vegetation (210 KB pdf) Maintaining riparian vegetation (226 KB pdf) Maintaining channels and floodplains (321 KB pdf) Weed spraying in riparian margins (273 KB pdf) Pest control in riparian margins (188 KB pdf) Riparian management for hillcountry farms (561 KB pdf) Riparian plant guide 2016 (1.5 MB pdf) Riparian Implementation Strategy (1.3 MB pdf) General land management information IMPORTANT: Many of the Council's guidelines and information sheets are currently being updated to take account of new
vegetation (210 KB pdf) Maintaining riparian vegetation (226 KB pdf) Maintaining channels and floodplains (321 KB pdf) Weed spraying in riparian margins (273 KB pdf) Pest control in riparian margins (188 KB pdf) Riparian management for hillcountry farms (561 KB pdf) Riparian plant guide 2016 (1.5 MB pdf) Riparian Implementation Strategy (1.3 MB pdf) General land management information IMPORTANT: Many of the Council's guidelines and information sheets are currently being updated to take account of new
Land management category winners in the 2022 Taranaki Regional Council Environmental Awards. Category sponsor: Corteva Robin and Jacqueline Blackwell - for environmental stewardship and improving ecosystem health through riparian fencing and planting. Robin and Jacqueline Blackwell’s Ratapiko farm is a fantastic example of successfully implementing riparian planting on a dry-stock farm. The eastern hill country farmers have striven to be aware of and ahead of regulations around protecting and
Land management category winners in the 2021 Taranaki Regional Council Environmental Awards. Category sponsor: Corteva Neil Phillips - for a significant contribution to the protection and enhancement of precious native habitats in Taranaki and enlisting landowner support for these efforts. Thousands of hectares of native bush and other valuable habitat in Taranaki is protected forever thanks in large part to the efforts of Neil Phillips, who’s retiring as the region’s QEII National Trust’s
Land management category winners in the 2020 Taranaki Regional Council Environmental Awards. Category sponsor: Corteva Agriscience C and J McCowan Partnership - for outstanding effort protecting and improving the environment through sustainable land management and farming practices. Steep slopes, high rainfall and erodible soils may seem considerable challenges, but sustainable and profitable farming is still possible. Campbell and Jodene McCowan work hard to achieve it on their 118-hectare
ecological district (2 MB pdf) Ecological districts in Taranaki (188 KB jpg) Sheep dip fact sheets These fact sheets were prepared by Sally Gaw and Graham McBride for Tasman District Council through a Foundation for Research Science and Technology Envirolink grant. Sally is a lecturer in environmental chemistry at the University of Canterbury. She has 10 years' experience in managing contaminated land and was a member of the Ministry for the Environment’s Pesticide Advisory Group. Graham is a farmer with
ecological district (2 MB pdf) Ecological districts in Taranaki (188 KB jpg) Sheep dip fact sheets These fact sheets were prepared by Sally Gaw and Graham McBride for Tasman District Council through a Foundation for Research Science and Technology Envirolink grant. Sally is a lecturer in environmental chemistry at the University of Canterbury. She has 10 years' experience in managing contaminated land and was a member of the Ministry for the Environment’s Pesticide Advisory Group. Graham is a farmer with
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April 2008
To the teacher
Sustainable Land Management
This unit focuses on the issues associated with sustainable land management, particularly in
the Taranaki hill country where vegetation clearance may lead to accelerated erosion
difficulties.
The unit offers background information and practical activities to enable teachers to raise
student awareness of our local environment. The information in the unit