Post Operational Report for an Aerial 1080 Operation Operation Management

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1 Post Operational Report for an Aerial 1080 Operation Operation Management Operation Name Sawdon Station East, State Highway 8, Lake Tekapo Name of operation - as per MOH Permission Size (ha) 1730 Report Submitted By (Organisation) Mt Hutt Pest Control Date Submitted (dd/mm/yy) 3/04/09 Funding Agency Privately funded - Sawdon Station Operation Manager Paul Cornelius Organisation that is submitting this report (specify branch or office) Organisation or branch of the organisation which managed the operation Principal Aerial Contractor Purpose of the Operation Describe the longer term end state for the treatment area or identify which species are being supported by this operation. Central South Island Helicopters To poison rabbits to at least level 2 on the Modified Mclean's scale, to allow for vegetation growth to support the station livestock, i.e sheep Organisation contracted to manage and/or run aerial phase of the operation Individual Aerial Treatment Blocks Individual Treatment Block Name Size of Treated Area (Ha) One large block and treated as such 1,730 Territorial Local Authority(s) rth Island South Island Timaru District Council Regional Authority (Regional Council) Environment Canterbury

2 PERMISSIONS / RESOURCE CONSENTS Permission Authority Issue date (dd/mm/yy) Unit/ Office File reference 10/06/08 South Canterbury Office. PO Box 510, 2008VTA-215 MOH Timaru DOC ne required Regional Council 11/03/08 ECan, PO Box 345, Christchurch CRC CONSULTATION AND NOTIFICATION TIMELINE Date (dd/mm/yy) Stakeholder Group Activity Method/Tool Summarise the approach taken in consultation and notification. Repeat for each communication <== If you need to add more activities, right click here and select 'insert' from the drop down list COMPLAINTS REPORTED BY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC Permissions, Consultation & tification 19/08/08 Police tification Phone Call 19/08/08 Police tification Phone Call 21/08/08 Animal care tification Phone Call 21/08/08 Animal care tification Phone Call 22/07/08 Community information tification Public tice 26/08/08 Community information tification Public tice 22/07/08 Local government tification Phone Call 5/08/08 Local government tification Phone Call 21/07/08 Landowner-adjoining Consultation Meeting/Hui 30/08/08 Landowner-adjoining Consultation Meeting/Hui DESCRIBE WHAT DIFFERENCES THE CONSULTATION MADE TO THE OPERATIONAL PLAN The whole community was well aware of the operation prior to its commencement and again any interested parties were invited on site to view the operation. Complaints and Incidents Were there any complaints about this operation? INCIDENTS Were there any incidents resulting from this operation?

3 TREATMENT BLOCK 1 (Name) Treatment Block Details Block Size (Ha) 1730 PRE- FEED APPLICATION Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Date(s) of Application (dd/mm/yy) 10/08/08 19/08/08 Type of bait Sowing Rate 21.6 kg bait /Ha 1080 APPLICATION Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Date(s)(dd/mm/yy) 30/08/08 Type of bait Common Name of bait 1080 Solution (mixed with carrot) Target Toxic loading(g 1080/kg bait) 0.02% Sowing Rate 22 kg bait /Ha One large block and treated as such Carrot Baits 1080 Solution (mixed with carrot) -Soluble concentrate containing 200 g sodium fluoroacetate/litre Lures added Repellents added Bait Screening ( 06/05/ Cutting Machinery ( Was bait quality sampling undertaken? Results of Sample(g 1080/kg bait ) Results of Sample(Mean bait size) Results of Sample(Chaff %) Average Wind Speed (km/hr) Wind Direction Aircraft type Type of Navigational Guidance system used ne Green Dye N/a Gibson Carrot cutter 1 to 6 East Fixed Wing Trimble 3 End of Caution Period (dd/mm/yy) 17/02/09

4 Monitoring Results and Outcomes EFFECTS OF THE OPERATION ON WATER QUALITY Was water quality monitoring required to be undertaken? Was water quality monitoring undertaken? EFFECTS ON SPECIES TARGETED FOR THE OPERATION Target Species Common Name List target animal pest species at the treatment area. Use common names where possible. Rabbit Was target species monitoring undertaken? Yes Effectiveness of the operation for species monitored (comment) Sawdon Station had enforcement notices served by ECan requiring their rabbit levels, which on the Modified McLean's were lvl Scale 4-8 to be reduced below lvl 3 and post poison these were lvl 1-2. EFFECTS ON SPECIES TO BENEFIT FROM THE OPERATION Species to Benefit from the Operation Common Name Sheep Cattle List the species at risk that prompted the control work. Use common names where possible. Chukar Californian Quail Harrier Hawk Was monitoring of species to benefit undertaken? Effectiveness of the operation for species monitored (comment) Bird numbers of all types were plentiful post operations, cuvies of game birds remaining the same as pre-operation levels. n dead birds were recorded on post poison monitoring.

5 EFFECTS OF THE OPERATION ON THREATENED SPECIES List of identified threatened species present Common Name List threatened species at the treatment area according to Molloy et al Use common names where possible. I t identified Was threatened species monitoring undertaken? EFFECTS OF THE OPERATION ON NON-TARGET SPECIES List of identified non-target species Common Name t identified List ALL significant species identified as potentially at risk from the control method (including threatened and non-threatened). Use common names where possible. Was non- target species monitoring undertaken? MONITORING OF KEY SPECIES FOR MAORI List of identified taonga species for Maori Common Name List key species identified by maori during operational consultation as being of concern for the control method. Use common names where possible. t indentified Maori name Was Taonga Species monitoring undertaken?