Environmental management

This section highlights air quality issues in the Tasman District and covers hot topics and information relating to air quality management in both rural and urban areas.

• Why is air quality important?
• Air quality management
• Air quality legislation
• Richmond airshed map
• Motueka, Riwaka and Brooklyn air quality study

Tasman has a wide range of habitats, and as a result is rich in plant and animal life, including many species found nowhere else in New Zealand.

• A Bio-Strategy for Tasman
• Land Biodiversity
• Native plant restoration lists
• Coastal / marine biodiversity

Biosecurity is about keeping our environment safe from pests and diseases and managing or eradicating those that are already here. This page has information about some of the challenges we face.

Find out about Council management of Tasman's coastal and marine areas, Golden Bay, Tasman Bay and the West Coast.

• Soil and land management
• Tasman HAIL Sites
• Wetlands
• Plantation forestry activity

This page contains information about many plant and animal pests that threaten our land and marine environments.

Find out how the water resource is managed and about rules and restrictions for getting access to water.

• Our waters in common
• Rivers
• Swimming water quality in Tasman
• Water management
• Waterway crossings and fish passage