Citizen scientists are putting in the hard yards to help preserve Piako’s floodplain forest. Eighteen budding volunteers attended a training workshop at a kahikatea forest in February, led by Dr Norman Mason at Hawes Bush, Waharoa. Mason said the kahikatea forest in Piako occupies one per cent of its prehuman area. SCOTT HAMMOND/STUFF Budding citizen scientist volunteers attended a training workshop on kahikatea forest health assessment led by Dr. Mason said the first step is to conduct a baseline forest health assessment for many of the kahikatea forest remnants in the Piako as possible.

Source: Stuff March 06, 2021 22:52 UTC