The Cooper
mountain bike trail that threads through the eastern side of
Mt Parihaka will be closed for the next three weeks while
wilding pines are removed.
The track is on one of a
complex network that zig zags and loops through former
forestry land between Abbey Caves Road and Memorial
Drive.
“The area became popular with mountain bike
riders when it was a pine forest owned by Council,” said
WDC Park’s Technical Officer Spencer Jellyman.
“When the forest was felled the area was meant to
revert back to natural native forest, but the ‘wilding
pines’ (off-spring of the original pine forest), have been
taking over and preventing the natural bush from
re-generating.
“In the next three weeks we will be
going into the area to clear out 22Ha of wilding pines, so
the natural bush can take hold. We will be closing the
Cooper track where the work is being done, and signs will be
posted, but this is a heads up to any enthusiasts thinking
of heading out there in the next three weeks.”
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