Otago South River Care AGM

AGM SUCCESS

The Otago South River Care AGM was held at the end of July in Balclutha. The committee have obviously worked hard to create connections in their community with water quality as a focus. They really know how to draw a crowd and with a couple of guest speakers there was a great turn out.

The Otago South River Care AGM was held at the end of July in Balclutha. The committee have obviously worked hard to create connections in their community with water quality as a focus. They really know how to draw a crowd and with a couple of guest speakers there was a great turn out. 

PROJECT ANNOUNCEMENT

The guest speakers – well known catchments speaker, Lloyd McCall announced the successful funding bid for a new 3-year project for the group. He will be the project lead. Over the next 3 years 1.8 million funded from MPI will go towards the project covering innovation, land, and water improvements. This fund will be matched with input from stakeholders, in kind and cash contributions to the tune of 1.6 million bringing the project total to 3.4 million. Speaking alongside McCall were the two new project coordinators – Rebecca Begg, formerly with ORC, and Craig Simpson who has just finished with NZ Landcare Trust after 6 years as the regional coordinator for Otago.

IN THE NEWS

Follow this link for more on what this project entails.