- Letter calling for urgent review of South Canterbury rivers rejected
From Timaru Herald: Supplied Otop members Elizabeth McKenzie, Dr Phil Driver and Tom O’Connor say the Pareora River (above) has been “over-allocated.” An attempt to … Continue reading - Flow-on effect ‘Modest’ improvement to water quality from plan change
Courtesy of Fuseworks: Horizons Regional Council has adopted recommendations that will allow some intensive farming operations to apply for resource consent – after a gap … Continue reading - Joni Mitchell Was Right
Don’t it always seem to go That you don’t know what you’ve got Till it’s gone Joni Mitchell Big Yellow Taxi Recently dead vegetation … Continue reading - Why are we subsidising harm?
Guest opinion by Dr Mike Joy The school strikes for the climate are not a fad and they’re not going away. They should be a … Continue reading - Government Needs to Come Clean on Foreign Buy-ups of NZ
The current government needs to instigate far stricter controls on foreigners buying up New Zealand’s countryside says the Council of Outdoor Recreation Associations as well … Continue reading - Reprinted From 20 Years Ago – 2001
The more things change, the more they stay the same New Zealand Federation of Freshwater Anglers, (Inc.) February 2001 The Case Against the Importation of … Continue reading - Fish are suffering on an industry-wide scale, scathing Scottish salmon farm investigation reveals
An undercover investigation of the Scottish salmon industry and its accompanying report recently released reveal suffering, breaches of Scottish animal welfare law and shocking mortality … Continue reading - It’s sold as ‘100% pure’. But behind New Zealand’s clean, green image lies a dirty truth
From https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-03-16/new-zealand-rivers-pollution-100-per-cent-pure/13236174 New Zealand’s waterways are some of the most degraded in the developed world. Will the Ardern government clean it up or will the … Continue reading - NZFFA Selwyn Water Zone Nitrate Results 9th March 2021
Coe’s Ford NZFFA water testing NO3-N mg/L Year Two 2020/21 Location Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Jollies Brook … Continue reading - South Canterbury Trout and Salmon Fisheries Struggling
Opinion by Matthew Hall The following is a submission by former Fish and Game NZ chairman Matthew Hall to the Central South Island Fish and Game Council … Continue reading - Dig that Cicada Rhythm n Blues
It’s that time of year when the Cicada makes their circadian debut (yep pun intended) following a 17-year internment buried deep underground. Cicada give us … Continue reading - Environment Canterbury Rates Increase Shocking
by Dr Peter Trolove NZ Federation of Freshwater Anglers The New Zealand Federation of Freshwater Anglers NZFFA is appalled that the largest and best resourced … Continue reading - The Conservation Legacy of USA’s John Muir
by Stephen Fox 1981 Perhaps the most legendary woodsman in American history, John Muir (1838 – 1914) was a Scottish-born naturalist, an eccentric nature lover who … Continue reading - Canterbury’s Water Story is Not a Happy one
by Dr Peter Trolove President NZ Federation Freshwater Anglers Introduction The following comments are the distillation of NZ media articles, relevant books and peer reviewed … Continue reading - Schubert’s Trout Quintet
In the summer of 1819, 22-year-old Franz Schubert (1797-1828) and his friend were enjoying a walking tour in Upper Austria. Schubert found the environment “inconceivably beautiful” … Continue reading - Trout farming economically unviable and potentially disastrous to NZ
News release The New Zealand Federation of Freshwater Anglers (NZFFA), a national trout and rivers advocacy body, states that trout farming would be of … Continue reading - Millionaire Corporate Dairy Farm Given Right to More Water than Auckland
An exclusive Greenpeace investigation revealed that Wairakei Pastoral, a dairy company owned by a handful of millionaire rich-listers, has the right to take more water … Continue reading - The Perch is a Valued Sporting Fish – not a Pest
Opinion by Tony Orman Currently Fisheries NZ has a discussion document open for public submissions, in which it is proposed to list perch as a “pest … Continue reading - Warning About “Alarming” South Canterbury Freshwater Fishery Decline
A former Fish and Game NZ chairman and currently Central South Island Fish and Game councillor Matthew Hall has sounded a loud warning about the … Continue reading - Why are the Polluters “Managing” our Freshwater?
by Dr Peter Trolove President NZ Federation of Freshwater Anglers (NZFFA) In the US the Environmental Protection Agency EPA sets the limit for safe drinking … Continue reading - Trinity Lands Corporate Dairy Farms Fined – Fonterra Links
A very recent Radio NZ report of 26 January has told of Waikato farmers being warned to clean up their farms. Recently seven farms across … Continue reading - New PR Direction for Fish and Game NZ?
The winds of change may be about to blow away years of antagonism by Fish and Game New Zealand towards farming writes Neal Wallace in … Continue reading - Radio NZ reveals Big Companies Big Polluters
Radio NZ has reported Talleys, Ernest Adams and Yoplait are among hundreds of manufacturers and brands dumping contaminants into New Zealand’s drains and getting away with … Continue reading - Forget Latin Insect Names, Focus on Fly Presentation
by Tony Orman In my job as a farming journalist, I attended many field days aimed at making farmers more efficient. Two things struck me … Continue reading - The Life and Work of NZ Naturalist G V Hudson
Book Review:”An Exquisite Legacy” by George Gibbs. Published by Potton and Burton. Price $59.99 Reviewed by Tony Orman. This book is the life and story … Continue reading - Waikato Dairying Corporate Pollutes Trout Stream
A farming company, Trinity Lands Limited, operating 20 farms in south Waikato has been convicted in the Tokoroa District Court on January 16 for polluting … Continue reading - NZ Smelt Decline Crisis Mirrored Other Side of World
by Dr Peter Trolove Press ReleaseNZ Federation of Freshwater Anglers17 January, 2021NZ Smelt Decline Crisis Mirrored Other Side of World A drastic decline in an … Continue reading - Scientists Warn of Urgency Action Desperately Needed To Avert Insect Declines
by Tony Orman Nineteen scientists from European countries such as Germany and Netherlands, USA, South Africa, Australia, Philippines and Brazil have given a strong warning … Continue reading - How Much is a Trout Worth?
Reprinted from “Fishing Breaks” (UK www.fishingbreaks.co.uk Let me ask you a question. How much is a wild brown trout worth? I suppose, at the most basic level, its … Continue reading - Is 1080 Harmful to Trout and Stream Ecology?
by Tony Orman A Federated Farmers and Forest and Bird Fact Sheet on 1080 poison said “Trials in four West Coast streams using 10 times … Continue reading
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