Getting Rid of Possums
A massive drive to control possums in its forests is costing the Auckland Regional Council about $700,000 this year. Private contractors and staff began in the Hunua Ranges five years ago, achieving a major knock-down in numbers, later turning their attention to goats. Cooperation with adjacent landowners is a major part of the programme, by clearing the surrounding area of pests which might otherwise re-invade the forest. A major sweep of the Waitakere Ranges Regional Parkland is achieving a better than 90 percent knock back of the pests. The regrowth is already noticeable and bird numbers are said to be increasing.
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Forest and Bird, Issue 293, 1 August 1999, Page 18
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