Contractors developing a large Nelson retirement village have been fined $90,000 for "gross pollution" of a stream. At an Environment Court hearing in Nelson, Judge Brian Dwyer said sediment from earthworks discharged into Maire Stream meant the population of indigenous banded kokopu had … [Read more...]
Sedimentation degrading Kaiteriteri, Otuwhero estuaries
BY CHERIE SIVIGNON The Kaiteriteri and Otuwhero inlets along the Tasman coast are being ecologically degraded by sediment that is smothering plant life, according to a new report. However, sedimentation in the protected Torrent Bay estuary, which has a catchment of native forest rather than … [Read more...]
Forestry linked to damaging sediment in Nelson river
Pine forest plantations are "probably" contributing a disproportionate amount of damaging fine sediment into Nelson city's Maitai River, new research says. Recently harvested or replanted forestry land was a substantial source of sediment in the Maitai and tributaries in its upper and middle … [Read more...]