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Impact of deer farming on water quality and stream health – Eyre Creek Station

Increased awareness of the environmental implications of meat derived diets from both domestic and international consumers, has resulted in increased critical scrutiny on the true environmental footprint of pastoral agriculture. There is a paucity of information on the quantified environmental impact of deer farming in the hill- and high-country landscape. To enable the deer industry to attain and demonstrate positive environmental credentials it is necessary to quantify the current impact of deer farming in the hill- and high-country landscapes on water quality and stream health parameters. A research program was initiated to provide a 5-year baseline water quality and stream health parameters from ten farms including Eyre Creek Station, a hill-country mixed livestock farming property in Northern Southland.

Report Number: 12388

Funding

Deer Industry New Zealand, Pamu

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This report has been prepared for Deer Industry New Zealand, and Pāmu, and is confidential to Deer Industry New Zealand, Pāmu, and AgResearch Ltd. No part of this report may be copied, used, modified, or disclosed by any means without their consent.

Publication date

2024-05-31

Project number

  • PRJ0121958

Language

  • English

Does this contain Māori information or data?

  • No

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