Conservation and Environmental Issues

This topic provides links to information and news about current conservation and environmental issues of relevance to freshwater anglers.

Listen to nzfishing.com's Doug Stevens talking to Chris Laidlaw about the joy of fishing and issues facing New Zealand anglers on National Radio on Oct 4 2009.

• Canterbury - Our water
• Hearings on Horizons District Councils proposed One Plan
  (a regional plan to guide the management of natural resources)
  3-4 March 2010
• Upper Waitaki resource consent applications being heard
  (ECan website, 22 Feb 2010)

• Hurunui River: Save the Hurunui

• Mokihinui River: Peter Dunne praises decision
  (News: 4 Nov 09)

• Protected waterways up for grabs (20 Oct 2009)

• Nevis River tenure review

• Nevis River hydro power proposal
• Matakitaki River hydro power proposal
• Wild Rivers web site
  (supported by 8 conservation and outdoor recreation groups)

• Walking access
• High country access

• Kiwi Fishing and Hunting - Private or Public? (an opinion piece by Tony Orman)

• Report examines pine-to-pasture flood risk in Taupo area
• Dirty dairying including lower Mohaka River video clip
• Lakes Water Quality Society (Rotorua lakes)

• Children's fishing days

• Didymo alert
• Check, clean and dry to avoid spreading didymo
• The science of felt soled boots to stop the spread of didymo