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Running on passion for the place we call home! Proof of concept Drone use for conservation.. thanks to all volunteers and everything gifted to make a difference.. Flightless gifted, crew gifted, helicopter access gifted, drone use and operation gifted, boots on the ground gifted, filming and storytelling gifted.. a bunch or special humans gifting...
Read MoreFour nights in the heart of Fiordland, and the memories still cling like salt to our skin. This wasn’t just another voyage aboard Flightless — it was an exploration with NZ Geographic, diving into the stories hidden beneath the waves of Fiordland’s great marine reserves.We also had some MAD volunteers aboard that helped to clean up the last of...
Read MoreAnother successful Tamatea Adventure with a boat full of keen volunteers and paying clients. Servicing and maintaining the trapping & camera network on Mamaku/ Indian Island. Run out the tracking cards on day one, then deployed the team over the next few days to rebait all the coastal DOC 200 traps and replenish the network of Goodnature A24...
Read MoreVolunteers who had given up their Waitangi weekend to be here, successfully rebaited the entire network on Mamaku/Indian Island & Long Island and still found time to enjoy the place. The audio recorders were recollected to be put back out to record the full spectrum in the coming
Read MoreA boat full of wonderful volunteers and a few MAD volunteers joined us to recover some gear from our MPI project around Undaria for the TamateaBLUE side of things before heading to Pigeon Island to complete the cutting of the tracks. So the island it now ready to receive traps across a full rat network !!!! We also installed audio recorders on...
Read MoreVolunteers and clients successfully rebaited the entire network as well as found time to enjoy the place. Rat tracking remained at 0% while the stoat is still alive despite extra trap resets. It was noted that rat numbers in general were down with only 7 caught across the island and hardly any seen on the camera
Read MoreA mix of awesome volunteers and clients allowed for extra work and checks on Pigeon Island which was wonderful. Rat tracking remained at 0% while the stoat is still roaming with extra rebaits during charters whenever possible. We noted high catch rates for rats as well as a few stoats on the networks on Long Island as well as Pickersgill harbour...
Read MoreA boat full of volunteers allowed for a swift working bee with rat tracking back down to 0%, kiwi footage in daylight, a stoat roaming on the island and ongoing deer sign. Brent HorwellVaanessa HorwellChris SmithDarren Peters Gavin Sinclair Jake (Rex) WarburtonPeta CareyRobbie van DamRose ChalliesRusty VarcoeAngelo Georgalli
Read MoreOn the back of a stint by High Country Contracting volunteers cutting on Long Island and Chris and Chris pre rebaiting Mamaku Indian Island with eraze in early January.. Volunteers including Stan and his intrepid adventurers rebaited Indian Island / Mamaku as well as Long Island as well as the 6 monitoring lines and 12 cameras whilst also...
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