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11 November 2009 Canterbury Water Management Strategy way forward endorsed
Environment Canterbury councillors today voted to endorse the Canterbury Water Management Strategy – Strategic Framework November 2009. The strategy document was recently released by the Canterbury Mayoral forum, which comprises the chair and chief executive of the regional council and the mayors and chief executives of the city and district councils.

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  20 November 2009 Transport Challenges for Canterbury, Ashburton community views welcomed
  Work has started on a new strategy to manage Canterbury’s transport system - the Canterbury Regional Land Transport Strategy 2011 – 2041 (Ashburton).
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  20 November 2009 Transport challenges for Canterbury, Timaru District community views welcomed.
  Work has started on a new strategy to manage Canterbury’s transport system - the Canterbury Regional Land Transport Strategy 2011 – 2041. (Timaru).
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  20 November 2009 Transport challenges for Christchurch and North Canterbury, community views welcomed.
  Work has started on a new strategy to manage Canterbury’s transport system - the Canterbury Regional Land Transport Strategy 2011 – 2041.
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  20 November 2009 Progress made on Washdyke Creek flood protection
  Environment Canterbury in conjunction with the Timaru District Council have completed survey work on Washdyke Creek with a view to improving the level of flood protection for the town’s business area, just north of Timaru.
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  18 November 2009 Making a success of controlling nassella tussock.
  A survey conducted earlier this year shows strong support for Environment Canterbury’s strategy to control nassella tussock, an invasive pest plant.
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  17 November 2009 Rakaia-Ashburton groundwater flow project
  Environment Canterbury has started a piezometric survey to better understand the 3-dimensional water flows in the aquifer system beneath the Rakaia-Ashburton Plains area.
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  17 November 2009 Community initiative to clear broom Upper Rangitata
  Members of the Rangitata Gorge Landcare Group have been out in force in recent weeks to spray scattered infestations of broom on the river flats out from Tui Station.
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  11 November 2009 Geraldine Lions and Environment Canterbury work in tandem to create cycle trail
  The banks of the Orari River are set to become a magnet for cyclists with the completion of the Geraldine Mountain Bike Trail; a Geraldine Lions project utilising Environment Canterbury river access tracks and involving the regional council in a supervisory role.
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  10 November 2009 Chairman commends farm plastics recycling company at Tai Tapu opening and Ashburton diesel storage tank maker
  Environment Canterbury chairman Alec Neill today attended the opening of Agpac’s farm plastics recycling baler at Tai Tapu, near Christchurch.
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  05 November 2009 Positive outcome in gravel extraction case
  Environment Canterbury will not proceed with prosecution against a Mid Canterbury farmer and an international company for illegal gravel extraction after both parties agreed to each contribute $500 towards the investigation costs of the council and make a $1500 donation to environmental charities of their choosing based in Ashburton.