Marie Elder
Ph 03-7311-110
eldersole@gmail.com
15 Hartmount Place, Punakaiki CMB 61
RD 1
Runanga 7873
Community trap line on and surrounding 1.5km Truman Track north of Punakaiki.
Aim: to reduce predator numbers and support bird life.
Traps: Double DOC150s (with mouse traps) at 50 m intervals.
Project started in 2017.
Not currently needing volunteers.
Terrain:
Indigenous Forest /
Mostly Flat or Low Hill
Predators:
Rat, Mustelid (stoats & ferrets), Mice
Control Methods:
Trap
2017-19: 76 rats, 21 stoats and 6 mice