RiverCare’s ‘Tuna Hotels’ are re-purposed weed trees placed to create in-lake structure for birds, fish and insects. In 2017, RiverCare carried out a small-scale trial with brush piles at Lake Ohinewai with localised benefits noticed almost immediately for lake wildlife. In 2020, RiverCare started the Lake Ohinewai Recreational Reserve Wetland Restoration Project in partnership with the Waikato District Council and Waikato River Authority. Targeted funding provided the perfec