Wānaka Backyard Trapping

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Written By Jessica Edkins
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Wānaka Backyard Trapping is a community pest trapping project covering multiple locations in the Upper Clutha basin, including our community in Lake Hāwea. Our aims are to:

  1. INCREASE numbers of native wildlife (birds and skinks/geckos) in Upper Clutha – restoration of native habitat;

  2. DECREASE numbers of introduced pests that threaten NZ native flora and fauna;

  3. ENCOURAGE community trapping participation at neighbourhood level;

  4. RAISE the profile of our unique flora and fauna amongst New Zealanders and travellers to the Upper Clutha area.

There are two active traplines around Lake Hāwea on the QLDC Reserve, Contact Energy & LINZ land, all managed by a team of local volunteers. One extends down the river track to just past the Hāwea dam & green waste centre; the other extends along the foreshore from below the Hawea hotel right along to John Creek. The traps used are all DOC200’s (for rats, stoats, ferrets, & hedgehogs) or Trapinators (possums) with around 50 traps deployed so far, and all checked fortnightly.

We’d like to encourage more locals to get involved, either to join our team of volunteers, or set up your own backyard traps. Before registering your traps, please become a member of Wānaka Backyard Trapping by contacting our Coordinator Cath Watson on the details below.

Jessica Edkins
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