Journal archives for May 2019

May 12, 2019

Drone over Mt Chocolate on 23 March 2019

Mt Chocolate was filmed using a drone at 2pm, 23 March 2018.

The drone was flown by a friend of a neighbour. Thank you mystery pilot who ever you are.

Reposted from here
https://www.mtchocolate.com/2019/04/drone-over-mt-chocolate.html

Notes:
The building platform is the cleared clay area. The rest is progressively being planted with natives. The dark green bushy plants are Poroporo which is being used as a nursery crop for forest species. The lower wetland is ephemeral and was dried out in this footage.

Posted on May 12, 2019 09:42 PM by mikepeters mikepeters | 0 comments | Leave a comment

Monitoring begins at Mt Chocolate

Observations of plants, animals, fungi, etc from Mt Chocolate and some native bush remnants near Invercargill.

Mt Chocolate
Seaward Bush Reserve
Green Hills
Otatara Scenic Reserve
Kew Bush
Waituna

This data will also be shared via the project website
http://www.mtchocolate.com

Note:
To be added later to the same website - soil character, local weather, trapping, photoreference, nursery production, planting trials, agrichemical control of pest plants (weeds) etc.

Posted on May 12, 2019 09:49 PM by mikepeters mikepeters | 0 comments | Leave a comment

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