HOW WE CAN HELP
If you have a wilding pine infestation on your property, CWG can help in the following ways:
Understanding the Problem
The following attributes of a conifer infestation influence the most suitable control method and strategy used to tackle the infestation.
The age of the trees.
Are they coning (seeding)?
Are they small and could be pulled out by hand or controlled with tools? Or is it mature and too large to cut with hand tools?
Is it scattered over a large area or close together in a confined area? Or a combination.
How vast is the area that is infested? How big is the job?
Certain species of pine are more vigorous spreaders than others, and have different attributes such as coning age. This can influence the control method and strategy of control.
For e.g, if we identify Pinus Contorta that is approaching coning age on your property which borders a public conservation area, we generally like to move swiftly to eliminate these trees. Learn about the different pine species here.
Where are the seeds coming from to cause the infestation? Can we stop that?
Are there sensitive areas or objects nearby?
Does your infestation pose a risk of infesting conservation areas or other vulnerable land?
Do certain control methods pose a hazard to people infrastructure or ecology near by?
Once we gather a good understanding of these factors,
we can help with a strategy and best control method to deal with your conifer infestation.
Strategy
It is important that there is a strategy that directs control efforts and resources towards the long-term goal of eradication or containment. As a landowner or manager, you want to know your time and money is being used to the best and most efficient affect.
On our team, there is an expert
Project Manager at our disposal.
During this initial communication we can determine whether a site visit is needed to fully understand attributes of the conifer infestation. If needed, our project manager will pay you a visit to get a good understanding of your issue.
Once we understand your wilding conifer problem, we can begin to help you develop an achievable long term goal (e.g eradication or containment in a realistic time period) and a strategy to achieve it.
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This is an free consultation service in which we’ll help you plan out a suitable control strategy for your property to address these pesky pines.
Control Methods
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Tools and Herbicide
We have tools to loan for you control your wilding conifers.
If you're a landowner or manager looking to address your wilding pine problem, we are more than happy to loan our tools for the job.
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In some case we can also provide herbicide where appropriate.
In some case we can also provide herbicide where appropriate.
Organising Volunteer Days
CWG can assist with the planning of a volunteer cutting day on your private property.
See how we’ve succeeded in running Volunteer Days on a landowner’s private property.
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There are a lot of passionate people who will roll up their sleeves to protect the integrity of our iconic backyard.
CWG can help source volunteers, provide tools for the day, and generally help organise a successful volunteer day.
Funding Assistance
In some cases, we can provide funding to assist with large and complex control operations
alongside landowner contributions.
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An initial consultation of the site will be carried out before we address a suitable funding model.
Ready to make that first step:
