The rate of dairy-effluent
consent compliance in Canterbury has continued to improve
over the past year, preliminary figures released by
Environment Canterbury (ECan) indicate.
Environment Canterbury's new chief executive Bill Bayfield
began in his position on Monday, replacing Bryan Jenkins who
managed the regional authority for seven years.
A conservation
project in the upper Waitaki Valley between the Department of
Conservation (Doc) and Meridian Energy which spans two
decades has won an environmental award.
A "once-in-a-lifetime" season on the Tasman Glacier Terminal
Lake, including three unprecedented glacial iceberg calvings,
has resulted in record patronage for tourist boat operator
Glacier Explorers.
