Archive for November, 2010

2011 Funding Round Open!!

November 8th, 2010

The Waikato Catchment Ecological Enhancement Trust is now seeking applications for its eighth funding round for ecological enhancement projects in the Lake Taupo and Waikato River catchments. Applications close on 31 January 2011. Funding will go toward assisting organisations, agencies and individuals with projects that foster and enhance the sustainable management of ecological resources in […]

Lake Maratoto Planting

November 1st, 2010

Conservation Volunteers New Zealand worked at Lake Maratoto from 6th September 2010 until 24th September 2010 to complete the planting of approximately 5215 native plants.  These plants were paid for with funding from WCEET and primarily included flax, karamu, cabbage tree, manuka and coprosma. Wet weather made transporting plants to the site difficult but over […]

WCEET 2009-10 Annual Report

November 1st, 2010

It has been another successful year for WCEET with a number of projects coming to completion and work on ongoing and new Trust funded projects kicking into gear.  Please see the link to the Trust’s Annual Report below for more details… WCEET ANNUAL REPORT 2009 – 10 Please forward any questions to Trust Secretary Michelle […]

Lake Waikare Restoration

November 1st, 2010

Auckland/Waikato Fish and Game in association with the Department of Conservation have since 2006 conducted a number of wetland restoration and creation projects around the margins of Lake Waikare. These works have been designed to restore create and enhance wetlands on highly modified public conservation land, often in areas which had previously been drained and […]