Northland celebrates 10 years of Coast Care
CoastCare Northland was set up to help protect and restore Northland’s coastal sand dunes by supporting community groups to undertake dune restoration activities including planting, fencing, weed and pest control and 
education.
From small beginnings just over ten years ago, the programme now boasts 31 groups Northland-wide with more than 200 active members working on dune restoration projects at their local beach. In the 2015/16 year, 1152 volunteers participated in the CoastCare programme.
Over the past decade, these dedicated members have spearheaded dune restoration planting and other work at 43 Northland coastal sites. Since 2016, 115,000 dune plants provided through the Environment Fund have been put in the ground over 10 planting seasons: 79,000 spinifex; 24,000 pingao; and 12,000 backdune plants, including Muehlenbeckia, flax, knobby clubrush and kanuka.
Read the full newsletter here.
Posted: 8 December 2016 in the News category