Conservation Of Water
Sir,—There is much room for sober thought and severe criticism of our methods of conserving water. But I am afraid we are too late to save our native flora, which has the peculiar ability to absorb and retain moisture. Take any native tree. Did its roots totally choke a creek, as a willow tree will? Even growing along a water-race their roots do not protrude. Are our catchment board officers required to know the rooting systems of our native flora? And do they keep a check on the depths of wells at different times of the year? Perhaps a degree in groynemaking Is the sole requirement. Some of us older folk may not see it, but I would say that Canterbury will be a dust-bowl within a 100 years unless we really wake up to the need of conservation.— Yours, etc., A.F.F. December 18, 1964.
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Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30630, 22 December 1964, Page 16
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