Aim: To reduce erosion and flooding, reduce flow of sediments and nutrients into the stream, improve riparian habitat and biodiversity and adopt a sustainable land management practices Activities: Weed control especially willow, fencing and planting Learn more about how to protect your land
he modifications on the Doc200 are a quick release child proof safety latch which requires four deliberate movements to open the box and a trap catch notifications alarm system. DOC 200 The modifications on the Doc200 are a quick release child proof safety latch which requires four deliberate movements to open the box.This was designed …
Kirks’ daisy Brachyglottis kirkii var.kirkii has a threat status of declining.It is still found on the Coromandel Ranges and northern Kaimai Mamaku range, the west coast and King Country, Pirongia and Pureora Forest. Kirk’s daisy is an epiphyte which grows in lowland to lower montane (mountain) forest although it sometimes grows on the forest floor. …
The Opito Bay Environment Group is made up of residents restoring native forest to the Bay. After some initial coastal revegetation was carried out in the late 90’s by the current farm owners, Opito Bay Environment Group was given permission in 2002 to carry on with the restoration project planting pohutukawa, flax, karo and ngaio. …
Possum traps set on the ground run the risk of catching ground dwelling birds like kiwi and weka. Fortunately, it is easy to place traps off the ground using just a short length of #8 fencing wire bent into a U shape which you staple to a tree. Download File
The Lower Mangapiko Streamcare Group is a great example of a group that has involved a variety of others with their riparian planting. Work first began on the stream in 2006 and now 34km out of a possible 41km (both sides of stream) has been restored. The clearing, fencing and planting on the stream bank …
The Wrybill is a species of wading bird which breeds only in the Canterbury and Otago regions of South Island. These regions have wide stony riverbeds that form what’s called braided riverbeds. It is here that the wrybills gather in spring to breed. They make a small nest scraped together on the ground and lined …
Feral pigs can do a lot of damage to native vegetation, bird life and insect life and some community groups are trying to tackle the problem in their patch to reduce the impact on the flora and fauna they are protecting. The QEII website has some information on feral pigs and a trap design. There …
At present the swamp helmet orchid is known to grow in only one site in New Zealand and that site is in the Waikato. The plant is nationally critical. The area where it grows contains open sedge and wire rush vegetation in wetlands. It was formerly known in several now drained cane rush dominated wetlands …
Basal bark herbicide treatment for invasive woody weed management is proving to be really effective. Sometimes trees, and other woody weeds, just need to go! Why is this? These unwanted plants are often more aggressive than existing native vegetation or the desired forage species and compete for light, water, and nutrients. More details can be …
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