# CapeNature’s HeliHack team removed over 15-thousand invasive pine trees from the steep slopes of Boosmansbos Wilderness area last month. The record-breaking conservation effort, which took three-days restored one-thousand-and-80 hectares of land, enhancing water security for approximately 15-thousand residents in the Southern Cape. The mission also led to the rediscovery of the Boosmansbos long-tailed forest shrew, unseen for 46-years. CapeNature CEO Ashley Naidoo hailed the initiative as a model for collaborative conservation.
HeliHack heroes clear 15,000 invasive pines in Boosmansbos