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Monthly Update August 2016

04/09/2016 09:49

MET Co-ordinator's Report : Stoat Control. I have continued to service traps in preparation for the new trapping year. I have issued all of the DOC 200s we brought with the PAM grant to community trappers and have collected in eight DOC 250s which I have serviced and used to replace...

2016 hour race rules

04/08/2016 10:46

2016 6 hour race rules.pdf (85,1 kB)

Monthly Update July 2016

27/07/2016 16:18

Peter F, Biodiversity Development Coordinator Stoat TrappingWe are now down to one check per month and have been catching a few ferrets which may be related to declining rabbits as winter approaches. We still need more volunteer trappers to assist spreading the load.There is a new stoat trap...

Monthly update June 2016

24/06/2016 19:27

Peter F, Biodiversity Development Coordinator We completed our winter rodent monitor in the Cell Tower/Pickfords block with the help of Liddy and the Tarawera High students. In the last twelve months we have killed 359 pests in our trapping programme. 21 cats, 30 ferrets, 127...

Monthly Update - April 2016

27/04/2016 22:00

Peter F, Biodiversity Development Co-ordinator. We are now down to one check per month and have been catching a few ferrets which may be related to declining rabbits as winter approaches. We still need more volunteer trappers to assist spreading the load. There is a new stoat trap on the...

Monthly Update - March 2016

31/03/2016 22:15

Peter F, Biodiversity Development Co-ordinator. Volunteers Veerle and Margaret are now sharing the new stoat line on Pickford’s and I will take Gail up to the Mackintosh C line in the coming month. I have spent some time clearing blackberry away from bait stations in preparation for our next...

Feb 2016 Development Coordinator Report

06/03/2016 21:20

Stoat Trapping Some good outcomes this month with the new Pickford’s line now in operation thanks to Margaret Murnane. I have also organised two new volunteers to help with trapping and will show them around the new lines next month. If they are happy to pick up these lines it will mean we have...

Pest monitor succesful!

29/02/2016 17:42

Last week a smal group of regular volunteers put out 50 ink cards to see what pest and predators are currently present in the bush. We use this information to decide if and when we need to do another round of poison baiting. Great news! When we collected our cards they all came back clear. theer...

Alternative Education visits the Manawahe Eco Centre

16/09/2015 13:11

AE from Tarawera High School Visits the Manawahe Eco Centre On Thursday 23rd July five students and two teachers from Alternative Education in Onepu came to visit the Manawahe Ecological Community Centre to learn about the natural environment of the forest and the threat of introduced predators to...

2016 Manawahe Eco Trust Bunny Hunt - Sunday 1st May

06/05/2015 22:41

Registrations from 9-10am No cost to enter. Plenty of great prizes up for grabs. We have lots of fun activites and competitions organised for afterwards. Bring the family along to socialise, enjoy the day and a BBQ lunch.

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