Trampers at Lake Waikaremoana
1080 is the common name for a biodegradable bait pellet DOC and other organisations use to control rats, stoats and possums.
Find out where pesticides, including 1080, are laid in DOC regions.
Our predator control programme protects native wildlife and forests on public conservation land.
When introduced predators are controlled, native species have a better chance of survival, their food source is more abundant, and the forest is healthier.
