As part of our ambitions to improve local biodiversity around Lake Dunstan and provide educational and community-led projects, we are looking to install a pest trapline along 5km of the lake’s shoreline for the trust and volunteers to monitor. In March, we applied to the ORC ECO Fund for funds to purchase traps to target rodents, mustelids and possums plus bait, equipment and maintenance.
It was all hands-on deck as the Cromwell community rolled up its sleeves and dug in at the weekend.
The largest community planting event ever seen in Cromwell was held at the weekend (October 8- 9), when over 10,000 native trees and shrubs were planted on the bank above McNulty Inlet.
The Cromwell community rolled up its sleeves and got its hands dirty all in the name of creating a legacy.
Lake Dunstan Charitable Trust plans to plant 10,000 native trees on the shore of Lake Dunstan in Cromwell this weekend, and is inviting residents, whanau groups and community organisations to come and help.
An ambitious plan to plant 10,000 native trees on the shore of Lake Dunstan takes shape in Cromwell this weekend.
The first of our Banded Dotterel chicks have hatched along the shoreline of Lake Dunstan, Cromwell. These tiny but quick chicks will be protected by their parents for the next 42-56 days until they are big enough to fly and defend themselves.
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