Date: 18th May 2025
I have been asked a couple of times in the last few months about the above. People are interested as they consider whether to poison trees standing or fell them. Most of the time…
Date: 18th May 2025
dwarf mistletoes (Genus Arceuthobium Bieb.) on a lodgepole (P. contorta) pine Waves of wilding conifers are currently moving across the New Zealand landscape and there seem to be few long-term options available to control…
Date: 16th May 2025
A recent survey by the South Marlborough Landscape Restoration Trust evidences the relentless spread of wilding pines and conifers and the heights they will grow at. During April 2025 control work new contorta sites…
Date: 12th May 2025
An interesting opportunity to build knowledge on restoring our natural environments is on the horizon. Dr Adam Forbes who has done considerable work in this field has designed a course around assisted natural regeneration…
Date: 5th May 2025
The Department of Conservation is developing the next implementation plan for New Zealand’s Biodiversity Strategy (Te Mana o te Taiao – Aotearoa New Zealand Biodiversity Strategy 2020). The plan will guide action for nature…
Date: 2nd May 2025
The Electricity Authority has recently released a green paper start the necessary discussion and debate among all electricity stakeholders around decentralisation and the future of our energy system. The Authority welcomes feedback from…
Date: 27th April 2025
Much thanks to Farmers Weekly https://www.farmersweekly.co.nz/ who are great supporters of the rural sector and its challenges including funding for wilding pines. The recent ‘Funding cuts imperil wilding control work’ https://www.farmersweekly.co.nz/news/funding-cuts-imperil-wilding-control-work/ features Sian Reynolds…
Date: 15th April 2025
You have to have a grudging respect for Pinus contorta. It can pretty much grow anywhere and now scientists from Scion and Auckland Council have found that cones persist on trees even after mortality…
Date: 10th April 2025
The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment has recently released the above report. The introduction to the report is below as is a link to the summary and the main report. Two main types of…
Date: 10th April 2025
This is an opinion piece by Richard Bowman, past chair of the Wilding Pine Network. There is a new wave of wilding conifer spread that is now starting to become widely recognizedparticularly in the…