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Open Space^TM magazine

Check out the QEII Open Space magazine, March 2010 (PDF 2.5MB)

Download March 2010 articles:

Gisborne: Fencing a water catchment

Tararua: Replacing ineffective fencing

Covenants protecting Olearia shrubland and moths dependent on Olearia shrubs

Wilding pine control

Forest fragments: Objectives of restoration and management

Coromandel pā site covenants

Kaharoa Kokako: Amplifying New Zealand's original song

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Next issue: Late July 2010

Wilding conifers

Prediction and prevention

The unchecked spread of wilding exotic conifers can pose a real risk to landscape, biodiversity and pastoral values.

Right: A mature seeding pine in wetland, Opoutama, Hawke's Bay.

Wilding pine spread is very predictable. There are also guidelines available on the removal of wilding conifers.

Download Wilding Conifers: Prediction and prevention (PDF 805KB) from Open Space magazine Issue 60, March 2003.

Above: Pine reaching maturity in regenerating indigenous forest in Gisborne.

For more information on wilding pines visit the Wilding Pines section of the Department of Conservation website.

Open Space^TM Magazine No. 60, March 2003 © QEII National Trust

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