Community Trapline Revival Stewardship • Skills • Seasonal knowledge

Bats

After extensive monitoring around the course bats were detected at almost every location with constant nightly activity in some areas and tours will feature them

Archives

Archive page featuring Rotorua Canopy Tours bat hunt, first prefeed trap feeding and preparation of ten kilometres of trapping lines in the Dansey Road Scenic area

Advocate

Advocate Print supports the local community and the Forest Restoration Project with quality printing services and has recorded stoat control actions in the area.

Pestcontrol

No matter if you live in a city town or in the country you can help reduce pest numbers by using traps at home protecting native birds from rodents

Wildlife

Intensive trapping in Dansey Road Scenic Reserve since September 2013 has greatly reduced introduced mammals and led to a strong resurgence of native bird life.

Wildlife

Update on bat monitoring in Dansey Road Scenic Reserve after one week of detector deployment with devices moved further along trap lines to map bat activity hotspots.

Conservation

Overview of a forest restoration project detailing trapping preparation trap construction pre feeding and the significant time and financial costs involved

Conservation

Babs Philip and Rebecca Anderson visited the Canopy Tour in November and connected with the conservation project sponsoring a rat trap that has recorded four catches

Conservation

Nearly ready for the forest restoration trapping operation with all traps set and prefeed every 3 days strong signs of rats and possums bringing high expectations for successful results

Forest

Tania and Oliver supported the forest restoration project by joining a canopy tour and sponsoring a rat trap helping preserve unique New Zealand wildlife

Media

Our conservation programme has been featured in several media outlets including One News Waikato Times New Zealand Herald and the Daily Post

Conservation

A passionate Kiwi Alan shares memories of rich bird life in Aucklands ranges and supports successful pest control and native tree planting near Dansey Road

Conservation

Archive page listing Forest Restoration Project blog posts from December 2013 including The cost of conservation and The results are starting to show

Tourism

Mike and Annemarie of the Arista are valued sponsors to Canopy Tours supporting the Dansey Road Scenic reserve with a possum trap helping Rotoruas tourism industry

Possums

Since its 1837 introduction to New Zealand the Australian brush tailed possum has thrived without predators over browsing forests and harming native wildlife. Humane sentinel traps set off the ground with baited bite blocks offer effective control where daily checking of leg hold traps is impractical and can help native birds return.

Conservation

Update on trapping numbers for sponsor traps in the Rotorua Canopy Tours forest restoration project noting improved vegetation reduced possums and fluctuating rat numbers

Nature

Working in pristine New Zealand bush reveals constant seasonal change from heavy fruiting of Tawa Miro and Rimu trees to spectacular blue fungi appearing in wet weather

Forest

Updates from May 2014 at the Forest Restoration Project including returning bird life, unusual discoveries in pristine New Zealand bush, and extensive bat monitoring results.

Restoration

Two months after a major pest eradication effort removing over 800 animals the forest is transformed with phenomenal bird noise activity and safe juvenile birds

Conservation

Rotorua Canopy Tours staff prepared 10 kilometers of trapping lines in Dansey Road Scenic Reserve to remove possums stoats and rats protecting native bird breeding in 2013

Restoration

Five nights into the pest eradication programme, rat numbers have collapsed and possum catches keep rising. Despite rain, 224 possums, 316 rats and 6 stoats have been removed so far.

Trapping

Pest control in New Zealand is vital to protect unique native species. This article explains why trapping is used over poisons and how to effectively trap rats.

Donation

Conservation is the responsibility of us all before it is too late If you want to be involved the following options let you sponsor traps lines or become a corporate supporter

Newsletters

Sign up for Forest Restoration Project newsletters by providing your email address first name and last name then choose your preferred email format html text or mobile

Printing

Advocate Print supports the local community by providing great product great value and great service encouraging customers to be recognised in colour while aiding forest restoration

Conservation

Nighttime bat detectors are deployed in Rotoruas Dansy Road Scenic Reserve to study declining native bats, map their forest use and help protect this rare species.

Restoration

Archive page of forest restoration news from Rotorua Canopy Tours conservation project including pest eradication trapping prefeeding and project updates

Photos

Photos and captions showing New Zealand forest conservation work including predator pests like rats possums and stoats and trapping efforts by Canopy Tours staff.

Sponsors

Rotorua Canopy Tours is fully committed to the restoration of the Dansey Road Scenic Reserve and acknowledges the support of its wonderful sponsors.

Hedgehogs

Discussion of hedgehogs in New Zealand their introduction spread and significant predation on native birds invertebrates lizards and possibly frogs plus trapping advice

Conservation

Forest Restoration Project blog archive for July 2014 featuring posts The Good Old Possum and So lets get Trapping focused on New Zealand conservation work

Restoration

Aaron and Margo were customers on the tour who made an awesome contribution by sponsoring one of the forest restoration traps supporting local conservation efforts

Restoration

One year after opening Rotorua Canopy Tours launched a dedicated Forest Restoration Project website to give its engaged customers a clear identity and ways to get involved