11009-00615 Kennedy Warne wanders through Fiordland's moist beech forest, with branches festooned in mosses and ferns. Snag Burn, Murchison Mountains *
DSC_8454 Principal Scientist Barbara Barratt closely examines a Cromwell chafer larva found in the Reserve during a December survey. Cromwell *
DSC_8101403 Brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula) trapping. Possums are a significant threat to forest remnants, and native wildlife on Otago Peninsula. Winter is the best time to trap them. OPBG Operations Manager Bruce Kyle and dog Puku, wait for dusk in a macrocarpa shelter belt, always a popular haunt for possums in winter. Possums are a significant threat to native forests and our native wildlife. Photographed on Otago Peninsula's Harbour Cone block for OPBG *