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A new intensive predator control area at Falls River is the first step towards providing a safe corridor for native birds from the top of the Park to the Coast.
The Falls River Management Area is an 842 ha site between Torrent Bay and Bark Bay. A network of 841 bait stations to control rat numbers has been installed, complementing the existing stoat trapping network in the area.
Project Janszoon operations manager Andrew Macalister says the large protected area will ultimately connect Canaan Downs to the Coast. “Providing a safe passage for rat and stoat sensitive birds, like riflemen, tomtits and kakariki, to move down to the coast is a fundamental part of Project Janszoon’s restoration strategy. With the Abel Tasman Birdsong Trust’s plan to provide rat control from Pitt Head to Torrent Bay, we will be able to provide a large safe environment for birds to re-establish and disperse in an area of high public use,” he says.
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Stoat trapping network a huge boost
The survival of native birds and plants in the north of the Park has been given a huge boost, with a major new stoat trapping network now operational.
The 2,165 ha network was financed through the recently-announced biodiversity project between Air New Zealand, DOC and Manawhenua ki Mohua. 460 double-set trap boxes have been installed, running from Totaranui north to Separation Point and across to Wainui. They connect with Project Janszoon’s 15,000 ha stoat trapping network in the south of the Park and the Abel Tasman Birdsong Trust's traps, bringing the total number of stoat trap boxes in the Park to around 2,600.
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DOC ranger Matt Nalder begins the hard work installing the traps
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