Category Archives: DOC

• Newsletter #43 15 January 2019

  Posted on January 15, 2019 by riveraid in ARRG, Ashley, Awards and funding, banded dotterel, bird survey, Black-backed gull, Breeding, Department of Conservation, DOC, ECan, Fresh water management, kaki /black stilt, migration, Newsletters, Reports, Waimakariri, wrybill

  Tēnā koutou, Happy New Year-of-the-Wrybill and welcome back to those of you who were taking a break. Braided Rivers Seminar 2019 As I mentioned in the last newsletter, thanks to funding from ECan, we are hosting full-day Braided Rivers Seminar at Lincoln University Wednesday 26 June. While we don’t yet have a final programme in […]

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  BRaid Newsletter #42 November 25

  Posted on November 26, 2018 by riveraid in Awards and funding, community partnerships, DOC, ECan, Ecology, Events, Funding, genetic, Lower Waitaki, Makarora, Newsletters, Reports, Research, Waitaki

  Tēnā koutou, I was about to start writing this when Ann-Kathryn Schlesselmann’s email popped up in my inbox, with the news that her PhD thesis is completed and now available. Ann-Kathrin has been researching the genetics of black-fronted terns/tarapirohe for the past few years. Her findings represents a significant breakthrough on several levels, and a […]

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• BRaid Newsletter #40 September 06

  Posted on September 6, 2018 by riveraid in Ashburton, Ashley, banded dotterel, bird survey, Black-billed gull, Department of Conservation, DOC, ECan, Events, feral cats, Makarora, Newsletters, Waiau River, wrybill

  Greetings, The date for our next meeting, which will also be our AGM, has been changed. It will now be 2-5pm, Wednesday 26 September, at the DOC offices, Ngai Mahi Rd Sockburn. Please also note that the annual membership fee of $20.00 is due on this date. Calling all North Canterbury trappers! Conservation week is […]

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• BRaid Newsletter #34; 09 October

  Posted on October 9, 2017 by riveraid in Ashley, climate change, community partnerships, Department of Conservation, DOC, Events, migration, Newsletters, Research

  Greetings, Following our AGM held September 08, the chairperson’s annual report is available online: We have some exciting news to announce shortly with our newest ‘braided rivers birds’ partner, Karikaas, makers of fine (and extremely yummy!) award winning Dutch style cheeses: http://www.karikaas.co.nz. I won’t go into too many details here, but this will considerably raise the […]

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  Braided River Newsletter #30: 24 April 2017

  Posted on April 24, 2017 by riveraid in Ashley, Department of Conservation, DOC, Newsletters

  Greetings, Hopefully you’ve all survived the recent weather events without developing cabin fever. On the upside, foothill-fed rivers that were showing serious signs of vanishing altogether, are now receiving a decent flushing. Nick has been keeping a particularly close eye on the effect on weeds on the Ashley Rakahuri, which you can read about here, […]

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  Management and Research Priorities for New Zealand Braided Rivers

  Posted on April 17, 2017 by riveraid in Department of Conservation, DOC, Fresh water management, Research

  The Department of Conservation’s Management and Research Priorities for New Zealand Braided Rivers (DOC 3MB PDF) is now available Summary: The distinguishing feature of braided rivers is that they have, over at least some part of their length, multiple, mobile channels that ow across a gravel floodplain. Braided rivers occur widely in New Zealand, but […]

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  Braided River Newsletter #25: 24 November

  Posted on November 24, 2016 by riveraid in banded dotterel, bird survey, Black-billed gull, black-fronted terns, Clarence River, DOC, ECan, Harper River, kaki, kaki /black stilt, Newsletters, Waiau River, Waimakariri, Wilberforce River

  Hello all, Firstly, please note that the next BRaid meeting his this Friday 25 November at 31 Nga Mahi Rod, Sockburn. This will be our final meeting for 2016. It’s been a disruptive couple of weeks, from coming to grips with a new world order to dealing with yet another earthquake sequence, which has also […]

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  Free plant identification course

  Posted on March 11, 2016 by riveraid in Department of Conservation, DOC, Education

  Plant Identification – 5-6 April (Rangiora) FREE Course fees! The Plant Identification course was developed in conjunction with the NZ Plant Conservation Network and the Department of Conservation. This course focuses on the process of plant identification – what parts of the plant to look at and what resources are available for the identification process.  […]

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  Conservation Inc 2 Registrations now open

  Posted on March 7, 2016 by riveraid in citizen science, community partnerships, Department of Conservation, DOC, Ecology, Education, Events, Funding, population trends, Research

  Conservation Inc 2 brings together people from all sectors in New Zealand’s community conservation landscape. Most are inspirational leaders in their fields. The conference offers a compelling opportunity to look ahead, learn from others, make connections and discuss matters pivotal to the future of community based conservation work in this country.  Much has changed in […]

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  “Our Estuaries” – interactive DOC website

  Posted on March 3, 2016 by riveraid in Department of Conservation, DOC Comments Off on “Our Estuaries” – interactive DOC website Continue Reading...

• Ferrets and feral cats decimating black-fronted terns on the Clarence River

  Posted on February 10, 2016 by riveraid in black-fronted terns, Breeding, Clarence River, DOC, ECan, Funding, pest mammals

  From Wildlife Management International Ltd: This video shows how one of the largest colonies of black-fronted tern colonies in the Acheron and Clarence River are under attack. Here, the stoat is killing an adult tern on the nest. The stoat didn’t even eat the bird, just killed it and moved on to another nest. When […]

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  Hundreds of birds massacred on Ashton Beach

  Posted on February 2, 2016 by riveraid in Ashburton, Black-billed gull, black-fronted terns, Department of Conservation, DOC

  Unfortunately, the earlier unconfirmed report has proven to be true. This from the Ashburton Guardian (access online is only by subscription, hence the scanned article):

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• DOC job: bird banders wanted

  Posted on January 25, 2016 by riveraid in Department of Conservation, DOC

  See DOC’s website (Technical Advisory position in Wellington) “Are you passionate about bird banding? Do you have an understanding of use and management of databases for bird banding data, including mark-recapture? Do you have experience in consulting widely with users in developing systems that meet customer needs and expectations? Would you like to use your […]

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  Latest track updates from DOC

  Posted on December 5, 2015 by riveraid in Department of Conservation, DOC

  From Sarah Ensor, DOC Partnerships Ranger Here’s the next instalment of track updates for Banks Peninsula Arthur’s Pass, Craigieburn, Foothill Forests, Lake Sumner and St James (collectively known as North Canterbury).   Rolling into summer and everything seems to be on track (couldn’t resist the pun) for good walking / tramping opportunities in the Nth […]

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  Fantastic start to Conservation Week

  Posted on November 2, 2015 by riveraid in Department of Conservation, DOC, Events, pest mammals

  It was a great weekend to kick off Conservation Week. First was the trapping workshop in Geraldine on Saturday 31 October. Okay, strictly speaking it wasn’t the start of Conservation Week, but it was nevertheless a great turnout, with 16 people attending. Then on Sunday 01 November, the weather stayed perfect for a great family […]

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  DOC Track updates for North Canterbury

  Posted on September 23, 2015 by riveraid in Department of Conservation, DOC

  Track updates for Banks Peninsula Arthur’s Pass, Craigieburn, Foothill Forests, Lake Sumner and St James (collectively known as North Canterbury). Access seems to be the main issue here especially during lambing so please keep a look out for anyone not respecting these closures; it only takes one renegade lost dog to do a lot of […]

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  Be a Habitat Hero and WIN!

  Posted on September 18, 2015 by riveraid in citizen science, Department of Conservation, DOC, Education

  Create Habitat Heroes – teach your kids to make a difference and WIN! The Department of Conservation is bringing you the Habitat Heroes competition – supported with free teaching resources to help you teach your students how to understand their local environment, using simple, scientific methods.Encourage your students to go out, explore a local place, […]

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  Whitebait, birds receive conservation boost

  Posted on September 14, 2015 by riveraid in black-fronted terns, citizen science, Department of Conservation, DOC

    Hon Nicky Wagner Associate Minister of Conservation 13 September 2015 Media Statement Whitebait, birds receive conservation boost Whitebait will be making a comeback into Christchurch and more will be done to protect the habitats of Canterbury’s colony-nesting river birds, says Associate Conservation Minister Nicky Wagner. The Community Conservation Partnership Fund is providing more than […]

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  Watch out for off-course mollymawks

  Posted on September 10, 2015 by riveraid in Department of Conservation, DOC

  The Department of Conservation (DOC) is asking Southland residents to watch out for stranded Southern Buller’s mollymawks. Often the large birds strand in odd places, such as beside railway lines, effluent ponds and in backyards or paddocks. The youngsters are fledging and still learning to take off. During periods of strong winds, young birds often […]

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