Useful resources for care groups

Here are some written resources that may be useful for care groups.They can be requested from our library. Greater Wellington staff can also provide advice. Resources that are also on this web site can be clicked from here.

Stream and wetland restoration

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  Wainuiomata River showing well established riparian vegetation

  A beginner's guide to wetland restoration.Why wetlands are important, what lives in them, and how you can look after them
• Mind the stream a guide to looking after urban and rural streams in the Wellington region.
• Riparian rehabilitation : What difference does it make?

Restoration planting and native plants

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  Wainuiomata River showing well established riparian vegetation

  Restoration planting : a guide to planning restoration planting projects in the Wellington region.
• Restoring our natural heritage: A guide to Greater Wellington's biodiversity assistance for private landowners.
• Wellington regional native plant guide: Using your garden to sustain our native ecosystems.

Native forests

Monitoring plot in a forest

• Managing your bush block : A guide to looking after indigenous forest remnants in the Wellington region, including fencing, controlling plants and animal pest etc
• Bush vitality: A visual assessment kit - managing the seasons for the years.

If you are interested in Native forest monitoring check out the Forest monitoring and assessment kit site.

Other publications

The Coastal Dune Vegetation Network also publishes a series of technical bulletins. These are available from ENSIS.

Coastal management

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  Spinifex is a great sand binding plant

  Pingao on coastal sand dunes: Guidelines for seed collection, propagation and establishment.
• Spinifex on coastal sand dunes: Guidelines for seed collection, propagation and establishment.
• Sand tussock on coastal sand dunes: Guidelines for seed collection, propagation and establishment.
• Coastal sand dunes - form and function.
• Marram: Friend or Foe?