Southland Ecological Restoration Network

A Network of Southland Community Conservation Projects

Wyndham Wildlife Refuge

Location:: Wyndham
Region:: Eastern Southland
District:: SDC

Access:: Open
Area (ha):: 12

Description

Restoration of wetland oxbow with native & exotic plantings.

Historic involvement

Wyndham Community Board, Alan Leitch, DOC, Southland Community Nursery.

Current involvement

Three Waters Catchment Group, Thriving Southland, Environment Southland

2007 Spring NZERN visit to the project saw the challenge faced in reveging a crack willow landscape. Ppt 1

2017 SERN trip to revisit Wyndham Wildlife Refuge restoration plantings.

10 years of growth with ribbonwood and kohuhu (Pit. tenuifolium) well established. Ppt 1.

Wyndham Primary School Year 3 Class hear about the restoration plantings in the lower wetland area from Alan Leitch. June 2021.

2026 May. Menzies College students help with a planting day organised by the Three Rivers Catchment Group on the Diprose property to the north of the Wyndham Wildlife Reserve.

2026 May. In the foreground on right, Dave Diprose, landowner and organiser of the day, along side Tessa Miller, Thriving Southland support person, watch as Gay Munro, SERN, talks to the students about wetlands and their importance. Credit: Anastazia Raymond, ES LSO.

2026 May. Plantings complete. Most plants were protected with plastic covers. Credit: Anastazia Raymond, ES LSO

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