Recent 1080
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31/8/2016
A long-time campaigner against the pesticide 1080
has persuaded a council to add more cautionary details to warning signs used
during aerial bait drops.
Waikato Regional Councillor Clyde Graf got a motion passed that adds a line to warning signs which states: "Poison baits or carcasses may be present in waterways''.
Waikato Regional Councillor Clyde Graf got a motion passed that adds a line to warning signs which states: "Poison baits or carcasses may be present in waterways''.
23/8/2016
A tentative start date for two planned 1080 drops near
Queenstown has been set.
Department of Conservation Wakatipu operations manager Geoff Owen said the operation, to kill the predators of native birds, would begin any time from September 5.
Department of Conservation Wakatipu operations manager Geoff Owen said the operation, to kill the predators of native birds, would begin any time from September 5.
16/8/2016
More than $6
million will be spent dropping 1080 poison on the South Island's West
Coast in the coming months.
About 230,000 hectares of the region will be targeted in this year's Battle for our Birds programme, which focuses on western and southern parts of the South Island.
About 230,000 hectares of the region will be targeted in this year's Battle for our Birds programme, which focuses on western and southern parts of the South Island.
15/8/2016
Federated Farmers
is mystified as to why people are still complaining about the use of 1080, long
after it’s been established as a key tool in New Zealand’s environmental
protection system.
The Commissioner for the Environment concluded five years ago that 1080 was the only viable tool for protection against pests on much of New Zealand’s conservation land.
The Commissioner for the Environment concluded five years ago that 1080 was the only viable tool for protection against pests on much of New Zealand’s conservation land.
5/6/2016
Recreational and
commercial hunters have been asked to identify areas where game herds are at
risk ahead of this year's large-scale aerial 1080 operation.
The call comes as the Department of Conservation prepare for the Battle for our Birds, a large-scale aerial 1080 operation to control rats and stoats in response to a beech mast event.
It follows a similar campaign to control rats and stoats on public conservation land in response to a beech mast event due to heavy seedfall in 2014 and will be the largest pest control operation in New Zealand's history.
The call comes as the Department of Conservation prepare for the Battle for our Birds, a large-scale aerial 1080 operation to control rats and stoats in response to a beech mast event.
It follows a similar campaign to control rats and stoats on public conservation land in response to a beech mast event due to heavy seedfall in 2014 and will be the largest pest control operation in New Zealand's history.
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