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Appendix 1: Draft River Health Assessment Form

Questions 1 to 16 are layed out in a large table - view the table of Indicators of River Health

 

17. How safe would you feel tasting the water at this site?

1 Completely unsafe - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 Completely safe

Please explain your answer:

 

18. How would you feel about fishing at this site?

1 I would not fish here - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 This is a great place to fish

Please explain your answer:

 

19. How safe would you feel eating fish caught at this site?

1 Completely unsafe - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 Completely safe

Please explain your answer:

 

20. When you look at the adjacent land and the waterway together, does everything seem to be in balance?

1 No continuity - no balance between land and river - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 Continuity - land and river in balance

Please explain your answer:

 

21. How would you describe the overall health of the river at this site?

1 Very unhealthy - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 Very healthy

Please explain your answer:

 

Birds

22. Please list the mahingakai bird species that you can see at this site.

1.__________ 2.__________ 3.__________

4.__________ 5.__________ 6.__________

7.__________ 8.__________ 9.__________

 

23. Are there abundant numbers of birds present at this site?

1 No birds present - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 Abundant of birds present

 

24. Is there a diverse range of birds present at this site?

1 No diversity of species - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 Very diverse range

 

Plants

24. Please list the mahinga kai plant species that you can see at this site.

1.__________ 2.__________ 3.__________

4.__________ 5.__________ 6.__________

7.__________ 8.__________ 9.__________

 

25. Are there abundant numbers of mahinga kai plants birds present at this site?

1 No mahinga kai present - 2 - 3- 4 - 5 Abundant numbers present

 

26. Is there a diverse range of mahinga kai plants present at this site?

1 No diversity of species - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 Very diverse range

 

Fish

27. What mahinga kai fish species would you expect to find here?

1.__________ 2.__________ 3.__________

4.__________ 5.__________ 6.__________

 

Access

28. Do you feel as if you have access to this site to harvest mahinga kai?

1 Not able to harvest at this site - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 Able to harvest - no restrictions

Please explain your answer

 

29. Would you harvest mahinga kai at this site?

1 No harvest at this site - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 Yes, definitely harvest

Please explain your answer:

 

Final comments

Any other comments about this site