Clean Streams funding available
Environment Waikato chairman Peter Buckley is encouraging farmers to apply to the council’s Clean Streams fund after experiencing real success with the scheme on his own farm.
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Hamilton group joins tui campaign
A Hamilton environmental group aims to provide a major boost to Environment Waikato’s Hamilton Halo project with a new plan to control pests at Maungakawa Reserve, near Cambridge.
Hands-on farm dairy effluent management - how to get it right
Environment Waikato recently organised a number of effluent management field days for farmers in conjunction with Federated Farmers, Fonterra and Dexcel.
Buses keep buzzing amid higher fuel costs
Solid growth in use of Hamilton’s expanded bus services is being sustained, new figures for October show.
Hamilton group joins tui campaign
A Hamilton environmental group aims to provide a major boost to Environment Waikato’s Hamilton Halo project with a new plan to control pests at Maungakawa Reserve, near Cambridge.
Piako and Waihou flood protection funding review
Environment Waikato has announced it is undertaking a limited review of the way the Waihou Valley Scheme and the Piako River Scheme are funded.
Expert effluent advice available ahead of more helicopter flights
Managing dairy farm effluent properly can be a particular issue over the Christmas-New Year period as farmers and staff take holidays, says Environment Waikato.
Wanted: people for catchment subcommittees
Environment Waikato has a responsibility to manage rivers and the land around them to protect people, property and the environment.
Environment Waikato prosecutes Piako man
Environment Waikato is seeking an enforcement order to rehabilitate a protected Hauraki wetland after more than 30 hectares of vegetation was destroyed there.
Enviroschools awards celebrate environmental learning
Sixteen Waikato schools have;achieved;Enviroschools awards this year, with Cambridge’s Te Miro School becoming only the seventh school in New Zealand to;reach the prestigious Green-Gold award.
Horse deaths highlight importance of following instructions
An incident in which three horses are suspected to have died due to eating 1080 poison baits near Turangi shows the importance of people following correct procedures to keep domestic animals safe during aerial drops, says Environment Waikato.
The value of using effluent to grow maize
Waikato dairy farmers will have the opportunity to find out how effluent can be used to boost the growth of maize silage crops at a series of on farm field days in December.
Council receives more than 500 submissions on asphalt plant
Environment Waikato has received 529 valid submissions on a resource consent application by roading company Blacktop Construction to build an asphalt plant in Hillcrest.
Environment Waikato polls farmers on fertiliser use
Environment Waikato is conducting a telephone survey this month to find out how dairy, dry stock and horticultural farmers use fertiliser.
Dead didymo cells found in Waikato region
Environment Waikato is underlining the importance of checking, cleaning and drying any gear being moved between waterways, following the discovery of dead didymo cells in the Waikato region.
Environment Waikato’s new council gets off to flying start
Environment Waikato’s new council got off to a flying start yesterday with the election of the chair and deputy chair and appointments to committees.