Post by Kiwi Frontline on Dec 28, 2017 16:09:36 GMT 12
PRISON NURSERY FOR RIVER RESTORATION TREES
Prisoners will work alongside iwi and volunteers in an effort to restore the Waiotaka River, which flows into Lake Taupo.
Waikato Regional Council’s Natural Heritage Fund has given $126,750 to Project Tongariro for the three year project.
The committee has also approved a grant of $84,000 for the Waikato Raupatu River Trust and Nikau Whanau Trust towards the purchase of 13 hectares of the Matahuru Wetland at Lake Waikare, and $154,990 for Mahakirau Forest Estate Society Inc to help with the next four years for predator control work......
www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_news/MTgxNjY/National%20News/Prison-nursery-for-river-restoration-trees
Prisoners will work alongside iwi and volunteers in an effort to restore the Waiotaka River, which flows into Lake Taupo.
Waikato Regional Council’s Natural Heritage Fund has given $126,750 to Project Tongariro for the three year project.
The committee has also approved a grant of $84,000 for the Waikato Raupatu River Trust and Nikau Whanau Trust towards the purchase of 13 hectares of the Matahuru Wetland at Lake Waikare, and $154,990 for Mahakirau Forest Estate Society Inc to help with the next four years for predator control work......
www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_news/MTgxNjY/National%20News/Prison-nursery-for-river-restoration-trees