Farmer involvement crucial on peatland ‘threat’

Farmer involvement crucial on peatland ‘threat’

Reading Time: 3 minutes Waikato and Hauraki farmers must be front and centre in any discussions about removing flood protection and turning peat soils back into wetlands, Chris Woolerton says.  “Landowners need to be wide awake to this threat,” the newly elected Federated Farmers Waikato vice president says.  “If there’s to be a new approach to re-wetting peat soils for environmental or cost-saving reasons, farmers need to be at the table from t…