Early win projects
The Project Partners have identified 'early win' project opportunities to utilise the infrastructure fund and soften the economic impact from COVID-19 in the short-term. These ‘early win' projects align with the investment outcomes and include, but are not limited to:
- Weed control programme
- Upgrade existing water quality monitoring programme for baseline monitoring
- Catchment condition assessments and surveys.
- Immediate action on solving problems identified in catchment condition surveys; (fencing, critical source areas, problem weeds etc.)
- Stock number surveys
- Winter grazing monitoring
- Appointment of liaison staff to work with farmers
- Regenerative agricultural training and training in soils, nutrient management, farm planning and biodiversity for farmers and land owners
- Development of spatial tools
- Fencing wetlands and riparian areas
- Soil moisture probes on farms
- Fertiliser and irrigation management plans on farms
- Native nursery establishment
- Riparian plantings
- Extension of the Long-Tailed Bat monitoring programme
- Marlborough Sounds Coastal Marine Spatial tools and interpretation.