Despite a wet winter, farmers in the Hurunui District are showing good progress in managing winter grazing. This feedback comes from our land management advisors following recent aerial monitoring
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https://www.ecan.govt.nz/about/your-council/local-elections/previous-election-resultsA Mount Hutt dairy farm has adopted a hybrid bale grazing system to protect their soil against adverse wet weather and better their overall environment. In the foothills of Mid Canterbury
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/zone-news/ashburton/winter-grazing-alternative-shakes-up-dairy-farmAbout 200 trout and two-dozen tuna/eels have been relocated within Hororata’s Bealey Stream, as part of a wider project to protect the Nationally Critical Canterbury Mudfish/kōwaro. The brown trout...
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https://www.ecan.govt.nz/about/careers/working-hereCommissioner McGarry has granted the application subject to conditions for the Marwin Land Limited to take and use water groundwater for irrigation of crops and pasture for grazing stock at Hackthorne...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/do-it-online/resource-consents/notifications-and-submissions/notified-decisions/2011/marwin-land-limitedWhat started as a routine coastal hazard report has turned into a remarkable rediscovery of maritime history, thanks to a hidden piece of shipwreck exposed at the Rakahuri Ashley River Mouth and some...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/zone-news/waimakariri/long-lost-british-ship-thames-reemerges-at-ashley-river-mouth-160-years-laterWith the winter months here, we're urging landowners to keep stock off stopbanks in wet conditions. Stopbanks are our primary defence against river flooding in many areas of our region, protecting
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2024/stock-damage-to-stopbanks-puts-community-at-riskOur 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-grazing