Conservation Priorities
Forest and Bird has welcomed the Government’s decision to vest Molesworth with the Department of Conservation. "We want to see real progress in excluding cattle immediately from the 45,000 hectares identified for native plant protection, says national president Dr Gerry McSweeney, himself a high-country farmer and expert in range-land management. ‘We are of the view that a much larger area of indigenous vegetation on Molesworth Station should be excluded from the grazing regime. In particular, we believe that grazing red tussock swamps, wetlands and sensitive rivers and stream areas is inappropriate. ‘We are delighted that DoC and Landcorp are now working closely together to tackle weed and pest management and that DoC has been able to substantially lift the level of funding Landcorp previously devoted to this task, particularly for wilding conifer control.
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Forest and Bird, Issue 313, 1 August 2004, Page 27
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