Not Good Enough
January 18, 2024
Negligent River Works
I recently visited the Kiwitea Stream in the Manawatu. I noticed some extreme river works had been done to the entire stream channel that has resulted in a mass sediment load to the reach. This can result in degraded spawning habitat, reduced interstitial dissolved oxygen an...
Our new EIA resident!!
January 12, 2024
Community Planting Morning, Beachaven
September 7, 2023
Locals doing the mahi
A big thanks to Pest Free Kaipatiki for hosting this vegetation planting morning in a stream gully at Beachaven. We even get people come to these events from GreyLynn! And thanks to our Kaipatiki Local Board for supporting these initiatives. Getting like minded people togeth...
Ecology Drinks
August 25, 2023
Ecology Networks
A big thanks to Dr. Abbas Akbaripasand and the crew at Tonkin and Taylor for organising and hosting last nights Ecology Drinks in Auckland at the T&T workplace. It was a good opportunity to meet with fellow ecology practitioners and discuss current challenges we deal wit...
Biodiversity Credit System Proposal
August 16, 2023
Bio what?
A biodiversity credit system may be with us in the future. A number of models are proposed, nothing is set in concrete yet but we need to be cautious about how it would work and who would govern it. To many of us the commodification of nature is perverse and what dollar or c...
National Policy Statement For Indigenous Biodiversity
August 2, 2023
What you need to know
The National Policy Statement for Indigenous Biodiversity comes into effect on 4th August. This document directs Councils to protect, maintain and restore indigenous biodiversity requiring no further decline nationally. Significant Natural Areas (SNA) feature and guidance is...
Low tech, great idea!
We have begun a stormwater sampling regime for Carterton District Council's urban stream environments. The photo shows a cool low tech way to capture the first flush event. As the stream rises , more stormwater is entering the system and the bottle attached to the wara...
Kahika Creek - A Sad Case Story
May 8, 2023
Another pest fish out of the water.
April 26, 2023
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