# Wilding Free Mackenzie > The Mackenzie Wilding Trust is a registered Charity, formed in 2016 as a vehicle to promote knowledge about the impact of wilding trees in the Mackenzie Basin and to work with stakeholders to implement a strategic approach to deal with the challenges presented by wilding pines. - [Wilding Tree Management and Control Resources Mackenzie Basin] (https://www.mackenziewildingtrust.org/resources.html): Mackenzie Wilding Tree Trust Resources - [Community spirit shines bright at wilding pine volunteer day] (https://www.mackenziewildingtrust.org/blog/volunteer-day-QEII-Ohau-Downs-community): Record numbers of volunteers made a big difference to a stunningly beautiful site at our recent volunteer day. Land-owner hospitality was top notch, the sense of community was inspiring, and no wilding pine was left behind. - [Community information evening] (https://www.mackenziewildingtrust.org/blog/Wilding-pine-programme-community-information-evening): Join Environment Canterbury and Wilding Free Mackenzie for an update about wilding pine control in the Mackenzie Basin. - [Students gift mahi to conservation in the Lake Ohau Basin] (https://www.mackenziewildingtrust.org/blog/Student-volunteer-army-mackenzie-ohau-twizel): Wilding Free Mackenzie and Ōhau Conservation Trust recently had an offer we couldn’t refuse – 78 members of the Canterbury University Student Volunteer Army (SVA) as volunteers for a day and a half! - [Al Brown takes on pest pines in the Mackenzie Basin] (https://www.mackenziewildingtrust.org/blog/wilding-pine-volunteer-day-Al-Brown): The war on wilding pines is being fought by multiple agencies, community groups, landholders, and other good people across Aotearoa and they came out in force to clear pest pines from an environmentally significant site on Ben Dhu Station near Ōmarama. - [Funding for wilding control won't solve the bigger problem] (https://www.mackenziewildingtrust.org/blog/DOCF-funding-success-mackenzie-2023): Wilding Free Mackenzie secures $510,000 community funding from the Department of Conservation for wilding pine control across the Mackenzie Basin and Upper Waitaki Catchment area. The funding is very welcome, and will buy us some time, but it is not enough to properly solve the wilding pine problem. - [Free wilding pine slash disposal for Twizel residents this Easter weekend!] (https://www.mackenziewildingtrust.org/blog/964604): Mackenzie District Council and the Envirowaste team are offering free disposal of wilding pine slash for residential landowners in the Twizel area this Easter weekend in an effort to reduce fire hazard and improve community safety. - [Announcement: Tipping Point Wines relationship] (https://www.mackenziewildingtrust.org/blog/Tipping-point-wines-wilding-free-mackenzie): We are delighted to announce the arrival of Tipping Point Wines, a new range of wines developed by New Zealand chef Al Brown and his winemaking friends, that focuses on giving back to the local New Zealand environment. Every purchase of The Woodsman pinot noir helps Wilding Free Mackenzie protect our stunning tussock landscapes through education, collaboration and giving wilding pines the chop! - [Video: The Tipping Point Wines project - From concept to completion] (https://www.mackenziewildingtrust.org/blog/tipping-point-video): Learn more about the Tipping Point Wines project in this 6-part series documenting Al Brown's journey from concept to completion of the Tipping Point range. It focuses on entrepreneurialism while giving back to the natural environment, with Wilding Free Mackenzie featuring in episode 6, The Woodsman. - [Free propagation workshop to support landowners battling wilding pines ] (https://www.mackenziewildingtrust.org/blog/Twizel-propagation-workshop): Landowners affected by wilding pine infestation in the Twizel area learn the skills required to collect their own seeds and grow their own plants, to encourage positive management of their land after the removal of wilding pines. - [Free plant propagation workshops] (https://www.mackenziewildingtrust.org/blog/free-plant-propagation-workshops): We have been busy in February delivering plant propagation workshops to local landowners and communities affected by wilding pines. With the help of horticultural consultant Jo Wakelin, and funding from Wilding Pine Network, 21 lucky people learned how to propagate plants from seed, and are now much better equipped to manage their land in a positive way following the removal of wilding pines. - [Test Document] (https://www.mackenziewildingtrust.org/blog/946352): Info about the document - [Article: What's the problem with wilding pines?] (https://www.mackenziewildingtrust.org/blog/why-are-wilding-pines-a-problem): Learn why wilding pine invasion is such a threat to the economy, our precious native ecosystems and the safety and wellbeing of our communities. - [Article: We are on track to a wilding free Mackenzie] (https://www.mackenziewildingtrust.org/blog/wilding-pine-progress-mackenzie-basin): Understand how the issue of wilding pine invasion has gained traction in recent years, where things are at now, and the role landowners need to play in the fight against wildings - [Article: Are wilding pines useful for fighting climate change?] (https://www.mackenziewildingtrust.org/blog/wilding-pines-climate-change-carbon-sequestration): Wilding pines are not a valuable tool when it comes to fighting climate change. Like all trees, they do sequester carbon, but their negative impacts on New Zealand's fragile ecosystems far outweigh any benefits they contribute to carbon sequestration.