Join environmental education facilitator and communicator Dr Maureen Howard as she visits with local champions and enthusiasts in the movement to increase biodi...
Rewilding In Action - 13 - Feeding Wild Birds Sugar Water: Time for a Rethink
Tui, korimako/bellbirds and tauhou/silvereyes are much loved gardens birds. By consuming the nectar of native plants they are also important pollinators for rewilding our native forests. Is it a good idea to feed wild birds artificially? Does feeding them a solution of sugar in water help or harm them? And could bird feeders help spread the bird flu variant H5N1 when it reaches our shores?
Grab yourself a cuppa and put your feet up to listen in to Rewilding in Action with my guest Dr Daria Erastova.
This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - http://oar.org.nz
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Rewilding In Action - 12 - On the Home Run - Phil Seddon and Paula Cross
Could this be the year the last possum on the Otago Peninsula is caught? And can we really know? In this episode of Rewilding in Action, host Maureen Howard interviews reintroduction biologist Professor Phil Seddon from Otago University, and Otago Peninsula Biodiversity Group operations manager Paula Cross in the OAR studio. Listen in to find out how over 25,000 possums have been removed and why removing every last possum is the best way to help the native forest to regenerate. This episode is kindly sponsored by The OPERA (www.theopera.co.nz).
This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - http://oar.org.nz
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Rewilding In Action - 11 - Rabbits Gone Bush - John and Moira Parker
Rabbits wrecking havoc on native bush is a reality on the Otago Peninsula. In this episode of Rewilding in Action, host Maureen Howard visits John and Moira Parker to find out how this couple managed to knock the rabbits back, why they felt they needed to do it and what the results were on their 40 hectare forest-clad piece of peninsular paradise. This episode is kindly sponsored by The OPERA (www.theopera.co.nz).
This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - http://oar.org.nz
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Rewilding In Action - 10 - Farming and Wildlife - A No Brainer
In this episode of Rewilding in Action, host Maureen Howard is back on Otago Peninsula again to meet with Paula Cross who along with her husband Brendan farm 880 ha of the predominantly steep hill country they own and lease there. Join me to find out from my guest what it’s like to combine rewilding native forest with farming, how cutting back Muehlenbeckia australis in the native forest has impacted it, and why we might want to keep some of the non-native trees and shrubs until the native forest gets established.
This episode is kindly sponsored by The OPERA (www.theopera.co.nz).
This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - http://oar.org.nz
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Rewilding In Action - 09 - Dispatching Pest Plants
SWAT (Seek Weeds and Terminate) comprise around 10 volunteers who visit properties across the Otago Peninsula to dispatch pest plants from native forest remnants. In this episode I join them on their mission to remove Banana Passion Fruit from the native forest of a QEII covenanted property. How does the SWAT Team help rewilding native forest remnants? What species do they target and why? And how do they stay so enthusiastic? Join me and my guests Fran Hammond, Moira Parker, Fiona Morrison and Adrienne Mulqueen. This episode is sponsored by The Opera (www.theopera.co.nz)
This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - http://oar.org.nz
Join environmental education facilitator and communicator Dr Maureen Howard as she visits with local champions and enthusiasts in the movement to increase biodiversity by restoring natural processes and allowing nature to lead the way.
Learn about their hands-on work, and explore the thinking behind nature-led regeneration.
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