Funding Received: $2,800

Whitney's Creek - Stream Protection

PROJECT BENEFITS:

Sediment loss mitigation

Improvement in water quality

Indigenous biodiversity enhancement

Funding Received: $5,460

Indigenous vegetation planting along the Waikakahi Stream.

PROJECT BENEFITS:

Sediment loss mitigation

Establishing and enhancing indigenous biodiversity and habitat

Funding Received: $8,400

Native plantings and fencing-off riparian area

PROJECT BENEFITS:

Biodiversity restoration

Mitigation of sediment runoff into the Waikakahi Stream

Stock exclusion

Funding Received: $1,750

A Yearly Riparian Planting Project

PROJECT BENEFITS:

Protection of the wetland area that could contain mudfish

Wetland enhancement

Funding Received: $8,500

Following stage one, further willow clearance has taken place, and 2000 additional plants have been planted. 

PROJECT BENEFITS: 

Sediment loss mitigation 

Indigenous biodiversity enhancement 

Willow tree clearance for improved water flow

Funding Received: $3,300

Native plantings alongside the Waikakahi Stream walkway. 

PROJECT BENEFITS: 

Improved indigenous biodiversity 

Sediment loss mitigation 

Enhanced experience for walkway track users 

Funding Received: $10,000

Wetland enhancement at the head of a spring. 

PROJECT BENEFITS: 

Filtration of nutrients from run-off resulting in improved water quality

Improved indigenous biodiversity 

Improved habitat for native species

Funding Received: $7,300

Two-stage riparian enhancement project on the back of willow tree removal work involving the planting of approximately 2000 native plants. 

PROJECT BENEFITS: 

Sediment loss mitigation 

Indigenous biodiversity enhancement

Willow tree clearance for improved water quality

Funding Received: $1,500

Enhancement project to create habitat and improve on farm biodiversity. 

PROJECT BENEFITS: 

Improved indigenous biodiversity 

Management of sediment and run-off from hill catchment

Funding Received: $1,500

Riparian planting along a 400m section of the lower main race. 

PROJECT BENEFITS: 

Establishment of habitat for improved indigenous biodiversity

Stock exclusion 

Buffer for sediment loss and run-off leading to improved water quality 

Funding Received: $13,900

Native plantings along approximately 2km of the headwaters of the Waikakahi Stream. 

PROJECT BENEFITS: 

Improved water quality benefits for the wider Waikakahi Catchment as a result of reduced sediment runoff

Establishment and enhancement of habitat and biodiversity. 

Funding Received: $9,350

Further development and enhancement of riparian planting along the Waikakahi and Dog Kennel Stream.  

PROJECT BENEFITS: 

Improved protection and permanent protection for Canterbury mudfish and freshwater crayfish. 

Erosion mitigation and improved water quality

Improved indigenous biodiversity 

Funding Received: $1,500

Recreation and enhancement of a pond previously formed as a result of borderdyke run-off but no longer in existence due to conversion to spray irrigation. 

PROJECT BENEFITS: 

Establishment of habitat and indigenous biodiversity enhancement 

Sediment loss mitigation 

Funding Received: $12,700

Development of a sediment retention and filtering wetland at the confluence of intermittently flowing swales. 

PROJECT BENEFITS: 

Filter sediments and nutrients before run-off from upper catchment drains from the property

Indigenous biodiversity enhancement

Funding Received: $10,175

Stage one of a three stage project along a 2.5km fully fenced waterway. 

PROJECT BENEFITS: 

Reduction of hill country erosion and sediment run-off

Indigenous biodiversity enhancement  

Development of a wetland along an intermittent waterway

Funding Received: $3,720

Establishment of a wetland and biodiversity enhancement through permanent exclusion of stock and native planting. 

PROJECT BENEFITS: 

Management of sediment and run-off from surrounding catchment

Improved Critical Source Area management 

Funding Project: $2,500

Permanent fencing of Te Mako Creek to enable the protection of the threatened Canterbury mudfish. 

PROJECT BENEFITS: 

Protection of the most threatened of all New Zealand mudfish species

Erosion and sediment control

Establish and enhance biodiversity and habitat 

Funding Received: $7,000

Riparian planting project on land that has been retired. 

PROJECT BENEFITS:

Erosion and sediment control

Establishing and enhancing indigenous biodiversity and habitat 

Funding Received: $4,300

This project involved the return of a Pinus radiata block to indigenous vegetation to mitigate erosion and protect the creek below. 

PROJECT BENEFITS: 

Indigenous biodiversity enhancement

Erosion and sediment runoff mitigation 

Protecting/improving water quality

Funding Received: $2,500

This project supports the fencing (7km) and planting (300m) work previously undertaken. 

PROJECT BENEFITS: 

Improvement in water quality 

Soil erosion prevention 

Biodiversity enhancement - return of species

Funding Received: $8,000

This project involved fencing off a critical source area/swale and the planting of 2,500 plants. 

PROJECT BENEFITS: 

Improved biodiversity - indigenous vegetation 

Sediment trap will filter nutrients and sediment

Protection of a waterway 

Funding Received: $1,000

This project follows on from the water quality improvement projects already occurring within the catchment. 

PROJECT BENEFITS: 

Improved water quality be removing willow litter

Bank erosion mitigation