Mount Ruapehu natural history week
FOREST AND BIRD'S natural history education week at the Society's Mt Ruapehu lodge was a resounding success for the 30 participants. Led by conservation staff Kevin Smith and Mike Harding, the week involved a range of field trips in the Ruapehu area with plenty of opportunities to practise plant identification. Highlights included a visit to Tongariro forest, a close en-
counter with a family of blue duck, and visits to the Kaimanawa beech forests, Lake Taupo wetlands and the Tokaanu thermal fields. The low point of the week was discovering huge bulldozers working in the Whakapapa River and sending waves of silt downstream. The bulldozing was part of a massive repair job on Electricorp’s Whakapapa tunnel intake.
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Forest and Bird, Volume 22, Issue 2, 1 May 1991, Page 11
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122Mount Ruapehu natural history week Forest and Bird, Volume 22, Issue 2, 1 May 1991, Page 11
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