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 Nominee   Nelson Tasman Weedbusters
 Region   Nelson-Tasman
 Award category   Private Land
 Year   2012
 Nomination Result  

This group started in June 2009, and aims to control weeds at special forest remnants in Nelson and Tasman.

So far there have been 17 site visits.

On average, 7 outings per year.

4-10 people per outing.

35 people have been out at least once.

Work on 7 sites at any one time.

Have finished at 2 of them, so have taken on more sites = 9 sites in total. 7 of these are QE2 covenant sites.

118 person 'days' of work done x c4 hrs/day = 472 hrs of work.

Will send supporting material (photos, pamphlet pdf) by email.