This years free Regional Trapping Workshop has been scheduled for Sunday August 17 at the Waimate Nth Showgrounds.
This will be brought to you by the NZ Landcare Trust and the Kiwis for Kiwi Trust.
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Our guest speaker will be James Russell, who is involved in Predator Free NZ, and is a Senior Lecturer at Auckland University. He is particularly interested in the ecology and control of small mammals, for which he was awarded the 2012 Prime Ministers Emerging Scientist Prize. James will talk about the history of pest control, island eradications in New Zealand, and how these build towards the concept of a Predator Free New Zealand. You can check out his very impressive webpage at: http://www.stat.auckland.ac.nz/~jrussell
Guest Speakers
- James Russell from Predator Free NZ
- Lee Shapiro: Research Director Connovation Ltd: New developments in Pest Control and Monitoring
- Kane McElrea: NRC: Regional Pest Control Overview
- Ngaire Tyson: Quick Kiwi Coast update
- Nigel Miller: DOC: Toxins and how best to use them
- Dean Baigent-Mercer: Otangaroa Landcare: 1080 – A Case Study
- Wendy Sporle: Kiwis for Kiwi Trust: Using Toxins Safely Around Kiwi
The workshop will conclude with a Practical/Innovation session featuring:
- Steve Allan: Improvements on the SA feral cat trap
- Shane Hyde: Eco-land automated feeder for pre-feed and toxin
- Simon Browne: How to simply raise Timms traps to keep kiwi safe
To keep you going through this action packed day, morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea will be provided. With this in mind, please RSVP to Ngaire by next Tuesday the 12th of August so that we can make sure we have enough food for everyone.
