New Low Slope Map

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The first of the stock exclusion regulations in the National Policy Statement on freshwater management (NPS-FM) are set to come in for the 1st July 2023. The first level of requirements states that all dairy cattle and all beef cattle and deer that are break fenced or grazing on annual forage crops or irrigated pasture, be fenced to a minimum three meter setback from lakes and rivers with beds wider than 1m.
Table 1 shows more timelines laid out in the NPS-FM and states that for 1st July 2025 all dairy support cattle must be fenced from water bodies wider than 1m but all beef and deer must be fenced off from the waterbodies when the land is low slope as shown on MFE's low slope maps.
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Table 1: Timeline for stock exclusion as laid out in the NPS-FM 2020

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