Rewilding In Action

• 30 - Beavering in the Blue Mountains with Check Dams

  The Blue Mountain Swamps of NSW rely on water to survive and thrive. However much of the water that flows into them now comes via stormwater pipes. To protect and restore ecosystem functioning to the wetlands, the council and community groups are creating leaky check dams. What is a check dam? And how is water quality improved by woody weeds? Join me in the Blue Mountains as I find out from my guest James Bevan how much fun it is to make a check dam! Many thanks to Wild Dunedin for supporting this episode. This modified recording of Superb Lyrebird by Elisabeth Hein, XC817874 is accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/817874

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• 29 - Pests and Planting: Part Two with Hugh Wilson from Hinewai Reserve

  The team at Hinewai Reserve look after about 1650ha of land close to Akaraoa on Banks Peninsula: 4% of which is old growth forest with the rest already naturally regenerated or regenerating to native bush. Join me, Maureen Howard, for the second part of this chat with botanist Dr Hugh Wilson, manager at Hinewai Reserve. We continue our chat about Minimum Interference Management – this time about pest animals, where planting is worthwhile and the pros and cons of volunteers. The first part of this interview can be found at at # 28 – A Way With Weeds. This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - http://oar.org.nz

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• 28 - A Way with Weeds: Rewilding on Hinewai Reserve

  Botanist Dr Hugh Wilson from Hinewai Reserve on Banks Peninsula is arguably Aotearoa’s father of Rewilding. Hugh is best known for showing us that gorse can be an effective nursery plant for native forest to naturally regenerate through. But this episode isn’t about gorse – instead I talk to Hugh about what he and his team are doing with all the other weeds on Hinewai Reserve. This episode of Rewilding in Action is supported by the Rod Donald Banks Peninsula Trust. For more information about their projects and news go to www.roddonaldtrust.co.nz This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - http://oar.org.nz

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• 27 - TO FRILL OR FELL, Replacing an exotic plantation with native forest

  Sometimes, a very effective nursery species for natural native forest regeneration is an exotic dead plantation! In this episode I rejoin Bob Webster and Carol Jensen above Little River on Banks Peninsula to find out about the technique of frilling and how they used it to tackle three dense macrocarpa plantations with the help of some running mates. What is frilling? And how and why does it work? Listen in to find out! This episode of Rewilding in Action is kindly supported by the Rod Donald Banks Peninsula Trust. For more information go to www.roddonaldtrust.co.nz This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - http://oar.org.nz

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• 26 - Rewilding in Later Life

  Would you love to buy land to rewild back to native forest but don’t think you’ll be able to afford it until you’re close to retirement? In this episode I visit the Banks Peninsula property of my guests Bob Webster and Carol Jensen who purchased land when in their 60s. Listen in to find out about the benefits of good monitoring, registering for carbon credits, and the fascinating role of old tree stumps and road margins for natural regeneration. This episode of Rewilding in Action is supported by the Rod Donald Banks Peninsula Trust. For more information go to www.roddonaldtrust.co.nz This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - http://oar.org.nz

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