Appendix A # Location Class Important Values Concerns Water Desired Quality Out- Classifi- come cation Awatere Catchment 41 Upper Awatere Medium Recreational area - Development of riparian F, FS M Awatere tramping, hunting. margin. tributaries Fish habitat - limited trout Stock pollution. including: spawning, koaro in Penck Hodder River, River, non-migratory Tone River, galaxiids. Kennet River, Significant areas of Castle River, indigenous vegetation. Boundary Stream, Penck River and Bird habitat - waterfowl, Enchanted black shags, pied stilts, Stream black-fronted terns, white faced herons, South Island pied oyster catchers. Wilderness area. East Coast Catchments 42 Waima (Ure)River Medium Bird habitat. Out of stream use during F M Limited fishing - whitebait. low flows. Gorge represents Stock pollution. outstanding natural feature. Significant areas of indigenous vegetation. Wilderness area in upper reaches. 43 Flaxbourne and Low Recreational area - Development of riparian F M Blind Rivers tramping, picnicking. landscape. Fishing - whitebait. Low flows due to out of Recreational fisheries at stream use. mouths. Stock pollution. Limited fish habitat. Clarence Catchment 44 Tarndale Lakes Very High Bird habitat - paradise Land development and FS, AE M including duck moulting site, drainage. Bowscale Tarns, Canadian goose, waterfowl Stock pollution and Lake Sedgemere, and waders including damage to riparian Island Lake, Fish endangered southern margin. Lake (Fish Lake is crested grebe. in the Wairau Fish habitat - Tarndale Catchment) bully . Outstanding natural area - intact native aquatic plant community, tussock land, raupo swamp. Recreational area - hunting, tramping, mountain biking, passive. Wilderness area. App A - 11