Conservation Award for Moerangi Station

Wednesday, 02 September 2009

 

Barry Pope with his well deserved Conservation Award

Barry Pope with his well deserved Conservation Award

Late in 2008 Barry Pope, manager of Moerangi Station was awarded with a Tongariro Taupo Conservation Award for the work which has been completed in planting the riparian sections of the station.

Moerangi Station is located between Lake Otamangakau and Kuratau, and comprises a large part of the upper catchment of the Kuratau River. The award was presented by the Tongariro/Taupo Conservator and WCEET Trustee, Paul Green, who described the farm entity as a great model for the future of the Taupo catchment, and highlighted they had planted and fenced off 135ha of a protected wetland area using funding sourced from WCEET. He supported them in leading the way with changed land use practices and reducing the nitrate leaching into the lake.