River Protectors

Recently we have been on many trips which lead to us to being habitat heroes. We enjoyed the outdoors, looking at lots of wetlands and going to many rivers, creeks and streams. We have been most concerned with an area very close to our school. It is called Muddy Creek and it is one of our local wetlands.We would like to share our amazing plan with you. Here is what we would like to do if we won $500. We would spend it on....

                                                                                              Muddy Creek

Education 

Send letters to the Clive community.

Go to schools and workplaces to tell them how important water ways are

More education about where rubbish goes when thrown out 

Going around to all schools in Hawkes bay and telling them the importance of our wetlands

Every second month there'll be a rubbish clean up day 

Help for the creatures 

Nesting boxes

Pest traps

Some areas should have no fishing zones.

Find ill or sick fish and look after them.

Eeling should be banned in some areas or limited to one eel per catch and are only allowed to leave nets in for twelve hours.

We will work with the tree trust⭐️

keep the waterways clean

Including the community

Do a community day out to plant and clean.

Let everybody be aware of what's happening 

Let the school children help plant and clean muddy creek (our school borders on the Muddy Creek bank)

Make a trail so people can walk along the creek.

A Rubbish filter so no rubbish gets in muddy creek 

Predator protection

Stop cats and dogs from eating the birds 

We will put out mothballs because they don't like the smell and will keep away

By Liam and Yasmine