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Western Springs Forest: More native trees and bush cleared than originally planned

Chris McKeen/Stuff The main clearance of pine trees and surrounding natives has been completed in Western Springs Forest. He said it was decided that moving away from Visser’s advice provided a better outcome than spreading the felling and removal of trunks over several years. “That would have been more damaging than doing it once.” Clearing a wider area, chipping logs on site and then replanting with natives across the whole area would get the full regeneration underway sooner, he said. The native trees to be planted would eventually be better for the environment, sequestering more carbon than the ageing pines they replaced.

Western Springs Forest: The ecological project that became a siege

Western Springs Forest: The ecological project that became a siege
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72 Year Old And Elected Member Atop Digger At Western Springs Forest To Stop Carnage And Disrespect

Friday, 16 April 2021, 9:00 am Friday 17 April: Before dawn this morning 72 year old grandmother Linda Hill climbed atop a digger being used to cut a logging track through the Western Springs Forest. Linda was raised in the area and used to play in the forest as a child. “I am protecting this forest for my grandchildren.” Word of her entry led to Waitemata Local Board elected representative Sarah Trotman following her in support. “This community is rightly outraged at the disrespect shown then and lack of authentic engagement around this project and the destruction being wrought which is not what anyone imagined when they

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