HIGH-COUNTRY FARMING
Sir, —What do we mean by “high country?” This high country is very varied and extensive, embracing many climates, vegetations, and soils. Whatever high country means, there can be no doubt that for a catchment such as the Waimakariri, which . includes large areas of high *land in its watershed, the principle use must be the control of water. Other uses, such as sheepfarming, skiing . and mountaineering, or national park recreation, are legitimate but secondary functions and must in no way be detrimental to the regulation and control of water-flow from this high land. It is suggested that the most important requirement for this high land is to define high country and the priority problems. From this point, research and subsequent findings will be on a sensible footing, leading to the establishment of a national asset rather than a series of eroding wastlelands menacing Christchurch and its environs.—Yours, etc.,
W. J. WENDELKEN. January 1, 1957.
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Press, Volume XCV, Issue 28167, 4 January 1957, Page 2
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