Hours spent March-August 2019
Misc- 2
Liaison - 71.5
Research - 9.5
Data (filing, editing and uploading and curating photos and iNaturalist observations) - 276
Site Monitoring - 42.5
Sitework (weeding and composting, ground covering for moisture retention, protection of soil and adjacent vegetation along paths) - 108.25
Funding application preparation - 10.25
Admin 52.25
Total 532.25hrs
Summary of activities to date:
Liaison with contract managers re weed control, path maintenance. Clarified path width and clearance protocols, mapped and cordoned herbicide-free Trial site
Litter collected, dumpings reported
Streamside vegetation and stream formations observed and compared with photo observations of same locations 1997-2000, noting incidences of increased diversity and density, plant community/density/species loss, weed-suppressed potential revegetation, erosion, scouring and pathside trampling.
Weed seedlings uprooted, juveniles suppressed, trees released from vine weeds
Native seedlings and ferns, seedlings released thoughout most of the Trial site
Streamside forest tradescantia piled for decomposition (will regrow rapidly on streambanks where layered in sediment).
Roadside soil moisture assessed and monitored. Tradescantia as ground cover reinforced at roadside by removal of more from streamside, piled on roadside bank for moisture retention and humus creation, staged removal planned.
Initial survey of entire site (c.2km long) - summarised in our June 2019 report here:
https://inaturalist.nz/posts/23471-survey-of-the-1997-2000-kaipatiki-creek-restoration-site-april-june-2019
In due course we will upload and provide links to more of the many observations made so far of the current Tradescantia trial sites before, during and after intervention, and the seedlings, juveniles and ferns observed growing in it to various depths.
We aim to eventually provide easy comparison of photos showing changes over time. Images of "Wide views" are not encouraged in iNaturalist, whose focus is primarily the identification of Species. However, we have been advised of the "code" with which, once mastered, we will be able to add side-by-side images of any sort, including wide views, directly to our posts in the iNat Project "Journal".
Several aspects of this Project to date are discussed in more detail in separate Posts:
https://inaturalist.nz/projects/auckland-renh-project-kaipatiki-creek-methodology-trial-of-manual-weed-control/journal.
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