By Peter de Graaf of RNZ Far-reaching proposals for protecting Northland’s rivers and lakes could see stock banned from the region’s most erosion-prone.
Far-reaching proposals for protecting Northland's rivers and lakes could see stock banned from erosion-prone farmland and up to 10 metres from all waterways.
Public feedback is being sought from 01 November on a draft Freshwater Plan Change that includes new rules and targets to improve the health of Northland’s rivers, streams, lakes, wetlands and groundwater. Changes to the way freshwater is managed .