11 August 2021 - Rural News

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Fishermen help farmers Tony Entwistle, left, Timothy Sassella, middle, and Steve Perry helping fix fences at a local farm. Photo: Gebhard Krewitt.

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A group of fishermen are returning the goodwill they have experienced from local farmers by helping with the clean-up from recent floods. Nelson Marlborough Fish and Game employee Jacob Lucas says

they often rely on the goodwill of farmers for access to the rivers they use to fish and hunt. Now they are returning the favour with working bees on several farms that were damaged in the July floods. About 15 to 20 staff and volunteers from Nelson Trout Fishing 21 7-20 201

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Club, Fish and Game and fishing guides from NZ Professional Guides Association have been involved with the clean ups. “It is amazing how many hands do indeed make light work,” says Jacob. “Initially it looked daunting.” A lot of the work has been re-

moving debris from fences and reinstating those that have been flattened. There is also a lot of work with native plants that were swamped and surrounded by silt. They have been dug out and replanted with guards around them. They have been working alongside the Rural Support

Trust and still have a few farms lined up to help. Farmer Graeme Orange was overwhelmed that the group helped clean up his farm, mostly helping with fences. “After the flood it was quite traumatic,” he says. “But it was brilliant that they helped.”

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