2 Waitaki Catchment

Description of GIS data

Explanation of the GIS data on the tenure review was delivered by the Department of Conservation (see written report).

Criteria for evaluation: desirable attributes

The Department has provided a basic description of changes that may occur with tenure review contained in the GIS report. DOC may begin to manage 40% to 50% of land that is currently managed under pastoral lease. This is an evolving process and relies on the outcomes of negotiations between DOC and the current pastoral lease holders.

Comments

Most precise estimate of change was that perhaps either the 900 m contour, class 7 and 8 land or indigenous vegetation would be a rough estimate of land that DOC may manage in the future.

Refer to Written Report page 46.

Description of GIS data

Access to the water itself, and along the bank or bed of the water body, may be impeded by vegetation, fencing, cliffs or the depth and velocity of the river channel (ECAN, 2004).

Criteria for evaluation: desirable attributes

For purposes of the ECAN inventory, access along bank/bed is categorised as follows.

Good

• Access to and along the bank and bed of a water body is not impeded

Limited

• Access to and along the bank and bed of a water body is impeded but may be limited to certain points (ECAN, 2004).

Comments

The accessibility of a water body will influence the type, frequency and intensity of recreational use. Other considerations are the quality of the access route, and the number of access points to a water body.

In some areas accessibility is not merely a direct result of the existence of suitable roads, but may also be a legal problem where access is restricted because of private property rights or because a permit is required to enter the area (Egarr and Egarr, 1981b, in ECAN, 2004).

See also official angler access points (lower catchment, p. 74)

Refer to Written Report pages 14, 25.

Description of GIS data

The ability to get a boat to a water body, and launch and land it, is important for watercraft recreational use.

Criteria for evaluation: desirable attributes

For purposes of the ECAN inventory, boat access is categorised as follows.

Good access

• Easy access to the bank/shore
• Launching/landing sites are available
• Launching facilities (e.g. ramps and jetties) are available
• Access may be gained from an upstream or downstream reach or via a tributary

Moderate access

• Accessibility to the bank/shore at few points
• Limited launching/landing sites are available
• Limited launching facilities are available
• Access may be gained from an upstream or downstream reach or via a tributary

Limited access

• Generally, access may only be gained from an upstream or downstream reach or via a tributary (ECAN, 2004).

Comments

See also official boat ramps (upper catchment p. 41, lower catchment p. 87)

Refer to Written Report page 25.