The Living Streams programme builds partnerships within local rural communities to enable and encourage the best environment possible for our streams. Keeping water healthy and protecting stream beds and banks ensures the life in our streams will survive and thrive.
Find out how you can make a difference:
About the programme
Interested in getting your community involved in the health of Canterbury’s streams and rivers?
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Resources
Environment Canterbury has a selection of free resources that can help or provide supporting information when planning to maintain or ..
Case studies
See what the Living Streams programme has achieved to date and how we have worked with the community to care for our streams. ..
Canterbury streams are an asset for the whole community. We need healthy streams to provide drinking water for people and stock, for swimming and recreation activities, for irrigation and production, for cultural purposes and food gathering, as well as for habitat for fish, insects and birds.