Sustainable land management
Council recently worked with the new Zealand Land Care Trust to produce a series of sustainable land management resources which can be downloaded from the links below:
Sustainable Land Management - Soil Erosion
Sustainable Land Management - Water Quality - Fencing and Planting
Sustainable Land Management - Water Quality - Managing Pollutants
Sustainable Land Management - Good Management Practices
-
Hill Country Erosion Fund
Read MoreNelson City Council received funding from the Ministry of Primary Industries to work on preventing soil erosion
-
Looking after this land
Read MoreCouncil’s Healthy Streams programme funds our work to improve freshwater quality around Nelson through good land management practices.
-
Erosion and Sediment Control
Read MoreActivities that disturb the land must be adequately controlled to avoid sediment ending up in infrastructure and waterways.
-
E.coli Management
Read MoreE. coli bacteria are found in the gut of animals including humans. and can enter our rivers via various sources.
-
E.coli monitoring in the Wakapuaka Catchment
Read MoreIn 2018 Council undertook a bacteria source tracking study in the Wakapuaka catchment in North Nelson