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Our weed busting volunteers have just received not one, but two Auckland Regional Weedbusters' awards for 2010. The awards were presented by Steve Benham from the Department of Conservation to Neil Lorimer, head of the weed control team and members of the Trust's Technical Committee. The Trust entered and won the Group Weedbusting on Public Land Award for the weed control that is carried out on Motutapu all year round. The panel of five judges, representing four Auckland Councils and the ARC were so impressed with our work that we also won the Overall Weedbusting Excellence Award. The judges recognised that our volunteers are doing a fantastic job. They felt that we are well organised, have good systems in place, and involve a large number of volunteers from the community.
Weedbusters received twenty four nominations by groups and individuals for 2010. It is well-deserved recognition to all those dedicated individuals who regularly tackle the insidious exotic vine, moth plant which threatens to invade our precious native plantings on Motutapu.
Thank you to all our volunteers who have tackled and continue to tackle our weed problems. Without your dedication we would lose the rapidly growing native forest to a number of invasive species, the worst of which is moth plant. Woolly nightshade, gorse, apple of Sodom, wattle, kikuyu and inkweed are also eradicated. So, congratulations to our volunteers! These awards are a result of your support of our weed control programme.
The Weedbusters' awards are presented every two years. The last time our volunteers won an award was in 2005. Click here to read more about our Weedbusting activities Like to try your hand at weedbusting on the island with our award winning weedbusters?
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