2019/20 Kahurangi Aerial
Location: Buller & Tasman districts
Client: Department of Conservation
Status: Complete - refer table below for details
Cobb
Heaphy - Gunner
Oparara - Grange
Wangapeka - Owen
Prefeed application in the Cobb block was completed on 24/05/19.
Prefeed application in the Heaphy - Gunner block was completed on 19/09/19.
Prefeed application in the the Oparara - Grange block was completed on 04/11/19.
Prefeed application in the the Wangapeka - Owen block was completed on 11/02/20.
1080 application in the Cobb block was successfully completed on 26/06/19.
The caution period for the Cobb block is complete and signage was removed on 25/06/20.
1080 application in the backcountry portion of the Heaphy - Gunner block was successfully completed on 07/10/19.
1080 application in the front country portion of the Heaphy - Gunner block was successfully completed on 02/11/19.
1080 application in the Oparara - Grange block was successfully completed on 22/11/19.
1080 application in the Wangapeka - Owen block was successfully completed on 25/02/20.
The 2019/20 Kahurangi aerial predator control operation was carried out by Vector Free Marlborough Limited (VFML) on behalf of the Department of Conservation (DOC) to protect vulnerable native species from introduced predators following a heavy mast (seeding) event in forests during the past summer.
The Kahurangi project took in a large geographic area, so was divided into smaller operational blocks that were controlled progressively beginning from 6 May 2019. The blocks were Cobb, Heaphy - Gunner, Oparara - Grange and Wangapeka - Owen.
Work in each block commenced with the aerial application of non-toxic cereal pre-feed pellets, which was followed five or more days later by the aerial application of cereal pellets containing the toxin Sodium fluoroacetate (1080). The current status of each block is detailed in the table at the top of this page.
People intending to visit the Kahurangi treatment area while the caution period is ongoing are advised to check the VFML website for the status of each block and/or seek up-to-date information from the DOC website and local DOC offices in Motueka, Nelson, St Arnaud, Takaka and Westport.
Click here to download the map.
Click here to download a .KML file of consent boundaries to open in Google Earth.
Click here to view the original public notice for this operation.
Click here to view the original notification fact sheet for this operation.
Click here to view the consultation fact sheet for this operation.
2020/21 Aorere Aerial
Location: Buller & Tasman districts
Permission area: 50,500 hectares (approx.)
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Click here to view the public notice for this project.
Client: Department of Conservation
Status: Consents issued
Prefeed application: from 13/07/2020
2020/21 St Arnaud Aerial
Location: Tasman District
Contract area: 33,800 hectares (approx.)
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Client: Department of Conservation
Status: Consultation in progress
Prefeed application: Date to be confirmed
2020/21 Buller South Aerial
Location: Buller District
Permission area: 21,200 hectares (approx.)
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Client: TBfree New Zealand
Status: Consents issued
Prefeed application: from 13/07/2020
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