Otumutu Lagoon Revival 2020 - 2024
March 2020: We started with a blackberry-infested mess that obscured the streambed and was generally unpleasant. This infestation was cut down with hedge trimmers and no herbicides other than stump swab applied to the blackberry stumps.
March 2020: The blackberry infestation from another angle.
March 2020: More blackberry in the same area, the bramble in places was over three metres high and had not been tackled in over 10 years.
March 2022: The blackberry was cut down and mulched or piled up and composted. An unfortunate downside was exposure of the streambed as illustrated.
Later in 2022, planting with sedge, cabbage tree, kowhai and native grasses was undertaken.
Jan 2024: This is the same view now the sedge has grown and partially covered the streambed providing shelter and protection for the trout
January 2024: this is the same view after clearing the stream of debris and watercress which was impeding the stream flow.
Jan 2024: the same view two years later with healthy growth of sedge and young cabbage trees.
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