Date: 20 August 2010
Source: Office of the Minister of Conservation
Minister of Conservation Kate Wilkinson has today declined a proposal for a marine reserve in Akaroa Harbour, Canterbury, after nearly 15 years of deliberation.
Date: 26 July 2010
Source: Department of Conservation
A recreation plan has been released by the Department of Conservation which gives clear direction on recreational activities in Ashburton Lakes and the upper Rangitata River.
Date: 06 July 2010
The Anne River Hut, a 14-bunk hut on the St James Walkway, has burnt down.
Date: 31 May 2010
Lock up your doves - falcons are on the prowl. DOC has had calls of complaints from dove, pigeon and even free-range chicken owners that their birds are falling prey to New Zealand falcon/kārearea.
Date: 31 May 2010
The Canterbury Aoraki Conservation Board invites nominations of conservation projects that show the love for New Zealand for their 2010 Conservation Awards.
Date: 23 May 2010
The winning shot in the Ō Tū Wharekai Wetland Restoration Project photo competition went beyond the usual ‘chocolate box cover’ announced the Department of Conservation today.
Date: 23 April 2010
“My enduring memory of Don Bogie is his face as he crawled into ‘Middle Peak Hotel’ on the morning of 29 November 1982,” Mark Inglis recollects.
Date: 26 March 2010
The Department of Conservation has been fielding calls this week from members of the public sighting weka in central Christchurch.
Date: 19 March 2010
The popular Sharplins Falls Track at the Staveley end of Mt Somers Walkway is closed temporarily due to rockfall.
Date: 19 March 2010
One of the South Island’s most popular day walks, with views of Aoraki/Mt Cook, has been given the green light for a major upgrade.
Date: 05 March 2010
Canterbury’s great spotted kiwi/roroa will feature on Bush Telly 2010, when DOC ranger Malcolm Wylie is interviewed on day two of the Ellerslie International Flower Show.
Date: 25 February 2010
The Department of Conservation has recently upgraded the Tripp Street picnic area in Talbot Forest, Geraldine, Canterbury, with a new road, parking, drainage and earthworks.
Date: 26 February 2010
The Department of Conservation is running a photo competition that puts the focus on their Ō Tū Wharekai Wetland Restoration Project, in the Ashburton Lakes area.
Date: 26 February 2010
Extreme fire danger has triggered the Department of Conservation to place a total fire ban over conservation lands (and within one kilometre of those lands) in the Mackenzie Basin and Ashburton Lakes today.
Date: 19 February 2010
Making mini-mud pies, sieving glowing embers and grinding steel seem like hard ways to start a fire, but the results suggest otherwise, says Masters student Heather Wakelin.
Date: 19 February 2010
Bush Telly is excited to welcome West Coast-based Conservation Officer Ian Gill to the 2010 Bush Telly crew as co-director and cameraman.
Date: 16 February 2010
A German tourist, Manfred Bachmann was apprehended in Christchurch on Sunday with 16 endangered jewelled geckos in his possession.
Date: 26 January 2010
Hans Kurt Kubus – who was was caught smuggling lizards by the New Zealand Customs Service at Christchurch Airport on Sunday 6 December 2009 – has been sentenced.
Date: 25 January 2010
A report from DOC Marine Officer, Laura Allum, confirms that 35 whales were successfully re-floated yesterday.
Date: 18 January 2010
DOC is currently surveying the Canterbury coast for basking sharks and seeks sightings from the public to help with the search.
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