Dogs are playing an important role in helping protect braided river birds along the Ashley River/Rakahuri, by sniffing out rats. The Norway rat is a major threat to precious bird species
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2024/smelling-a-rat-dogs-help-sniff-out-river-bird-threatsDouglas Robert McIntyre has applied for resource consents to discharge nitrogen as dairy effluent and to take and use water across two dairy farming operations (Farm 36502 and Farm 36504), located
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/do-it-online/resource-consents/notifications-and-submissions/douglas-robert-mcintyreDay to day our biosecurity officers get to work in some pretty spectacular parts of Waitaha Canterbury, but sometimes, exciting opportunities arise to help support biosecurity projects in other parts
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2024/biosecurity-officers-in-the-wildEvery winter, our Regional Parks and Forests team hosts planting events in the Waimakariri River Regional Park, and they love having helping hands. If you’re in or around Kaiapoi, Rangiora
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2025/get-your-gloves-dirty-for-a-good-cause-this-winterA South Canterbury landowner is leading the charge to restore Te Wharetawhiti/Pig Hunting Creek Wetland by developing a comprehensive strategy to return the degraded wetland to its natural state
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/zone-news/orari-temuka-opihi-pareroa/wetland-restoration-takes-root-at-pig-hunting-creek