SERN Spring Field Day 2010
A Trip around Central Southland Restoration Sites. A bus will leave Feldwick Gates, Queens Park, at 9.30am. First stop is at Forest Hill to hear about the future plans to reduce pests in this significant DOC reserve. The second stop will be at the nearby Turnbull’s Sherwood Forest, an area that had restoration work started in 2003, with weed & pest control and revegetation - a chance to check out how progress is going. Lunch will be here from 12 noon to 12.45pm. Third stop will be John Cowie’s restoration site on the Otapiri Stream. The Cowie’s have a QEII covenant that follows a ribbonwood lined bank with a number of threatened plant species present, which John has encouraged the regeneration of by spraying out the grass sward underneath. Fourth and final stop for the day will be at The Donut, a small remnant of the Heddon Bush on the de Wolde’s property. The Heddon Bush School adopted this area and undertook restoration plantings there, as well as encouraging the owners to protect the remnant long term with a QEII covenant. To book your place on the bus, email either Chris Rance - [Enable JavaScript to view protected content] or Gay Munro - [Enable JavaScript to view protected content].
