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Aiming to make Picton-Waikawa pest-free
February 18 2016 - Picton councillor David Oddie (right) with James Wilson (centre), the chairman of community conservation group Picton Dawn Chorus, and Stephen Hildreth, who has designed the traps to be used in the quest to rid Picton and Waikawa from pests.
Mr Wilson says the first target is to tackle the rat, stoat and weasel numbers at Victoria Domain and the Snout. Three different types of traps will be laid – each of them designed to avoid larger animals.The team of volunteers who have joined Picton Dawn Chorus will check the traps regularly. Pest control will then extend to the Wedge, the hills surrounding Picton and to residential gardens.
Aiming to make Picton-Waikawa pest-free
February 18 2016 - Picton councillor David Oddie (right) with James Wilson (centre), the chairman of community conservation group Picton Dawn Chorus, and Stephen Hildreth, who has designed the traps to be used in the quest to rid Picton and Waikawa from pests.
Mr Wilson says the first target is to tackle the rat, stoat and weasel numbers at Victoria Domain and the Snout. Three different types of traps will be laid – each of them designed to avoid larger animals.The team of volunteers who have joined Picton Dawn Chorus will check the traps regularly. Pest control will then extend to the Wedge, the hills surrounding Picton and to residential gardens.