Press Release – Forest And Bird The Government has caved to pressure from industry by backing away from rules that would protect Southlands rivers from pollution. img src ”https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2103/8820dd2e689ef599e024.jpeg” width ”720″ height ”576″ Deer living in mud and polluted …
The Government has caved to pressure from industry by backing away from rules that would protect Southland’s rivers from pollution.
Deer living in mud and polluted freshwater pooling. Photo by Geoff Reid and Angus Robson, September 2020.
The Minister for the Environment and the Minister for Agriculture announced late yesterday they are delaying the introduction of rules to protect freshwater from the effects of intensive winter grazing, a practice which often results in stock living in mud and streams running brown with sediment.
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