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Project

May • OLGs Bushy Point, Otatara

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.

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.
Project Directory

Other projects in Eastern Southland

  • Beggs Bush Restoration
  • Catlins , Hokonui Runanga
  • Curio Bay Restoration
  • Gore Native Forest Restoration
  • Haumuri (Croydon Bush) – Volunteer Trapping Programme
  • Manuka Mire, Mokotua
  • O'Neill's Bush, Mataura Floodplain
  • Te Rere Yellow-eyed Penguin Reserve, Catlins
  • Waikawa Community Nursery
  • Waipapa Point Coastal Restoration Project
  • WLG Gravel Pit, Waituna Wetlands

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