Catchment characteristics
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Organisation
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Wetland protection
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Actions
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Wetland effort
A snapshot of wetlands in this catchment that have actions underway to construct, protect or restore.
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Total recorded hectares (ha) of wetlands with actions
3,047
Hectares of legal protection of wetlands
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Wetlands have recorded actions happening in this catchment
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Construction and Restoration yearly progress comparison
Showing:–What is this showing me?
This graph shows the total area (hectares) of wetlands that have been constructed or enhanced/restored. The graph shows cumulative totals over time. The data reported on wetland actions in this catchment are recorded on the Healthy Waterways register.
Enhancements/under restoration
Wetlands under management with recorded actions
What is this showing me?
This graph shows the length (in kilometres) of wetland perimeter in this catchment that have been fenced off, or planted out each year. The lines show the cumulative total length of wetland perimeters that have been fenced off from stock or planted over time. Other actions such as weed control is not included here as it is problematic to track this over time. The data reported on wetland actions in this catchment are recorded on the Healthy Waterways register.
Fenced length
Planted length
Legal protection of wetlands yearly progress comparison
What is this showing me?
This graph shows the area (in hectares) of wetlands in this catchment that have been assigned legal protection over time. The bars show the cumulative total area of wetlands under legal protection each year. These data are sourced from the QEII National Trust and provided by Healthy Waterways.
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Erosion control
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Actions
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Erosion control effort
Level of erosion control effort over the years
Showing recorded area (hectares) where erosion control has taken place.
6,710
Total recorded area (hectares) of erosion control actions to help protect our waterways
6,518
haOver last 15 years
4,550
haOver last 10 years
824
haOver last 5 years
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haThis year
Catchment journey
Showing how the total recorded area with erosion control actions compares to the land area in this catchment that would benefit from this action.
Starting the journey Well underway Erosion control in place in most high risk areasAdd your actions
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Yearly erosion control effort
Showing:–What is this showing me?
This graph shows the erosion control effort recorded on the Healthy Waterways register. The quantitative measure is the area of erosion control through three types of methods: on-farm conservation, retirement, and afforestation. The bars show the cumulative totals of recorded erosion control effort over time.
On-Farm Conservation
Mainly the planting of poplar and willow poles allowing for grazing underneath.
Retirement
Retire land either to protect existing biodiversity values, or allow for reversion of native species to take place.
Infrastructure
Sediment control using traps, dams, drainage control or other forms of infrastructure.
What does the catchment journey tell us?
The catchment journey enables us to compare how much progress has been made in areas in this catchment that would benefit from the action shown. This allows us to see how a catchment compares with nearby or similar catchments. Ultimately, this length of journey information may help answer how far have we got to go? and also how much is enough? when used along with monitoring waterway health.
Approximately
11%
or 64,391 hectares of land in this catchment is non-forested productive land (excluding the conservation estate) and has a high or very high risk of erosion – the land where erosion control is an appropriate action.
64,391hectaresis the area used to measure the Catchment Journey aboveHow have we calculated catchment journey?
Healthy Waterways have used national datasets to get a consistent calculation using river bank length for stock exclusion and riparian planting, and land area for erosion and farm plans.
For each indicator, the calculation focuses on only those land uses for which the action is appropriate. The categories of land use are: forestry - exotic, forestry - indigenous, farm land, urban and other.
Sizing the journey
For assessing erosion control, the calculation excludes land that is in indigenous and exotic forest. For the remaining area in the catchment, it includes land that is classified as at high or very high risk of erosion in the MPI Erosion Susceptibility Classification. Therefore the area of recorded erosion control action is compared to the area of land at high or very high erosion risk that isn’t already in exotic or indigenous forestry. Land use is calculated from the LUCAS System. Catchment journey statistics provided by Healthy Waterways.
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The science
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Is it making a difference?
The health of our waterways depends on the local geography and the way we use our land. Long-term monitoring of our waterways is undertaken for a range of indicators so we can understand the health of our water ecosystems and how they are changing over time. Here you can explore the results from long-term monitoring programmes by regional councils, unitary authorities and others.
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