Welcome to the August/September issue of our newsletter - there really is something for everyone!
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Conservation Week 2016
Spending time in nature improves physical and mental health and wellbeing. So get your kids into nature this Conservation Week and experience it for yourself. Attend an event, enter a competition or do a conservation themed activity the possibilities are endless.
Events in the pipeline...
Creating predator-free habitats – join the team! Meet Museum staff and community groups, see the film “Pest Free”, and make your own tracking tunnel at Otago Museum - Saturday 10 September 11am-2pm
Guided walk and activities at Cragieburn reserve - Sunday 11th September, 10.30am
After-Dark Experience at Te Nohoaka o Tukiauau/ Sinclair Wetlands - Friday 16th September
Visit the conservation week web page for more details on these events and others. Keep checking back regularly as event details are loaded over the coming weeks.
Notices
Birds New Zealand Research Fund
Invites applications from individuals or organisations keen to make a difference through ornithological research.
Applications close 1 September 2016.
Read more about the Research Fund.
The Halo Project Trapping Workshops
Many people in the Halo Project communities are keen to get stuck in, working as part of a collective effort to target invasive pests.
Landscape Connections Trust, OSPRI and DCC are teaming up to host the following workshops:
13th August 2pm-5pm at Orokonui Ecosanctuary
20th August 2pm-5pm at Kati huirapa runaka ki puketeraki 121 Grimness Street, Karitane
27th August 2pm-5pm at Pioneer hall 35 George Street Port Chalmers
Volunteer activities
Birds NZ Sinclair Wetlands Winter Bird Survey
Saturday 6 August, 10.00 am
Count water birds and forest birds with support from experienced Birds NZ members.
Carpool leaving Dunedin at 9.00 am.
For details contact Mary Thompson maryt@actrix.co.nz or 03 464 0787
Orokonui Estuary Living Legends
Sunday; August 28, September 11 and September 25, 9.30am
Working bees at the Orokonui Estuary resume for the season. Tackle gorse, broom and rank grass. With some planting opportunities also.
Meet at the DOC reserve at Orokonui Estuary, end of Foyle Street, Waitati. Look for the volunteer sign.
Find more volunteer activities
Events calendar
South Otago Forest & Bird Native Plant Sale
Friday 5 August, 9:00 am
Balclutha Mitsubishi Motors, 79 Clyde Street.
Annual Yellow-eyed Penguin Symposium
Saturday 6 August, 9:00 am
Seminar Room, University College, Union Street East, Dunedin
To register, contact the Trust by phone on 03 479 0011 or email enquiries@yeptrust.org.nz
ZERO1 American Arts Incubator Public Talk/Exhibition Opening
Saturday 6 August, 3:00 pm
In conjunction with the opening of the ZERO1 American Arts Incubator Exhibition, a panel of four local specialists will discuss the unique and changing environment of the area through their research findings, followed by a moderated session on the opportunities and challenges of climate vulnerability in the region. Free. More about the exhibition.
Barclay Theatre, Otago Museum
Botanical Society of Otago talk
Wednesday 10 August, 5:20 pm
Barbara J Anderson, Ecologist and Research Scientist, Landcare Research talks on the use of the Tea Bag Index (TBI) on Mt. Cardrona, Central Otago.
Room 215, 2nd floor, Zoology Benham Building, 346 Gt King Street, Dunedin.
Dunedin Forest and Bird talk
Tuesday 16 August, 5:30 pm
Dr Deb Wilson, Landcare Research talks about predicting skua numbers from Adelie penguin numbers - studies in Antarctica.
Room 215, 2nd floor, Zoology Benham Building, 346 Gt King Street.
South Otago Forest and Bird talk
Monday 22 August, 7:30 pm
Emma Longmore talks on Community Science.
St Andrew's Church Hall, Balclutha.
Birds NZ talk
Wednesday 24 August, 7:30 pm
Chris Lalas talks on population trend in Otago shags – fluctuations or decline?
Room 215, 2nd floor, Zoology Benham Building, 346 Gt King Street, Dunedin.
South Otago Forest and Bird
Sunday 28 August, 1.00 pm
Restoration work at Otanomomo.
For further information on this project, contact Roy Johnstone 03 418 1319 or email johns-stones@rivernet.co.nz
Botanical Society of Otago talk
Wednesday 14 September, 6:00 pm
The 15th Annual Geoff Baylis lecturer, Dr Nick Mortimer, will pain a picture of Zealandia's ever changing geography and life. He will talk about how geologists make maps of ancient landmasses, and how Zealandia's biota has changed through time.
Castle 1, University of Otago (drinks and nibbles starting from 5.15 pm in the concourse).
Dunedin Forest and Bird field trip
Sunday 18 September, 8:00 am
Sea lions at Papanui Inlet - Victory Beach . Walk down the Inlet to see who is about. Grade easy. Cost $10, towards shared transport.
Meeting point: Botany Dept car park, Cnr Gt. King & Union Sts.
Contact Leader Janet Ledingham. Tel 03 467 2960.
Dunedin Forest and Bird talk
Tuesday 20 September, 5:30 pm
Stefan Meyer, Department of Zoology on management actions for a declining population of NZ sea lions - a quantitative perspective.
Room 215, 2nd floor, Zoology Benham Building, 346 Gt King Street.
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