Black Gold

April 2012

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April 2012

Forest and Bird’s 48-hour Bioblitz held at the start of March on Denniston Plateau on the West Coast saw 150 volunteers and some of New Zealand’s leading scientists attempt to identify the many species of flora and fauna found in the area. The high sandstone plateau is the proposed site for open cast coal mining […]

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