Gorse Grubbing

Saturday January 24th marked the first day of on-the-ground work for the LWRMS habitat enhancement project. The site chosen for the day was the fenced off area of conservation land at the State Highway 1 Bridge on the South Bank of the Waitaki River. Step one: Gorse grubbing. Exotic weeds are a real pest, and not…

New year, new blog.

Welcome to LWRMSblog, a new blog for the Lower Waitaki River Management Society Inc. This is the place where updates will be posted about LWRMS activities in and around the Lower Waitaki River, particularly our work for the conservation of the southern sub-population of Canterbury Mudfish (Neochanna burrowsius). This species is Critically Threatened, and has…