Between 2017 and 2022, WMIL staff regularly serviced a trapline running 26km along each side of the Waiau Toa/Clarence River through the Molesworth Recreation Reserve under contract to the Department of Conservation (DOC).
The removal of mustelids and feral ngeru/cat from this landscape via trapping significantly improved breeding outcomes for the endangered tarapirohe/black-fronted terns, which establish their nesting colonies along this riverbed each summer. WMIL continue to undertake monitoring of tarapirohe, you can find out more here.
Location
Waitaha / Canterbury
Waiau Toa/Clarence River
Duration
2017-2022
Project Lead
Elizabeth (Biz) Bell and Simon Lamb
WMIL team laying out predator traps along Waiau Toa/Clarence River © Dan Burgin
WMIL staff undertaking trap checks along Waiau Toa/Clarence River © WMIL
Waiau Toa/Upper Clarence Trapping © WMIL
Checking and servicing traps in Molesworth © WMIL
