The Wolf River Forest comprises 702 hectares of Amathole Mistbelt forest (-32.657213°; 27.029264°), traversed by a 3.5 km section of the Wolf River. This forest provides a critical habitat for many forest-dependent species, including endemic, endangered & rare species, & provides a range of ecosystem services, including water provisioning, to local communities. Over the past 10 years, a large portion of this forest (60 ha), specifically along its southern edge and riparian zones, has become increasingly degraded through the spread of alien invasive plants (AIPs), specifically Black Wattle (Acacia mearnsii). While this species serves an important role in providing firewood & building material for local communities, it is an aggressive invader resulting in various adverse ecological impacts where unmanaged. More recently, older Wattle stands in the Wolf River area have been targeted for harvesting for use in the pulp industry, with this informal commercial market resulting in the clear-cutting of mature wattle stands along the forest edge & in higher lying banks of the Wolf River. Again, while the socio-economic value derived from the use of this invasive species is not to be understated (although how benefits are equitably shared/distributed remains unknown), the unmanaged nature of this harvesting stands to reverse forest naturalisation underway within these mature wattle stands, and drive aggressive secondary invasion. The primary focus of the Wolf River restoration project in 2024 is to restore a ~7 ha area from which mature Black Wattle were harvested in 2021 on a north-westerly facing slope directly adjacent to the Wolf River. Secondary aims of the project are to: i) support forest naturalisation in a remaining mature wattle stand on the south east facing slope above the Wolf River; ii) reduce density of invasive Bugweed Solanum mauritania in a 0.8 ha area previously affected by wildfire; and iii) remove Black Wattle occuring within the riparian zone.