A sea lion squashed our pikao
Whilst we may be able to encourage ‘human’ traffic to use access ways and stay off the plants - there are some critters we just have to leave alone! Paul Pope, senior consultant for Spiralis in Dunedin, recently visited a newly established pikao (pingao) planting only to find sea lions using it as a haul out. Paul commented that, “like all challenges in plant restoration there are some that you just have to accept, and this particular challenge is one that you can’t really complain about. Besides, with hectares of marram grass available along the beach, these sea lions obviously have taste!”. Read Paul’s full article here.
Posted: 17 September 2012 in the News category