PHOTO: KERRIE WATERWORTHKeeping Lake Wanaka pristine for future generations is on the wish list for many of us, and that includes the majority of high-country farmers whose properties lie within the lake catchment. High-country stations had kind of been left to themselves.’’Mr Arbuckle worked with three Otago stations on the project — Mt Aspiring Station in the Lake Wanaka catchment, Mt Burke Station in the Lake Wanaka and Lake Hawea catchments, and Rees Valley Station in the Lake Wakatipu catchment. The 2,300ha Mt Aspiring high-country station 40km from Wanaka has new wetlands created as a direct outcome of the land environment plan. The creek flows through the property into Glendhu Bay campground where it enters Lake Wanaka. Mr McRae and Mr Aspinall hope that eventually the remaining Lake Wanaka and Lake Hawea catchment farms not in the collective will come on board.

Source: Otago Daily Times October 27, 2019 03:45 UTC