Saving wetlands
Sir, — Kevin Smith’s letter (“The Press,” June 20) gives readers the wrong impression of the drainage of the Kongahu swamp. He omits to say that 150 acres have been set aside for a wildlife reserve, a sizeable area of tidal swamp for a whitebait breeding reserve, and some privatelyowned Kahikatea stands either gazetted under the Queen Elizabeth II Trust or privately preserved. Since the swamp drainage has begun, we have noticed a remarkable increase in birdlife (ducks, black swan, pukeko, etc.) and adult and young whitebait are readily seen in channels many kilometres throughout the swamp where they have not been seen before. Expansion of the agricultural industry is economically necessary in the Karamea district, as we have only a small number of suppliers to our dairy company. The Kongahu swamp has a bright future when fully developed as it should equal in productivity the fertile peat areas of the Waikato. — Yours etc., MICHAEL JONES, Kongahu. June 25, 1985.
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