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THE RIVER NETWORK
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- Friends of Ernle Clark Reserve
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Friends of Ernle Clark Reserve
What we do
The Friends of Ernle Clark reserve began in July 2006 to care for school revegetation plantings in this area and tidy up the reserve in general.
Our main activity is a monthly working bee on the last Saturday of the month.
In Spring we hold a "Sycamore Slaughter" to get rid of young sycamore seedlings, and we also have a trapping programme underway in the Reserve.
Working bees held from 3-4pm on the last Saturday of month.
Who we are
We are an informal group that operates as a collective. The key group members have been volunteering in the reserve since it began:
- Ecologist Dr Colin Meurk has been overseeing planting in the reserve for almost 30 years and he continues to provide guidance on planting plans and weed control priorities.
- Alice Shanks co-ordinates the working bees.
- Ian and Bev McDonald contribute their experience of their time with the restoration of Otamahua Quail Island.
- Wendy Cooper lives close to the reserve and alerts the group to events in the reserve.
- Grant Bowden is the hero who put in many hours of grubbing to remove ivy and other weeds. He is an ornithologist.
- Dr Jon Sullivan and Dr Laura Molles monitor the birds in the reserve as part of a larger research project on hardy bush birds in the city.
- Dr Melissa Hutchison has a professional interest in weeds.
- Julian van Dyk and Mark Hutchinson live adjacent the reserve are our source of local history.
- Megan Qualls is our link with the Somerfield Youth Groups who volunteer each year.
Location
Ernle Clark reserve runs along the true left of the Opawaho Heathcote river between Colombo Street and Barrington Street. There are entrance ways at the end of Ernlea Terrace, by the Barrington Street bridge round-about, at the eastern end of Studholme Street and off Thorrington St.
Contact
Alice Shanks alice@caverock.net.nz
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Key Documents
- CCC 2010 Consultation on Ernle Clark Reserve
- CCC 2012 Ernle Clark Reserve Implementation Plan FINAL (PDF 9MB)
- Ernle Clark Reserve Vision and Future 2015 (PDF 2MB)
- Ernle Clark Reserve Annual Plan 2015 (PDF .8MB)
- Ernle Clark Reserve Event Safety Plan (PDF .6MB)
- Sullivan, J (2010) Habitat use and seasonality of native forest birds in southwestern Christchurch (PDF .5MB)
- Sycamore size and frequency December 2015 (PDF .3MB)
- The Press, "Wairoa for Sale" (9/2/1994)
- Ernle Clark Reserve Walk