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Project

May • OLGs Bushy Point, Otatara

Pourakino Reserve, Riverton

Location:
Pourakino Valley Rd
Region:
Western Southland
District:
SDC
Access:
Open
Area (ha):
72

Description

Beech forest with restoration plantings in north corner. Weed (holly, sycamore, broom) control.

Historic involvement

Men of the Trees, Department of Conservation.

Men of the Trees working bee, clearing the natives from the engulfing broom. Follow up spraying controlled the broom and allowed for further plantings.
Some beech are getting well established.
The sycamore problem studied by NZERN visitors, 2004.
Richard Bowman, ES, shows how to apply Vigilant gel to a cut off sycamore on the NZERN field day 2004l.
Rabbit damage with digging and nibbling can often result in loss of plants.
Lynne Huggins, DoC, explains about basal bark spraying. SERN Spring Field Trip 2012
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Other projects in Western Southland

  • Goble's Gully, Riverton
  • Mores Reserve, Riverton
  • Owen Conservation Project
  • Te Kōawa Mahinga Kai Restoration Project
  • Te Wai Korari Wetland, Riverton

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