High Country intensification

摘要

The stunning high country landscape of Flock Hill station was the setting for a climatic battle scene in the movie The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and is popular with tourists seeking a remote high country farming experience.Now a different battle is brewing at the sprawling station, near Cass in Canterbury, which includes regionally significant wetlands and sweeping limestone terraces, home to a number of rare species and threatened habitats.Forest & Bird sent a letter to Selwyn District Council in May expressing concerns about what appeared to be extensive pasture development occurring on parts of the station have high natural values.