Survey Results June 2020

MOUTERE CATCHMENT GROUP

Upper Moutere school children planting in the Upper Moutere at Lancewood Villa.

From the mountains to the sea, nurturing the mana and mauri of the Moutere estuary, its connected waterways, its biodiversity, and its people is our collective responsibility

Introduction

The Moutere Catchment Group is a landowner-led catchment group with support from NZ Landcare Trust, Tasman Environmental Trust, Tasman District Council and Trees that Count. It is focused on the freshwater catchment, and shares a number of ambitions and goals with the Moutere Inlet and Tasman Environmental Restoration Group; a landowner group that is focused on the health of the Moutere Inlet, its shores and contributing streams. Both groups are looking at options for getting funding to assist landowners in the planting of trees in the Moutere. We sent out a survey to the landowners in the relevant catchments and inlet of the Moutere. The objectives of the survey were to determine:  How many landowners were interested in participating in the Moutere Catchment Group and/or their sub-catchment group.  If funding were available, how many trees would landowners want to plant, what support would they need to plant trees, and what type of contribution (e.g. labour) could they make in return.

To date (12 June 2020) 164 landowners have responded to the survey. The survey is still open so please encourage others to respond. This will give us a better picture of the appetite for tree planting in the Moutere Catchment!

We have taken the aggregated data and made our first large funding application to the One Billion Trees catchment fund. We will hear whether we were successful by the end of June 2020.

Results

1. How many trees do you want to plant in the catchment?

385,000!!!

No words, respect!

2. What type of trees do you want to plant?

Native/poplar 0.1%

Estuary 0.3%

Native/Exotic 7.5%

Native 92.2%

3. What sub-catchments did respondents live in?

Moutere Highway/Gardner Valley 31

Neudorf/Kelling 27

Tasman View/Tasman 27

SH60/Tasman Valley 24

School/Harvey 21

Old House/Wills 13

Centre/Edwards 10

Supplejack/Sunset 5

Motueka 4

4. Interested in joining the groups?

I want to join my Subcatchment 72% Group

I want to join the Moutere 95% Catchment Group

We aim to create sub catchment groups for neighbours to support you and your neighbours with knowledge and actions

5. What do you want to do on your property?

I want to plant more trees and 96% plants

I want to protect existing wetlands 75%

I want to set up predator control 71%

I want to stablilise my riverbanks 54%

I want to create more wetlands 37%

You have wide-ranging environmental goals

6. Would you grow some of the plants yourself?

I want to provide seed from my 27% original bush area

I want to grow some of my own 58% plants

I want to collect or source native 56% seed to grow from Moutere Ecotypes

We will try to source funded plants and also assist landowners in growing their own plants

7. What support do you want to offer others?

I want to help others with their 16% traplines

I want to help others care for their 11% plantings

I want to help others plant their 29% plants

I want to give hands on support to 44% local community nurseries

Our own property will be our primary focus but where we can, we will help others. 6

8. What proportion of landowners are willing to make a contribution (and what type of contribution)?

2% All labour 3% 10% 1% All labour and guards 2% 4% Some labour 50% 13% Grow plants for others Labour for planting

6% Labour planting and guards 3% 6%

The amazing ‘can do’ Kiwi spirit and willingness to contribute your own sweat to plant trees is inspiring.

9. What help with fencing do you need?

I am partially fenced but need 9% support to finish it

I need support to fence the planting 16% area

Fencing support is not needed 74%

We will try and find funding for landowners who need fencing support.

10. What contribution are landowners willing to make toward fencing?

Didn't say 13%

No contribution 7%

Labour or Labour + some costs 80%

Thank you Thank you for your involvement in the project! We will keep you in the loop as funding feedback comes in from MPI.

Warm regards, The Moutere Catchment Group.