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2025 seminar presentations

Thanks to this year’s sponsors:

Waitaha Action to Impact Fund
and

Department of Conservation

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  • Video presentations can also be seen on Youtube

Braided Rivers – Ki uta ki tai / from the mountains to the sea (PDF)

Cnr Craig Pauling | ECan

 

The impacts of ngeru/feral cats (Felis catus), an introduced mammalian predator, on tarapirohe/black fronted terns (Chlidonias albostriatus) (PDF)

Biz Bell | WMIL

Ring of Steel: Does Circular Predator Control Enhance Tarapirohe/Black-fronted Tern Breeding Success? (PDF)

Amy Whitehead | Bioeconomy Science Institute | Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research

A Norway rat infestation near Hawea and efforts to control it (PDF)

Billy Barton | Phoenix Kennels

Where do Ashley River Rakahuri Birds nest? (PDF)

Grant Davey | ARRG

Willows—an exploding issue in Canterbury (PDF)

Frances Schmechel & Jason Butt | ECan

See also : Tane’s Tree Trust: What is it with willows? (PDF)

Large scale vegetation removal to re-braid a river (PDF)

Robert Carson-Iles | DOC

Discovering our braided river bird species (PDF)

Miles Burford & Frances Schmechel  | ECan

Due to a technical glitch the image quality is not the best, and the sound quality drops for about 30 seconds during the transition between Miles and Frances speaking before returning to normal. But do take the time to watch as it explains how to use the database.

Does braided river management have a ‘carbon footprint’? (PDF)

Naomi Wells | Lincoln University

Embracing river variability: Conservation at a landscape scale (PDF)

Angus McIntosh | University of Canterbury

Ōpihi River Pipeline – Collaboration for construction success in ecologically sensitive areas (PDF)

Sam Millar &  Mark Hansen | WSP