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Friends of Flora - Projects |
Blue Duck Whio
One of the original aims of Friends of Flora was the re-establishment of a sustainable breeding population of Whio in the Flora Stream. This involved reducing stoat numbers to low levels so that juvenile Whio could be released into the stream....read more.
DOC/FoF undertake and annual whio survey each December. Each year we see the results of successful breeding and we believe that we are well on the way to achieving a sustainable breeding population. |
Great Spotted Kiwi Roroa
Now that Whio are back and thriving, we are starting a new project to re-establish Great Spotted Kiwi (Roroa) into the Flora. This is our greatest challenge yet and will require support from both our volunteers and the community....read more.
Every 14 days, Friends of Flora volunteers track each of the 12 adult kiwi to record their location and their active time over the previous 14 days. This shows when the birds are out of the burrow and foraging. We have amassed vital information on our kiwi which we are using to develop a plan for a sustainable breeding population. Thanks to NZ Lotteries for the financial support of this project. Dec 2012 |
Predator Control
Friends of Flora volunteers have undertaken predator control work for 10 years, with our trap lines now covering approximately 5,500 hectares. Currently we monitor over 920 stoat traps (FoF 590, DOC 177, Bush & Beyond 153), many of these having rat and possum traps nearby. Find out more about the key predators and how and where we operate in the Flora catchment area.
14 American Ecology students and their leaders spent 3-days in the Cobb/Tablelands area with FoFers Lesley and Maryann. The group comes from ‘Wildlands Studies’, an international environmental field study programme. On their 6 week NZ tour they to do volunteer work. They monitored ‘D line’, plus they put in the remaining ‘eraze 8’ wires, and they also laid out traps on ‘X’ and ‘Y’ lines. We were thrilled with the effort they all put in, and also the amount of study which is involved in their programme. A job well done, and with a great deal of enthusiasm! A big thank you to each and everyone of the group, and we wish them well for their future in ecology. |
Friends of Flora, PO Box 317 Motueka | fof@fof.org.nz | 03 528 9054 |
The female DOC translocated into the Flora partnered up with a wild male in 2007 and they fledged 3 young whio. We are now leaving the whio population within the catchment to their own devices, allowing nature to take its course. 
