Photo: Geoff SloanA green fire break at a Christchurch reserve has been completed, with more than 800 native trees planted by volunteers. For the past four months, members of the Drayton Reserve Volunteers group have been working rain or shine to plant low-flammable native species for the first 10m below residential properties. "The area will retard any future fire that might occur in the reserve as it approaches the houses,” said group co-ordinator Dave Bryce. "We have been planting native species of low-flammability, with a combination of fleshy leaves and low levels of sap or resin.”Drayton Reserve. Bryce also said he is working to eliminate stormwater discharge, which is causing erosion and clouding the reserve’s stream and disturbing the aquatic ecosystems.

Source: Otago Daily Times September 13, 2021 21:45 UTC