Wildlands has extensive experience assessing, mapping, managing and restoring freshwater and estuarine wetlands. Our wetland expertise spans more than four decades and includes hundreds of wetland projects throughout New Zealand.
Our services include:
- Wetland delineation and boundary assessment
- Wetland mapping and inventory
- Identification and classification of wetland vegetation and habitats
- Assessment of wetland ecological values
- Assessment of effects on wetlands
- Historical wetland extent assessments using aerial imagery
- Wetland monitoring and condition assessment
- Wetland management and restoration planning
- Stream and riparian assessments
- Freshwater fish and macroinvertebrate surveys
- Wetland avifauna surveys
- Threatened plant surveys
- Stream Ecological Valuation (SEV)
- Identification of opportunities to restore or enhance freshwater ecosystems
- On ground weed control and planting
We regularly provide advice on wetland issues associated with development and resource consenting, including situations where historical land-use activities have altered or removed wetland vegetation.