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Groundcovers: Guidance for intensive winter grazing

The Ministry has published a series of guidance documents to support people who manage and monitor intensive winter grazing (IWG) activities to further improve IWG practices in a way that is consistent with the Resource Management (National Environmental Standards for Freshwater Regulations 2020 regulations (NES-F) and minimises impacts on the environment. 

This document provides recommendations on practical actions that farmers, land managers and councils can take to plan, manage and mitigate adverse effects from IWG activities, with a focus on groundcovers.

This guidance is part of a series of IWG guidance that also includes:

Critical source areas: Guidance for intensive winter grazing

Pugging: Guidance for intensive winter grazing

Introduction to the intensive winter grazing guidance package

The Ministry has published a series of guidance documents to support people who manage and monitor intensive winter grazing (IWG) activities to further improve IWG practices in a way that is consistent with the Resource Management (National Environmental Standards for Freshwater Regulations 2020 regulations (NES-F) and minimises impacts on the environment. 

This document provides recommendations on practical actions that farmers, land managers and councils can take to plan, manage and mitigate adverse effects from IWG activities, with a focus on groundcovers.

This guidance is part of a series of IWG guidance that also includes:

Critical source areas: Guidance for intensive winter grazing

Pugging: Guidance for intensive winter grazing

Introduction to the intensive winter grazing guidance package

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