Dune restoration
For the past ten years Russell Landcare Trust in partnership with Northland Regional Council Coast Care has been working with local residents and pupils from Russell School and to restore the dunes at Oneroa Long Beach.
Our aim is to build up the dunes of and make a more resilient Oneroa Long Beach.
Native spinifex grass, pingao, wiwi rush and other native species have been planted around existing patches of spinifex to help build up the dunes and make for a more resilient beach. Fencing has been put in to protect the plants from people walking on and off the beach. Sand-ladders have also been put in to improve access down to the beach and reduce erosion by foot traffic. Weeding and maintenance is ongoing with refreshment of plants annually during the cool of winter.
