Community category winners in the 2020 Taranaki Regional Council Environmental Awards. Category sponsor: Methanex Waitara Taiao - for outstanding advocacy and voluntary effort to protect and restore native biodiversity and te taiao o Waitara. Waitara Taiao shows how much can be achieved when a community develops and owns a conservation project. From small beginnings under local couple Tama and Gina Blackburn and their son Epiha, it’s grown into an effective and valuable predator control
Tēnā koutou. This year’s annual waterways report card is more timely and important than ever. Amid the national conversation on the Government’s new proposals seeking to improve rivers and streams, this report offers a chance to assess regional progress so far, reflect on the lessons learned, and think about the best way forward. We all want our waterways to be healthy. And the Taranaki community has not been standing idly by waiting for the right regulations. Download this report as a PDF and
They used to be extinct from Taranaki Maunga, but a family of six whio surfing down rapids in the upper Whaiwhakaiho River are a good reminder as to why rural predator control is so vital. The native blue ducks were classed as “functionally extinct” from the Maunga in 1945, due to introduced predators - stoats are whio’s number one predator. However, a video captured by Taranaki Regional Council this month shows the whio population is gradually increasing due to intensive predator control.
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Gillian Keegan is passionate about nature and birds – so much so she’s been known to give rat traps as gifts! Last October Gillian and her husband Bernie volunteered to maintain the trap network in New Plymouth’s Rotokare/Barrett Domain, which borders their home. There are two traplines in the domain with a combined 67 traps, which the couple check once a week. It takes about four hours in total, but according to Gillian it’s time well spent. “We thoroughly enjoy it. We’re down there anyway walking the dog, so it’s easy,” she says. “It’s my passion, I enjoy helping nature.” They get huge satisfaction from catching introduced predators, which are mainly rats and mice – with the occasional hedgehog and stoat. The benefits are clear. Their home is now surrounded by kererū, pīwakawaka and tūī and Gillian says other visitors to the domain often comment on the noticeable increase in birdlife. She enjoys answering people’s questions about traps and talking about how important predator control is for our region’s biodiversity. In fact, she reckons her friends are probably sick of hearing about it. “I talk about it a lot,” she laughs. Gillian and Bernie plan to continue looking after the traps as long as they are able and would “absolutely recommend it” to others keen to make a difference to our region’s biodiversity. If you’re interested in checking traps in a New Plymouth park or reserve, contact NPDC Parks Volunteer Officer Laura George on (06) 759 6060 to see where volunteers are needed. Note many smaller spaces only contain a few traps – so would not require a large time commitment. Full training will be given. If you are elsewhere in Taranaki and would like to help, please contact Towards Predator-Free Taranaki’s Chauncy Ardell on 0800 736 222 or pftaranaki@trc.govt.nz.
Land management category winners in the 2020 Taranaki Regional Council Environmental Awards. Category sponsor: Corteva Agriscience C and J McCowan Partnership - for outstanding effort protecting and improving the environment through sustainable land management and farming practices. Steep slopes, high rainfall and erodible soils may seem considerable challenges, but sustainable and profitable farming is still possible. Campbell and Jodene McCowan work hard to achieve it on their 118-hectare
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} Restore Taranaki Groups on Facebook Follow Towards Predator-Free Taranaki on Facebook - facebook.com/TowardsPredatorFreeTaranaki(external link) What is Trap.NZ? If you’re trapping at home, register with the online database Trap.NZ, via its website or app. Then record all your catches and also your trap checks (even when nothing has been caught). This makes Trap.NZ a source of valuable data tracking the region’s efforts and identifying gaps. Visit Trap.NZ website(external link) Related links Taranaki Schools Report a possum Get a trap Record a catch Get our newsletter