Marlborough Conservation

Marlborough — Over the last 10 years nearly 300 Marlborough landowners have received reports from the Council that identify and describe the significant natural areas (SNAs) on their properties.

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Marlborough — Help For Landowners To Protect Significant Natural Areas Over the last 10 years nearly 300 Marlborough landowners have received reports from the Council that identify and describe the significant natural areas (SNAs) on their properties.

By Marlborough District Council
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Marlborough — Help for Landowners to Protect Significant Natural Areas Over the last 10 years nearly 300 Marlborough landowners have received reports from the Council that identify and describe the significant natural areas (SNAs) on their properties.

By Marlborough District Council
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Marlborough — It is one hundred years this weekend since the last remnant of native forest at the confluence of the Pelorus and Rai rivers was declared a scenic reserve.

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Marlborough — Members of the Marlborough Youth Council spent last Sunday labouring - planting 50 assorted native shrubs and trees on the banks of the Opawa River, on Opaua Reserve off Marshall Place at the end of Dillons Point Road.

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Marlborough — Less than 1% of the natural habitat of our tui is left on the Wairau Plain today.

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Marlborough — Promoting natural habitat restoration for the Wairau Plain Help get tui and other native birds back to town! Report any sightings of tui in and around town or anywhere on the Wairau Plain.

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Marlborough — The bird on the back of our $20 note is an increasingly rare species – but the Marlborough Falcon Conservation Trust is working hard to restore numbers in this region.

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Marlborough — An inspiration to many A seven-year project to restore native planting on the edges of the Wairau River is being handed on to the Marlborough District Council to maintain, with councillors applauding the inspirational vision of Margaret Peace and her Tua Marina Landcare Group for the work that’s been done.

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Marlborough — Help get tui and other native birds back to town! Report any sightings of tui in and around town or anywhere on the Wairau Plain.

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Marlborough — <p><strong>Help get tui and other native birds back to town!</strong></p> <p>Report any sightings of tui in and around town or anywhere on the Wairau Plain.

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Marlborough — Promoting natural habitat restoration for the Wairau Plain Help get tui and other native birds back to town! Report any sightings of tui in and around town or anywhere on the Wairau Plain.

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Marlborough — Native riverside and aquatic plants are an essential part of the natural ecosystems of Marlborough’s waterways.

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Marlborough — Mayor Alistair Sowman and Councillors John Legget and Peter Jerram plant one of the 600 trees, shrubs and grasses put in on the banks of the Taylor River last weekend in a large public tree planting project.

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Marlborough — If you could choose a tree to represent an All Black, what would it be? The community planting to mark the Rugby World Cup in Marlborough will include 15 totara to represent the New Zealand rugby team and 15 birches for the visiting Russian players.

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Marlborough — A native planting and restoration guide is now available for the North Marlborough part of the region matching a similar guide produced for South Marlborough.

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Marlborough — Many of the plant species that are invading and damaging our natural areas are ornamental plants that have 'jumped the fence' from gardens and gone wild.

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Marlborough — Mayor Alistair Sowman inspected the work that Marlborough Boys’ College Leo Club members were doing for the community last week, planting native shrubs along the bank of the Opawa River just past Raupo Café.

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Marlborough —   Many trees and plants that would once have been common on the Wairau Plain are not found here any more due to land clearance and drainage over the years.

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Marlborough — Hunters from throughout the country and as far afield as Australia recently braved some brutal weather conditions at Molesworth Station in the Marlborough high country to complete a successful Canada Goose hunt.

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