Work History
Introduction
Enviro Research Ltd has an extensive and varied work history, having conducted ecological research throughout New Zealand and overseas. Projects have included:
| • | Impact assessment of Viaduct re-piling on blue ducks, Makatote River. |
| • | Monitoring deer herd sizes and recreational hunting controls. |
| • | Resource consent processing of water takes for vegetable washing in Market Gardens. |
| • | Native land snail protection and management. |
| • | Assessing potential differences in tomtit survival during 1080 poison applications using deer repellent and non-deer repellent coated baits. |
| • | Research for Island transfers of kakapo using vegetation mapping methods. |
| • | Productivity monitoring of ‘Parea’ (Chatham Island pigeon), ‘Taiko’ (Magenta petrel) and black robin, Chatham Islands. |
| • | Student training courses in conservation management methodologies. |
| • | Blue duck population census, colour banding and monitoring on rivers of the Central North Island. |
| • | Assessment of Environmental Effects on road re-alignments and bridge replacements. |
| • | Natural areas surveys associated with environmental certification processes. |
| • | Nation wide ornithological tour guiding. |
| • | Eco-tourism, viewing of kiwi in their natural habitat. |
| • | Native lizard surveys & monitoring, artificial den use by skinks and geckos. |
| • | Impacts of pine harvest on native fish and frog populations. |
| • | Bat distribution surveys, monitoring changes associated with pine harvest. |
| • | Water quality testing, impacts of forest management on waterways. |
| • | Brown kiwi management plan for exotic forest managers, impacts and mitigations |
| • | North island brown kiwi population monitoring and Operation Nest Egg. |
| • | Assessing the effectiveness of bird repellent coated 1080 baits on reducing tomtit mortality |
| • | Design and implementation of pest control methods for threatened plant and animal protection. |
| • | Bird population monitoring using acoustic recorders and “double blind” statistical analysis. |
| • | Wetland habitat evaluations for proposed drainage and forest conversion. |
| • | Design & implementation for monitoring Hochstetter frogs in plantation forests, undergoing harvest. |