ECAN WILDING PINE HANDBOOK
Date: 12th December 2023
The go to guide for Cantabrians
This comprehensive handbook developed by ECAN (Environment Canterbury) is for landholders wanting to remove planted and/or wilding pines and prevent their spread. It combines resources from across the National Wilding Conifer Control Programme (NWCCP).
Mt Cook Road looking northeast – July 2023. SPOT THE WILDINGS! Photo: Jo Ritchie
Significant strides have been made in combating the wilding pine problem across Canterbury thanks to an injection of funding via Budget 2020, and the hard mahi (work) of ECAN staff, contractors, landholders and national programme partners.
From this financial year ECAN is operating on significantly reduced funding, so a strategic and prioritised approach is being worked on. It means control work by landholders, businesses and community groups is going to be more important than ever.
There’s a bit to understand when it comes to controlling pest pines so to make it easier, ECAN created a handbook that combines resources from across the National Wilding Conifer Control Programme (NWCCP).
You can use it to:
- Identify the species that are a problem on your land.
- select the best method to control them.
- choose suitable replacement plants that deliver what you need without creating problems for you and your neighbours.
You can download the handbook below or contact ECAN to get a hard copy.
This is a great easy to read “A-Z” of wilding control and management – Get in Behind and support this great initiative by removing trees and replanting with good species that don’t go wild and spread the word.
Photo: Jo Ritchie
Wildings on the march behind Manuka Terrace in Twizel October 2022. If they grow much higher and denser these iconic Canterbury Hills will become invisible….
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