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Coordinator, Corey Mosen (with help from KCT field worker Tom Goodman) who coordinated all volunteer personnel. This project required a strong volunteer contingent, many of whom were experienced bird handlers who selflessly donated their time and expertise for the 17 days. We would like to thank everyone involved who made this project a success, and in particular volunteer Lesley Hadley who for the past three years, in addition to her time, has also donated $500 to help feed our hungry volunteers.
Photo: Tom Goodman
Another great outcome for kea conservation and we hope to see you all again next year!
OUR PROJECTS
Looking ahead: 2015-2016
This is the second year we have been working directly from the Strategic Plan for Kea Conservation (now in final draft form). This means that for the coming year, our projects will be clearly divided under each of our three management plan headings; population research and monitoring, national management (including threat mitigation and welfare) and, community engagement. The management plan documents, currently in draft form, will also be finalised, and the projects which fall out of them will be prioritised. And finally, our operational protocols (best practice for kea, volunteers and contractors as well as individual project assessment criteria) will be developed. We will continue to run our core annual projects such as nest monitoring, population surveys, conflict resolution and our July Winter Advocacy Tour; in addition, we will focus on initiating a threat monitoring, assessment and mitigation programme and developing some strong community engagement projects. These will include our new Community-Kea MOU, a new education programme (initially for the littlies), facilitate a meaningful advocacy plan for captive kea, develop an inspiring and exciting marketing programme for kea and initiate a focused community volunteer programme. As in the past, our project work couldn’t be achieved without the generous support of our 15 partners who continue to provide vital funding, in-kind support, expertise and enthusiasm, and our growing pool of volunteers here and overseas. We also couldn’t continue our work without all those people who make up our Board and working committees who give significant time and resources towards developing projects and, ensuring that the operational side of the Trust ticks over year by year. We look forward to more individuals and organisations coming on board to support our projects in the coming years.