Jenny Ladley, Field Services Manager at UC tells students about the history of UC's Cass Mountain Research Area during a lunch break on tree planting day.
Supported by the School of Forestry and the university's Facilities Management team, 24 Forestry Science and Forest Engineering students planted 654 tawhai rauriki (mountain beech) seedlings on the first planting day of the new programme.
"This long-term forest restoration project will become an annual event and will focus around forest restoration activities on Remus Hill at Cass," UC Associate Professor of Forest Economics David Evison says. "Planting and other activities in the area will develop practical skills in forest restoration among our students as well as providing opportunities for on-the-ground learning."
