Today I joined Janet King, also on a Primary Science Teacher Fellowship, at Lake Rotokare near Eltham. Lake Rotokare has become a mainland island - encircled by a predator proof fence. Rats, stoats, goats, pigs, possums and hedgehogs have been eliminated from the area, and mice are next on the list. The fence prevents them from re-entering the area. Our job today was to walk the fence, one inside, one outside, to look for damage or evidence of incursions by animals. While we found no holes, we found plenty of evidence of rabbits at least trying to dig under the fence. These holes we filled in with the help of a spade. The fence gets checked each week. Once inside, it was heartening to see the lush undergrowth, and healthy canopy of trees, and there were kereru, tui, fantails and more everywhere. It is great to see a massive conservation effort being so successful.
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