Billy Bartrum

Supporter
Catchment Farm Advisor

Billy has spent most of his life on sheep and beef farms in Southland and North Canterbury with his family still farming up the Inland Road in Kaikoura. Growing up fishing, diving, hunting and working on the farm developed Billy’s passion for the environment and working with the agricultural industry to support environmental improvements. Billy attended Lincoln University where he completed his Environmental Management degree.

After Lincoln he worked as a Land Management and Biodiversity advisor for Environment Canterbury in Mid Canterbury for three years, where he project managed a variety of landscape scale biodiversity restoration and enhancement projects.

Billy is passionate about helping farmers understand biodiversity on farm and works as a catchment farm advisor for the Hurunui District Landcare Group.

Hurunui District Landcare Group

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