Good management practice
Each factsheet or guide below highlights an area where adopting good management practices can have a positive effect on water quality. If you'd like more information on any of these areas, please contact one of our Land Sustainability Officers for some free, one-on-one advice.
A number of these factsheets are being updated to reflect the latest national direction and Environment Court decisions on the proposed Southland Water and Land Plan. New versions will be available soon.
Please email us on service@es.govt.nz if you have questions and for current advice
Guides to support good farm practices
- A guide to catch and cover crops.pdf (PDF, 1.3MB)
- A guide to constructed wetlands.pdf (PDF, 3MB)
- A guide to creating a farm woodlot.pdf (PDF, 1.2MB)
- A guide to dead stock disposal.pdf (PDF, 1.8MB)
- A guide to erosion control for water quality improvement.pdf (PDF, 707.9KB)
- A guide to farm lane and culvert design and management.pdf (PDF, 1MB)
- A guide to farm tracks and stream crossing design and management.pdf (PDF, 2.1MB)
- A guide to farming on flood prone land.pdf (PDF, 976KB)
- A guide to improving fish access through culverts.pdf (PDF, 2.3MB)
- A guide to managing silage leachate.pdf (PDF, 2.4MB)
- A guide to planting for bees.pdf (PDF, 1.5MB)
- A guide to plugging the leaks to waterways.pdf (PDF, 2MB)
- A guide to reducing contaminants entering tile drains.pdf (PDF, 2MB)
- A guide to riparian planting options and costs.pdf (PDF, 1.6MB)
- A guide to sediment trap construction.pdf (PDF, 1.3MB)
- A guide to shelter planting and costs.pdf (PDF, 8.1MB)
- A guide to soil health and visual soil assessment.pdf (PDF, 2.3MB)
- A guide to stockholding areas, feedlots and feed pads.pdf (PDF, 2.1MB)
- A guide to the benefits of natural wetlands.pdf (PDF, 1.6MB)
- A guide to the benefits of planting willows.pdf (PDF, 1.3MB)
General
Factsheet - Farm Environmental Management Plans
Case Study - Stop your farm going down the drain
Excluding stock from waterbodies
Factsheet - Excluding stock from waterbodies
Riparian management
Factsheet - Creating Riparian Zones
Factsheet - Design and Cost of Fencing
Factsheet - Identifying weeds in riparian zones
Factsheet - Maintaining Riparian Zones
Factsheet - Pest Animals in Riparian Zones
Factsheet - Riparian Plants for Southland
Factsheet - Weed and sediment removal for drainage maintenance
Factsheet - Techniques for weed control
Nutrient management
Factsheet - Nutrient Management
Factsheet - Artificial drainage
Factsheet - Deep drainage of nitrogen
Factsheet - General good management practices - Applies to all physiographic zones
Factsheet - Lateral and deep drainage
Factsheet - Overland flow
Case Study - Stop your nutrients going underground
Factsheet - Consent advice for replacing your dairy effluent discharge
Factsheet - Cultivation
Winter grazing
Factsheet - Critical Source Areas
Our website now features a cultivation and intensive winter grazing mapping tool; a checklist to see whether resource consent is required; and an online resource consent application process. Find all of these forms and tools here.
Biodiversity
Factsheet - Historic Heritage on Farms
Check out the Job's for Nature projects including how you can apply for funding to enhance your biodiversity on your property. Find out more here.