Coal Island kiwi release
Image: John Whitehead | ©

Introduction

Get involved with conservation groups working with DOC in Fiordland.

Listed below are some volunteer based groups that you can get involved with. You'll learn new skills, meet like-minded people, contribute to conservation, and increase your connection to your local community and natural spaces.

For more conservation volunteer opportunities in Fiordland volunteer for a DOC project.


Manapōuri Weedbusters

Aim: To control weeds on Manapōuri's lakeshore and replant with natives. Volunteers are needed for working bees for both light and heavy gardening.

Contact: Irene Barnes +64 3 249 6609 or Catherine Brimecome +64 3 249 6933

Pomona Island Charitable Trust

Aim: To restore the biodiversity on Pomona Island – the largest island in Lake Manapōuri. The biodiversity on the island has suffered from the introduction of mammals such as stoats, possums, deer, rats and mice.

The Trust is a community-led charitable trust that has a strong reliance on volunteers to restore Pomona and Rona Islands.

Pomona Island Charitable Trust website

The Valleys Project

Aim: To adjust the balance in favour of our birdlife by trapping predators in areas currently without any control measures.

Targeting Fiordland in particular, this project offers corporates or like-minded individuals the opportunity to contribute to conservation work in spectacular surroundings.

The Valleys Project website

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