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Replanting a riparian strip

Volunteers replanting a riparian strip by a stream, New Zealand.

Volunteers replanting a riparian strip. Reducing stock access to streams and planting native plants along the bank can change the water from murky and polluted into a crystal clear stream teeming with life.

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Rights: Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research
Published: 9 September 2008Size: 325.23 KB
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