Our Mahi
Russell Landcare Trust’s mahi are projects and programs aimed at protecting and enhancing the natural biodiversity of the Russell Peninsula.
Predator Free Russell
This is a joint initiative with Northland Regional Council and Predator Free 2050 Ltd., aiming to eliminate rats, possums and other pests from the 3,000-hectare Russell peninsula. This project is one of two Predator Free 2050 projects in the country targeting rats.
Native Habitat Restoration
Over its 20+ years, The Trust’s keen local volunteers have planted thousands upon thousands of native trees, shrubs and grasses in habitats ranging from wetlands to forests and beyond. Enhancing existing ecosystems and in some places re-establishing them!
Dune Restoration
For the past ten years, the Russell Landcare Trust in partnership with Northland Regional Council CoastCare has been working with Russell residents and Russell Primary School students to restore the dunes at Oneroa, Long Beach through planting of native species.