Feature image: Remediation of a long-term barrier to fish passage.A review of efforts to address water quality issues within the Hekeao/Hinds catchment highlights the impressive work that’s been
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/zone-news/ashburton/progress-review-an-opportunity-to-celebrate-efforts-in-the-lower-hinds-catchmentWe are encouraging the community to take part in an extended engagement process that will help shape the region’s future. Our Chair Peter Scott said the information collected from the community
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2023/community-input-critical-in-shaping-regions-futureIongairo, a collaborative project to deepen our understanding of coastal marine ecosystems around Te Pātaka o Rākaihautū/Banks Peninsula, has delivered the most comprehensive seafloor and habitat maps...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2025/explore-the-seafloor-new-interactive-maps-launched-in-akaroaPhoto 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-grassThe Canterbury Land and Water Regional Plan and Plan Change 7 are now fully operative from 10 March 2025, improving freshwater protection, nutrient management, and forestry rules and ensuring clearer
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2025/plan-change-7-now-fully-operativeA native wetland planting project supported by the Upper Waitaki Water Zone Committee is flourishing five years down the track thanks to careful maintenance and predator control carried out
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/zone-news/upper-waitaki/otematata-wetland-plants-thrive-five-years-onSediment traps, which help reduce erosion and run-off into waterways, can now be installed on farms as part of a catchment-wide consent process in the Kakahu River catchment, near Geraldine
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/zone-news/orari-temuka-opihi-pareroa/easier-process-for-installing-sediment-traps-to-protect-kakahu-river