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Project

July • Sherwood Forest

Kowhai Reach, Kauana

Location:
Kauana
Region:
Central Southland
District:
SDC
Commenced:
2000
Access:
Open
Area (ha):
15
Contact:
Jesse Bythell
Email:
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Description

Riparian kowhai treeland restoration, including threatened plant species establishment, driven by the local community and Limehills School. Picnic area and track.

Historic involvement

Southland Community Nursery

Current involvement

Landowners & QE II covenantors, QEII, Limehills School, SDC.

Limehills School Kowhai Reach Committee, which oversees planning and planting at the picnic area, as well as organising visits by the school and community.
Conservation Week 2006 - tussock planting, with assistance from Woody Weed.
Limehills School pupils educating visitors to Kowhai Reach about animal pests.
A carpark, picnic area, track and interpretation panels make this a good place to visit.
Photopoints (ppt) show the changes. Ppt 1 2004. Picnic area.
2007.
Olearia hectorii admired by Brian Rance, DoC botanist, after 5 years from planting. 2005.
Louise Shand Wilson amid the 2000 plantings. Fertile soils and maintenance give good results. 2008.
Conservation Week 2008 Limehills School pupils undertaking water studies which will go on the EMAP website.
Environment Southland Land Sustainability Officers, Gary Morgan and Nathan Cruickshank, help Limehills School pupils undertake further riparian plantings at Kowhai Reach. October, 2010.
Entrance to Kowhai Reach track, now a tunnel. Olearia lineata on left of gate. July 2022
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  • Castle Downs (Dipton) Wetlands
  • David Milligan Park, Dipton
  • Forest Hill Scenic Reserve
  • Heatherlea, East Limehills
  • Ivy Russell Reserve, Winton
  • Lumsden Creek Restoration
  • Sherwood Forest, Tussock Creek

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