Opuatia Peat Bog Management Plan - Waikato Regional Council
Opuatia Peat Bog Management Plan - Waikato Regional Council
Opuatia Peat Bog Management Plan - Waikato Regional Council
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© 2011<br />
CONTENTS<br />
1. INTRODUCTION 1<br />
1.1 Project brief 1<br />
1.2 Methodology 1<br />
2. BACKGROUND 1<br />
3. MANAGEMENT OBJECTIVES 1<br />
4. DESCRIPTION 3<br />
4.1 Location, legal description, and tenure 3<br />
4.2 Climate 3<br />
4.3 Geology and soils 5<br />
4.4 Hydrology 6<br />
4.5 Birds 6<br />
4.6 Flora 8<br />
4.7 Vegetation 9<br />
5. MANAGEMENT ISSUES 13<br />
5.1 Hydrology 13<br />
5.2 Vertebrate pests 14<br />
5.3 <strong>Plan</strong>t pests 14<br />
5.4 Nutrient enrichment 18<br />
6. RESTORATION AND IMPLEMENTATION PLAN 18<br />
6.1 Hydrology 18<br />
6.2 Vertebrate pests 19<br />
6.3 <strong>Plan</strong>t pests 19<br />
6.4 Nutrient enrichment 22<br />
6.5 Revegetation 22<br />
7. IMPLEMENTATION AND MONITORING 24<br />
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 26<br />
REFERENCES 26<br />
APPENDIX<br />
1. Indigenous vascular flora of the <strong>Waikato</strong> <strong>Regional</strong> <strong>Council</strong> peat bog<br />
at <strong>Opuatia</strong> Wetland 28<br />
Contract Report No. 2621
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