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Council retires forestry blocks amid national shake up of forestry practices

May 14, 2018 by Rosie

Forestry block above Maitai River

Article by Stuff reporter Katy Jones Nelson City Council is retiring more than a fifth of its forestry blocks and building a wetland along the Maitai River, in response to concerns about the environmental impact of forestry practices locally and nationwide. The council last week released Niwa … [Read more...]

Filed Under: news Items Tagged With: city, council, Forestry, Maitai, NCC, Nelson, Niwa, retire, river

Citizen science: Monitoring the Maitai

May 5, 2018 by Rosie

NIWA Ecoli water testing kit

The first Wednesday of the month finds Philippa Eberlein and her Friends of the Maitai colleagues collecting samples from the Maitai River in Nelson. It’s a monthly routine she has held since 2014 when she answered an advertisement, placed by Friends of the Maitai in the newspaper, seeking … [Read more...]

Filed Under: news Items Tagged With: citizen, friends, Maitai, Niwa, river, science, testing, water

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