A newly formed catchment group scored significant investment, alongside four other progressive environmental initiatives, at the recommendation of the Banks Peninsula Water Zone Committee for the 2023...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/zone-news/banks-peninsula/integrated-catchment-management-sees-major-funding-in-banks-peninsulaOur land management team is urging farmers to take actions to reduce the risk of sediment and nutrient runoff into local waterways following a very wet winter grazing period, particularly in South
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2025/stopping-sediment-in-its-tracks-post-winter-grazingThe beauty of the Ōtūwharekai/Ashburton Lakes was impossible to miss at a recent pop-up event, where people had the chance to learn more about initiatives to improve the lakes' water quality
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/zone-news/ashburton/strong-turnout-to-otuwharekai-pop-up-eventWallabies are a serious national pest problem that requires a collaborative effort to solve — no one person, agency, or group is going to win this battle alone. In July 2020, when the National
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2023/collaboration-is-key-for-wallaby-controlThe recently-announced support from Central Government for flood and river management measures in Waitaha/Canterbury is welcome news. Co-funding, drawn from a new Regional Infrastructure Fund
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/stories/2024/co-investment-for-flood-and-river-management-a-positive-stepWe're set to kick off a summer of action on flood resilience projects co-funded under the second round (Tranche 2) of the Government's Regional Infrastructure Funding (RIF), administered by Kānoa
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2025/flood-resilience-ramps-up-key-projects-underway-to-boost-our-defencesPhoto credit top (Chilean needle grass): Marlborough District Council The new biological control agent (Uromyces pencanus) was released near Spotswood in north Waitaha Canterbury earlier this month
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2024/new-biocontrol-agent-deployed-to-control-chilean-needle-grassStopbank works have recently been completed along the Mason and Waiau Uwha rivers, improving the level of flood protection to the Waiau township as part of our Climate Resilience Programme. Partly
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2022/waiau-township-stopbank-works-boost-flood-resilienceA new catch crop project in the Ahuriri catchment is bringing farmers, scientists and us together to explore smarter nitrogen (N) management in winter forage systems. Smarter nitrogen use Led
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2025/tightening-the-nitrogen-loop-in-the-mackenzie-basinWe have awarded $400,000 of funding to seven community organisations, for eight different biodiversity-enhancing projects, through the Christchurch and Banks Peninsula Biodiversity Fund 2024/25
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2025/community-groups-receive-funding-to-protect-indigenous-biodiversity