Conference 2003
Greening the City:
Bringing Biodiversity Back
into the Urban Environment
Abstract:
Horseshoe
Lake/Waiwhakareke: Ecological Recreation of a Natural Heritage
Tui 2000
poster (supplied by Pamela Dale, Hamilton)
Horseshoe
Lake is a small lake and surrounding catchment within Hamilton City.
Presently farmed, it is zoned for future urban development in a
corner of the City expected to support 40,000 people over the next
10 years.
Some sixty hectares in extent, the area includes the lake and its
margins, peat wetland, gully systems and a number of ridges. It
provides potential for the recreation of a mosaic of native ecosystems
that have vanished from the Waikato region. Fifty
hectares within the catchment is publicly owned by Hamilton City
and the site is opposite Waikato Institute of Technology (WINTEC)
and Hamilton Zoo. This location makes it ideal for collective development
and management by the City council, the polytechnic, and community
groups in co-operation.
Tui 2000 has been actively working with the City and WINTEC to develop
a plan for ecological recreation of the area as a protected 'mainland
island' sanctuary for native plants and animals at the doorstep
of Hamilton's 130,000 population.
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