“Ninety-three per cent of Taranaki plains farmers on stream catchments now have riparian planting plans, but the actual implementation is "going at a snail's pace," councillor Peter Horton told a Taranaki Regional Council policy committee meeting recently.”
“The Dairying and Clean Streams Accord was drawn up five years ago by Taranaki dairy farming leaders, Fonterra, Federated Farmers and the TRC and has become an outstanding regional model. It covers riparian (stream bank) fencing and planting, stream crossings, effluent discharges, nutrient budgets to optimise fertiliser use, and the protection of wetlands”
“TRC chairman David MacLeod says the rate of riparian protection work needs to lift substantially, although he adds that the amount of new work still equates to fencing and planting a strip equal to the distance from New Plymouth to Auckland, and farmers deserve recognition.”
http://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/farming/2988575/Riparian-planting-pace-criticised
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