Ecoworks NZ provides a full range of weed management services to clients, including survey, planning, control and result and outcome monitoring.
The Ecoworks NZ team have an extensive weed management background with over 20 years experience controlling a wide range of environmental weed species. All staff are experienced and qualified agrichemical and chainsaw operators and have an in depth knowledge of species and ecology which exists in New Zealand.
Weed Management projects are undertaken for a wide range of clients, including Regional Councils, Iwi Groups, the Department of Conservation, QEII National Trust and Private Landowners.
Ecoworks NZ provides comprehensive and nationally standardised survey and monitoring methodologies such as transect, plot and photo-point monitoring using gps tracking and digital mapping software.
The majority of projects are undertaken within ecologically sensitive sites such as coastal dune-lands, wetlands, regenerating or primary indigenous forests, DOC Scenic Reserves, National Parks, Conservation Covenants and Private Reserve Areas.
A wide range of control techniques and the appropriate chemical combinations for each site are utilised to specifically target weed species while at the same time eliminating collateral damage to indigenous species.
Monitoring is carried out for Lagarosiphon major at Lake Waikaremoana by Ecoworks in association with DOC to ensure this species does not establish.
Milligan's QEII Reserve before and after the control of Tradescantia Fluminensis.
Work undertaken by Ecoworks NZ on Titirangi Hill for the Gisborne District Council. This project involves removing exotic trees and invasive weed species and re-planting each site with coastal eco-sourced native trees to re-create habitats which would have once occurred on Titirangi. The team at Ecoworks NZ can plan and manage native-replanting programmes for the client to re-establish or create indigenous habitats.
The aim with this project is to restore native forest habitat and threatened East Coast plants while maintaining the view across Gisborne City toward Young Nick's Head. Early sketches by Joseph Banks indicated that karaka forest was present. A Pa site was located here and later the hill was cleared and used as a stock holding paddock by the Kaiti Freezing Works.
