Figure 1: Tracking rates in the Queen Elizabeth Park KNE site area. Hover over the charts series to specific results, and click on legend entries to highlight and show/hide series. Use the month checkboxes on the top-right of charts to show/hide data from those monitoring months.
Figure 2: Queen Elizabeth Park KNE site area, showing the locations of the tracking tunnel lines.
Pest animal control regime: Possum control in the KNE site is undertaken in the dunelands using 14 Timms traps and in the remnant forest using two Pelifeed bait stations loaded with brodifacoum pellets. Mustelids are controlled throughout the KNE site using DOC200 kill-traps spaced at about 200 m intervals. Rats are controlled through the dunelands using 20 Good Nature A24 kill-traps positioned in the most mature patches of coastal bush. A volunteer services all of the traps every two to three weeks.
Pest animal control milestones: Mustelid control in the KNE site commenced in 2008 as part of a control operation across the whole of Queen Elizabeth Park. Between 2008 and 2016 more DOC200 traps were added to the mustelid control network and Timms traps were added for possum control. Good Nature rat traps were installed in the dunelands in 2016.
Surrounding pest control regimes: Rabbit, hare and possum control is done within the surrounding landscape as part of the Recloaking Papatūānuku project. Mustelids are controlled throughout Queen Elizabeth Park with DOC200 traps spaced at 100 m-200 m intervals on lines positioned about 500 m apart. Mustelids are also controlled with traps on the adjacent Whareroa Farm and Raumati escarpment.