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Intensive effort to beat pest butterfly breeding

Date:  02 May 2013
More than 200 great white butterfly infestations were found and removed in Nelson Tasman last month – more than double those detected in March - as intensive efforts continue to beat an autumn spike in butterfly breeding.

New Anchorage Hut for Abel Tasman Coast Track

Date:  19 April 2013
An improved and larger Anchorage Hut is to be built on the Abel Tasman Coast Track to meet demand to stay in this popular Great Walk hut and will be ready for use this summer.

Call to help curb great white butterfly autumn surge

Date:  03 April 2013
The Department of Conservation is asking Nelson Tasman residents to step up searches for great white butterfly caterpillars and eggs in their gardens and report any found with an expected autumn surge in butterfly breeding now underway.

Eight new arrivals a boost for Kahurangi National Park whio

Date:  12 March 2013
The fortunes of rare whio/blue ducks in Kahurangi National Park’s Wangapeka-Fyfe area have been boosted by the arrival of eight young ducks last week.

Great white butterfly hunt steps up

Date:  27 February 2013
The Department of Conservation is calling on the public to help kill great white butterflies as efforts ramp up to eradicate the pest from Nelson Tasman.

Nasturtium a focus in pest butterfly eradication

Date:  01 February 2013
The Department of Conservation is asking Nelson residents for help to find patches of uncontrolled nasturtium as part of efforts to eradicate the pest great white butterfly.

More trapping on Adele Island after stoat caught

Date:  29 January 2013
Trapping is being stepped up on Adele Island to protect its native wildlife after a stoat was found dead in a trap on the Abel Tasman National Park island sanctuary.

Roar hunting in Tasman wilderness

Date:  18 January 2013
Hunters are again being invited to apply to fly into the Tasman Wilderness Area to hunt during the autumn roar deer hunting season.

Project Janszoon stoat trapping set up with student support

Date:  18 January 2013
A Project Janszoon 65-kilometre network of stoat traps is now in place to protect native wildlife in the Abel Tasman National Park interior.

Call for pest butterfly sightings in Richmond, Tasman and Nelson

Date:  11 January 2013
Householders in Richmond and other parts of Tasman as well as in Nelson city are being asked to look for great white butterfly caterpillars and eggs in their gardens following first reports of the pest in Richmond last week.

New Heaphy suspension bridge

Date:  04 January 2013
The Heaphy Track, New Zealand's longest Great Walk, now also boasts the longest deck suspension bridge the Department of Conservation has ever built.