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Use of 1080

What?
A) The proposed plan for this research assignment is for DOC (Department of Conservation) to use 1080 in the Stewart Island area to control possums.

B) Stewart Island is roughly a triangular shape, it is about 65km long and 40km wide at its widest point, it has 750km of coastline and is roughly the size of Singapore. DOC wants to poison the entire bush which covers all of Stewart Island except the town of Oban to rid the Island of Possums. The 1080 will be dropped by plane over the bush for the possums to come into contact with and die.



Where?

A) The location of Stewart Island and the area that is proposed to be poisoned with 1080 is 47 degrees south and 168 degrees east.(Map is attatched)

B) The environment that is planned to be poisoned is all native bush with tall forest trees that cover all of the island and also off shore islands, these trees are kamahi, totara and rimu with ground cover consisting mainly of coprosma, lancewood, tree ferns...

Posted by: Darren McCutchen

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