https://www.doc.govt.nz/globalassets/documents/conservation/native-animals/invertebrates/weta-motel-design.pdf
Learn about pūtangatanga or tree wētā: https://www.citscihub.nz/Phil_Bendle_Collection:Weta_(Tree)_Auckland_(Hemideina_thoracica)
http://wetageta.massey.ac.nz/Text%20files/tree%20weta%20ecology.html
https://www.pestdetective.org.nz/on-the-case/2018/rat-or-weta-droppings/
Episode 5: Exploring at Night Post your spooky selfies and night critter pics here: facebook.com/BackyardBiodiversityTaranaki Relevant resources New Zealand nocturnal wildlife:
step-by-step instructions): https://inaturalist.nz/pages/add-an-observation-nz
Weedbusters: https://www.weedbusters.org.nz/
Basic leaf shapes and arrangements shown in the video
DOC education resource: Experiencing Native Trees in Your Green Space: https://www.doc.govt.nz/globalassets/documents/getting-involved/students-and-teachers/experiencing-native-trees-in-your-green-space.pdf
Advanced plant identification NZ Plant Conservation Network:
control rats, possums and stoats. The Wells wanted to completely screen the farm to reduce their environmental footprint. They’ve already paid for and planted 15,000 square metres, with another 10,000 planned. They’re amazed at the burgeoning birdlife, and the reduction in dust. The trees will also create corridors between existing stands of native bush on the wider farm. Community and youth groups are helping with the plantings as a fundraiser. The Wells have also installed a new bund system to
tourStudents will experience and learn about the diverse range of native animals and plants that live in the rainforest and the action being taken to protect them through the Towards Predator-Free Taranaki programme. The tour incorporates the following components: Native fish
Tree-top look out
Tree houses
We will spend approximately an hour and a half exploring the rainforest and then return to the Rainforest Centre for lunch. After-lunch activitiesAfter lunch, you can choose one of the following
is doing on the maunga, together allowing safe passage for not only toutouwai, but other native birds such as the whio.” A toutouwai at Lake Mangamahoe. Photo/Tony Green He says another key factor is riparian planting. Over the last 25 years the Taranaki Regional Council has been supporting landowners to plant native trees along the banks of waterways. “These provide pathways for the movement of birds – they’re essentially safe corridors down our waterways. “This kind of result is exactly what
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Predator-Free Project Manager Toby Shanley says the child and pet safe traps and boxes are being sold by Towards Predator-Free Taranaki, just in time for shoppers to put one under the Christmas tree for that person who has everything. “A rat-trap and box is the gift that will keep on giving - protecting native wildlife and plants with every rat trapped in your backyard,“ Mr Shanley says. New Plymouth has the largest percentage of indigenous plant cover out of any city in the country. To protect this, one in
When putting out your trap – think like a rat! That's the trapping advice from Josh La Franchie, one of New Plymouth district's most committed and youngest urban trappers. About 1100 traps have been set in the district's urban backyards by residents, who like josh, want to protect native wildlife and plants and have joined Towards Predator-Free Taranaki. "They like to hang around under trees and we seem to catch more down by the river, says Josh (7), from Oakura as he checks a rat trap nestled
it was predators.” She admits that on a cold, rainy day it can be harder to get out and check traps. “But then I see a fantail fly by and remember that’s why I am doing it.” A kererū living year round near her home also provides inspiration. Becky’s commitment to the environment doesn’t end at predator control; she’s also working with organisations such as the Eltham Community Development Group to plant more trees in the town and remove invasive weeds – among other things. “I’m quite excited to
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