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March • Kowhai Reach

Improved Habitat on Mararoa River

At the Landcare Networking Day at The Key last Saturday, the gathering of groups heard about the influx of nesting black billed gulls and terns just below the bridge as a result of the willow clearance project that has been undertaken over the last couple of years. Fish habitat is expected to improve as the river reforms the natural meanders, after having been constricted into channels by the previous willow domination.

Posted on: Monday, 9 March 2009

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