QEII Board Visit – 20 November 2019
Southland QEII Rep Jesse Bythell brought the QEII Board and staff from Wellington for a Covenant visit on a very cold blustery day. The visit was part of their three day meeting and the Board travels around the regions for its meetings and covenant visits. It was the second visit in so many weeks by some of the Board and staff as they had also attended the Southland Covenantors gathering here in early November. Other invited guests were Randall from ES, Christine and Tapuwa from SIT, Dallas from Pestbusters and Sheryll from ICC. How different the weather was for their two visits – scorching sun on the first, hail on the second!! It didn’t dampen enthusiasm however and after lunch in the Education Centre, and informal chats, the group accompanied Jesse and Chris around the covenant tracks including the track funded by QEII’s Stephenson Fund. A Hut inspection followed and a poke into the tall forest. There were lots of good questions, discussions and learnings before the group headed off to Bowman Bush Reserve also in Otatara.
The Rances restoration area was discussed at some length and below are some QEII Monitoring Photos taken from the same place from 2011, 2015, 2018 and 2019.
Chris
Posted: 20 November 2019