Predator control
A DOC ranger checks predator traps
Project River Recovery and the Kakī Recovery Group are working together to test a catchment-wide predator trapping regime in the Tasman River. This project involves a range of predator control and monitoring techniques.
The breeding success of several braided river birds - wrybill/ngutu pare, banded dotterel/turiwhatu and black-fronted tern/tarapirohe - is being monitored over five years to assess whether this level of predator control is helping these birds.
Project River Recovery is also working on developing an effective localised predator trapping regime to protect black-fronted tern/tarapirohe colonies. The regime is being trialled on a tern colony on an island in the upper Ohau River, and if successful there it will be tested on riverbed colonies.