Foxton Beach Coast Care

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#003333" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="041d4c00dduajq.gif"> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="95" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 46 WIDTH="91"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="46" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="91" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Foxton Beach Coast Care </B>is a community action programme, coordinated by Regional & Territorial Authorities</div> <div> The programme aims to raise community awareness of the importance of dunes, and improve dune function for increased erosion protection.</div> <div> <B>Coast Care </B>groups are made up of residents and beach users who care about their coastal environment and want to participate actively in protecting and managing that environment. Local residents, holiday home owners, bach users, beach front property owners, developers and conservationists, etc should be represented on <B>Coast Care </B>groups. We are an inclusive organisation.</div> <div> <B>Coast Care </B>groups advise Council what work they regard as priority and they give their time to carry out tasks relating to restoring and protecting the dune system.</div> <div> <B>Coast Care </B>is supported by Horizons MW and Horowhenua District Council which both offer advice on reducing erosion and assist the groups with resources including native plants, fertiliser and building materials.</div> <div> <B>Coast Care </B>is involved in developing education resources on Coastal Resource Management, and research to improve the quality and reliability of projects.</div> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#333300" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <I><B>Foxton Beach Coast Care</B></I></div> <div> <IMG SRC="04090060.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="262" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="5" VSPACE="5"></div> <div> Welcome to the Foxton Beach Coast Care web site.</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Calendar"><U>Calendar</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mission"><U>Mission</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Events"><U>Events</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Related Links"><U>Related Links</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us"><U>Contact Us</U></A></div> <bR> <div> Feel free to meander around our web site, and see just what Foxton Beach Coast Care is about and what we have to offer. You never know, we may even tempt you to get involved and help us protect and preserve one of New Zealand's premier dune formations. </div> <bR> <div> The parabolic dunes to the north are of particular scientific importance, being some of the largest such dunes still to be found anywhere on the planet. Research still continues into the formation of these dunes, which can sprint inland at speeds of up to several kilometres per year.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="04f902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="5" VSPACE="5">Nestled on the northern banks of the Manawatu Estuary, the mud-flats just to the south and west of the township have assumed their own internationally acclaimed role as stop-overs for all manner of migratory birds.</div> <bR> <div> One of Coast Care's first success stories was to secure the recognition of these mudflats as a Bird Sanctuary, with Horowhenua District Council now in the process of formally handing over care and control of the Sanctuary to the Department of Conservation.</div> <bR> <div> If you're visiting the area whether for the first time, or as a seasoned campaigner, please respect the area for what it is, and leave the wildlife undisturbed.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="05158640.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="356" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="5" VSPACE="5">At present, the river mouth appears to be moving slowly southward. The result is that a large spit is forming, as can be seen quite clearly in this aerial photograph.</div> <bR> <div> Such formations may not last however, since the manawatu has doen such things before. One good flood may well see the river straighten again, and all that new spit could simply disappear overnight.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>