Reforestation trust marks big milestone
Mountain Scene April 9, 2021 By GUY WILLIAMS The Wakatipu Reforestation Trust will celebrate a major milestone this weekend when its 50,000th native plant goes into the ground. The moment will come tomorrow morning at Whitechapel Reserve, near Arrow Junction, where the trust’s holding the first of four planting days this autumn. Operations manager Karen O’Donahoo says the trust and its volunteers have been planting natives throughout the Wakatipu Basin since 2015, and the milestone demonstrates that “from little things, big things grow”. ‘‘We’re restoring biodive...