Tree clearance clogs Pigeon Bay stream
Debris pushed into a stream after hillside clearance in Pigeon Bay is concerning the North Canterbury Catchment Board.
Manuka and kanuka wood root-raked off the hill was pushed into the stream without the prior knowledge of the board and it will now tell the farmer concerned, Mr A. Fraser, that any erosion of water-quality deterioration which could result is his responsibility.
The chief soil conservator (Mr ''R. Cathcart) told the board that it was too late to
do anything about the debris. The technique of land clearance was satisfactory but the farmer had “gone too far” by putting the debris into the water channel, he said. The board’s acting chief engineer (Mr B. P. Dwyer) said it was difficult to know what the consequences might be of the debris in the stream.
Board members were not concerned about erosion on the cleared hillside, but in the water-course or on properties downstream.
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Press, 9 June 1980, Page 15
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