Table Of Contents

Forest and Bird, Issue 280, 1 May 1996, Unnumbered Page

FEATURE §S

26 Sa Controlling the purse strings Forest and Bird’s campaign to obtain adequate funding for the Department of Conservation is gathering support. But Treasury is fighting hard against any "green package". by Gerard Hutching North Island tussocklands They are the junior cousin of New Zealand’s tussock estate, but the issues of burning, weed invasion and unsustainable land use are just as real as they are in the South Island. by Geoff Rogers Waitutu A celebration of the "ultimate forest" — protected from the loggers at last. by Sabine Schmidt and Keith Swenson Is Felix at fault? Cats are well known as hunters of native wildlife. But cat control presents some ecological dilemmas. by Ken Catt Whirinaki revisited A visit to the great podocarp forest of the central North Island, 12 years after the chainsaws left. by Ian Close Young and green A profile of three young Christchurch students who are working for a better environmental future. by Eugenie Sage

REGULARS

NJ 10 12 46 49 31 53 Mailbag Conservation Briefs Hydro proposal thrown out; new high country reserve; rockhopper penguins; Forest Friendly success; RMA advice; weta return; Antarctic impacts; kokako management; regenerating forest; Kaituna River; Kahurangi — a new national park; bird and plant timing. World Watch Seal slaughter; Grand Canyon flood; Hawaiian birds; penguins and global warming; too many koalas? Branching Out Tomahawk Lagoons; growing plants in the Bay of Plenty; energy savings; Nelson marine reserve proposal; new reserves on Waiheke Island; blackbilled gulls in Ashburton. In the Field Whitebait are more than merely fritters. Reviews Bulletin Branch Directory