]
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