Spring fever continues on the Hopewell Conservation Estate! Our camera traps captured a stunning shot of some Eland calves relaxing on the plains. The Working for Water staff also came across three new-born genet kittens. They have delayed work in the area until the genets have been safely reared.
This week also saw the first windmill erected on the estate in decades.
On the construction side, two causeways crossing the stream have been completed. The first causeway is into the residential node and the second one goes into the Lodge node.
We have also started establishing our indigenous nursery. Selected plants were relocated from the main reserve to be used as parent plants for the propagation programme.
Our goal is to use the indigenous nursery for rehabilitation and education purposes.
We are also working on establishing a medicinal species rock garden as part of the Hopewell Conservation Estate environmental education programme. The rock garden will be used to educate people about the traditional and modern medicinal values of local flora.
