Northern branch shows the way
Our new Northern Branch at Whangarei has already emerged with two conservation initiatives to its credit. They successfully negotiated with a major trucking company to stop reclamation of an important stretch of mangroves on the city edge. Notices have now been erected prohibiting illegal dumping and the Harbour Board has been approached to revoke its approval for the reclamation over the sensitive area. The branch has also joined with local Maori tribal elders and the Historic Places Trust in a bid to gain better management of a now heavily grazed 50-hectare island in the middle of the Whangarei Harbour. A draft proposal from the groups has been put to the Harbour Board who own the island, seeking reserve status with a view to a community-sponsored restoration programme. This will involve protection of the island’s numerous historical and archaeological features, and revegetation of the remainder for a public reserve.
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Forest and Bird, Volume 18, Issue 1, 1 February 1987, Page 6
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153Northern branch shows the way Forest and Bird, Volume 18, Issue 1, 1 February 1987, Page 6
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