Forest & Bird Youth believes the Treaty Principles Bill - introduced in 2024 - 2025 for public consultation - redefines or diminishes current Treaty principles and threatens the regenerative approach that Māori environmental values can bring.
Mike Avis, Marlborough District Council Biosecurity Officer will be talking about Significant Natural Areas (SNA), a project about identifying and protecting areas of natural significance.
Recently retired John Dyer will be giving a talk on the role of Fish & Game's management of gamebirds. This includes the annual banding thousands of grey and mallard ducks, also past banding of paradise shelducks, current aerial monitoring of
Sea Lavender is an invasive Mediterranean plant that crowds out NZ native ones. It is found on the Heathcote Estuary and is being controlled by an annual seek and dig out event. This has reduced seeding and the spread of this plant.