55 Area Objective Treatment Timeframe General ecological and landscape enhancement Weed control. Mammalian pest control. Figure B – Offset Planting Lizard Habitat Enhancement Area To enhance an existing 1.3 ha area of known habitat for Nationally ‘At Risk’ moko skinks (Oligosoma moco). To provide a safe (pest managed) refuge for relocated lizards. General ecological and landscape enhancement with additional habitat creation of 4.04 ha adjacent to SNA166 (including the 1.3 ha of known habitat listed above). Stock exclusion; Pine tree removal; Provision of permanent lizard refuge structures; Standard mass planting of targeted lizard habitat species, for example flax (Phormium tenax), Pohuehue (Muehlenbeckia complexa), Toetoe (Austroderia toetoe), Mingimingi (Leucopogon fasciculatus), Pohutukawa (Metrosideros excelsa) and Cabbage Tree (Cordyline australis). Weed control. Mammalian pest control (until mine closure). Pine Tree removal before any vegetation removal in Areas 5, 6 or 7. Pioneer planting complete by end of first planting season following vegetation removal in Area 7. Enrichment planting undertaken once the pioneer plantings have reached a sufficient size to shelter enrichment species (likely to be between 3 and 5 years following pioneer planting). Waihi Biodiversity Offset Planting Area 16.5 ha of new planting in, adjacent to, and in the wider landscape of the SNA to offset loss of 8.2 ha of SNA vegetation. General ecological and landscape enhancement Stock exclusion; Site preparation; Standard mass planting using native pioneer species; Enrichment with WF11 future canopy species once the pioneer plantings have reached a sufficient size to shelter enrichment species; Weed control. Mammalian pest control. Pioneer planting complete by end of first planting season following vegetation removal in Area 7. Enrichment planting undertaken once the pioneer plantings have reached a sufficient size to shelter enrichment species (likely to be between 3 and 5 years following pioneer planting).
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