Northern Conservation Officer
orest and Bird has F appointed Sarah Gibbs as its Northern Conservation Officer based in Auckland. She formerly woked with the Department of Conservation, and also as a piano teacher. Sarah Gibbs has recently completed an MSc thesis examining the habitat overlap between immature North Island brown kiwi and predators at Trounson Kauri Park ‘mainland island’ in Northland. She has a Bachelor of Resource Studies from Lincoln University. She has also studied at the University of Idaho and completed an internship with the US Bureau of
Land Management in Alaska. Her passion for conservation includes being an active member of the Ornithological Society of New Zealand, and she has many outdoor interests. Sarah Gibbs takes over the position formerly held by the late Jacqui Barrington. In announcing the appointment, national president Keith Chapple paid tribute to the team of volunteers and others who have kept the northern office open on at least a parttime basis over the past two years. Volunteers are still needed to assist Sarah on a regular basis.
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Forest and Bird, Issue 299, 1 February 2001, Page 42
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