I'm thinking this should be "protected forever" rather than "forever protected." Regardless of that, the area supervisor for the QEII National Trust came by this week to inspect our two areas of protected bush reserve at Struan Farm. This happens every two years or so to make sure there aren't any pests or problems which need to be addressed, to assess the overall health of the bush. All is well.
This year it seems they've re-branded, so we got new signage to erect too.
I guess "forever protected" does place greater emphasis on "forever," which is what it's all about really.
We're giving some thought to extending the second bush reserve at the pond so that it runs further down to the river. This is the area that we've fenced out from stock, where John has planted kauri and is progressively planting native trees along the stream as time and winter weather permit. John's dad was one of the early adopters of this in the King Country, and we're following in his footsteps.
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