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Canterbury Rivers Nitrate Testing

Posted on 01/05/2020 by Guest
Selwyn River

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The Rakaia River – Canterbury’s troubled water

Posted on 27/04/2020 by Guest
Rakaia

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In 2016 the Rakaia River was judged to be the highest ranking braided river within the Canterbury region for UNESCO World Heritage or Ramsar international status. https://www.canterbury.ac.nz/media/documents/oexp-science/geography/community-engagement/geog-309/2019/GEOG309-19-The-selection-of-a-Canterbury-high-country-braided-river-for-UNESCO-World-Heritage-and-Ramsar–status,-using-multiple-combined-ranked-metholdogies.pdf A Protected River Recognizing the threat of “death by a thousand cuts” due … Continue reading →

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Insect Populations in Dramatic Decline

Posted on 24/04/2020 by Guest
Beautiful Butterlies

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Insect populations around the world are in a dramatic decline over 30 years – whereas water-based insects are not so. A team of scientists from around the world recently analysed 166 long-term survey of insects from 1,676 sites worldwide and … Continue reading →

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Fishy Finances

Posted on 23/04/2020 by Guest
NZFFA - New Zealand Federation of Freshwater Anglers

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Opinion by Rex N. Gibson: Currently the South Island fishing and game bird licence sales supply 66.6% of Fish and Game’s annual income of $10.973million. However the mainland’s six regional F & G councils receive just 38.9% of the national … Continue reading →

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Canterbury Water Quality Maps Viewer

Posted on 12/04/2020 by Guest
NZFFA - New Zealand Federation of Freshwater Anglers

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The Ecan Canterbury water zone maps look quite different to more recent over all maps [red = water quality parameters not met. Yellow = at risk. Light blue = unclassified and can be found at the link below: or you … Continue reading →

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