Rivertalk : Stop the Coalgate Dam

Central Plains Water wants to consruct a dam at Coalgate in Canterbury, New Zealand ,flood the Waianiwaniwa Valley and divert water from the Waimakariri and Rakaia rivers to irrigate marginal farming land so that it may be farmed more intensively. This means cows instead of sheep. The Waianiwaniwa is a lush and fertile ecosystem that does not ineed rrigation and is full of heritage trees and some of the best preserved wetlands in Canterbury. These are inhabited by those elusive and rare creatures called mudfish.

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What's the status??? Have they called it off???

I sure as hell hope so.