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.