This week the Guardians met as a whole community to share a lunch prepared by Senior Rural Advisor Alice Wilson and be inspired by our newest Wai Connections employees Sam & Anne-Marrie. Sam (the trap man) shared the work he has been doing with a similar Catchment to restore a breeding population of Whio. We currently have a pair in the upper catchment on Nga Tuhoe station and with pest management it is absolutely possible to have a massive result. Sam also talked about how reducing on-farm pests can have a significant impact on other native species such as kiwi, other birds and bats.
“It is absolutely possible to hear kiwi and other native birds from your porch”, says Sam. Farm buildings and patches of reverting bush provide excellent habitat- we just need to eliminate the pests!”
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