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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 - Why Ngāi Tahu is suing the Crown over its waterways
Opinion by Lisa Tumahai In a legal first, Ngāi Tahu has lodged a statement of claim in the High Court seeking recognition of rangatiratanga over … Continue reading - Toxic River Algae Early Summer a Shameful Situation
Opinion by Ben Hope It is not yet Christmas yet already toxic algae has appeared in North Canterbury Rivers such as the Waiau. The Canterbury … Continue reading - Jest a Minute
Three Fishermen and the Ranger Three men were sitting by the side of a lake holding fishing rods with the lines in the water. A … Continue reading - What River Crisis?
by Tony Orman Recently I found an article in a now defunct magazine, “Southern Fishing And Boating.” Twenty years ago in the November 2000 issue … Continue reading - Don’t be Too Serious
by Tony Orman Some anglers cannot laugh at themselves and they take trout fishing far too seriously to the point of being competitive. This stern … Continue reading - Dr Gumperson’s and Trout Fishing
by Tony Orman John and Marcia are an American fly fishing couple who I’ve taken fishing on several of their visits to New Zealand. It … Continue reading - Superb Book on Birds- Many Being Riverside
Book Review “Drawn to the Wild” by Nicolas Dillon. Published by Potton and Burton, price $59.99. Reviewed by Tony Orman Famous USA conservationist Henry David … Continue reading - Should There be Concern About 1080 Affecting Trout?
Opinion by Ben Hope Does 1080 have any adverse impact on trout? To try to answer that, it’s necessary to look at 1080 and its … Continue reading - There is a mismatch between what New Zealand’s government identified as the most pressing environmental issues and the investments in environmental research it actually makes
An article by Troy Baisden, professor of Environmental Sciences at University of Waikato, Stuff Environment 10/12/2020; Report shows New Zealand’s ‘fragmented’ environmental research funding doesn’t … Continue reading - Superb Trout Fishing Book Focus on Mataura
Book Review “Upstream on the Mataura”, by Dougal Rillstone, published by Mary Egan Publishing. Price $39.95. Reviewed by Tony Orman Famous American conservationist Henry David Thoreau once … Continue reading
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