“If you want to save a species or habitat, it’s a fight forevermore. You can never turn your back.” Trapping has taken me to so many different places since 2021, when I first began volunteering on a trapline in my local bush reserve, Waimapihi Reserve. Over the last few years I have added another two … Read more
The New Zealand Department of Conservation (DOC) has just published a new 20 minute documentary about pest control on Antipodes Island. In the winter of 2016, the New Zealand Department of Conservation traveled to Antipodes Island to eradicate mice – the only mammalian pest species, and a big problem on this island. This video follows … Read more
Check, Clean, Dry your gear. Summer is in full swing! As the weather warms we often find ourselves spending more time in the great outdoors, visiting our favourite lakes or rivers. What you may not know, is that you could be transporting some unwanted hitchhikers on your travels from one waterway to another. Aquatic pest … Read more