Kini swamp next doomed West Coast wetland
Conservation Director
Gerry McSweeney,
We were sceptical abdout tne Government's January announcement that West Coast Wetlands Drainage Subsidies would no longer be available for draining fertile flax swamps but only for improving existing farmland. Government recently extended the subsidies for five years despite strong conservation opposition. (See Forest and Bird February 1985) Our concern was warranted. On 25 February, the Westland Catchment Board, despite the new policy, approved drainage of the flax-dominant Kini swamp near Bruce Bay in South Westland. Our Society and the Wildlife Service are appealing to the Planning Tribunal against the decision. The credibility of the Government's new National Wetland policy and of Works Minister Fraser Colman and his officials is in tatters unless they too take action.
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Forest and Bird, Volume 17, Issue 2, 1 May 1986, Page 31
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128Kini swamp next doomed West Coast wetland Forest and Bird, Volume 17, Issue 2, 1 May 1986, Page 31
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