Erin Gallagher

Erin is based in Tāhuna/Queenstown and she has been involved in a wide range of ecological projects in the local area and wider Otago region. Her projects have included threatened plant surveys (including spring annuals), vegetation monitoring, desktop assessments, wetland delineation, High Conservation Value (HCV) evaluation, afforestation assessments, afforestation reviews, turf surveys and ecological impact assessments. These surveys and assessments have been carried out in a variety of ecosystems including: braided rivers, lake margin turf, wetlands (ephemeral, marsh, swamp, seepage, fen and bog wetlands), drylands, subalpine herbfields and shrublands, tussock grasslands, forests (beech, podocarp and broadleaf forests), grey shrublands, and modified exotic farmlands. Erin also has experience with restoration ecology and has written several ecological restoration plans for areas such as Arthur’s Point and Waitaki River.