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Uretara Background

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Background

In 2004 local residents had found their local area had become quieter. Most native birds had vanished from the land and sightings had become rare. Local citizens decided to do something about it, forming the environmentally aware and active community group The Uretara Estuary Managers.

Many problems were identified in the Uretara catchment, and step by step the volunteers began work on varying environmental projects. The scope of the enterprise is large and includes:

Pest Monitoring & Control
Mangrove Control
Erosion Protection
Environmental Monitoring
Education programmes

Work in and around the Uretara Estuary is on going. To restore and improve the local environment takes a continual effort from volunteers and with help from organisations like Wild about NZ, Western BOPDC and Environment Bay of Plenty.