Groups protecting Whangaehu Catchment get Freshwater Improvement Fund grants
23 Dec, 2020 04:00 PM
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Eight community organisations have been awarded $66,000 in community grants through the Ministry for the Environment's Freshwater Improvement Fund. Photo / Bevan Conley
Whanganui Chronicle
Horizons Regional Council has awarded over $65,000 in community grants for the Whangaehu catchment this year.
The Ngā Wai Ora o te Whangaehu grants programme is awarded to groups working towards protecting and enhancing the Whangaehu catchment.
The grants are provided through the Ministry for the Environment's Freshwater Improvement Fund. Horizons provides co-funding, oversees delivery of on-the-ground work and undertakes the administration.
They are one part of a Freshwater Improvement Fund for the Whangaehu catchment that is also supporting stream fencing and riparian planting projects.