The Department of Conservation's Max Crow has a special project growing at Gus's Pond near the Waitaki Bridge in Glenavy. Farmers have identified a natural spring on their land and with Max's help a conservation project is underway.
Mudfish have been found in the pond and amazing efforts of native plantings, fencing, pest monitoring, track making and education are taking place.
Papakaio School were lucky to experience a day of activities and education about the Mudfish and got to contribute to the project by helping beautify the area, putting rocks round existing native trees and planting an array of new ones.
Max shows the students about how Mudfish are caught to check their numbers. Max shows how to set a trap.
Students get a rare glimpse of the Mudfish in a fish bowl
Students got to plant native trees.
Students got to look at tracking cards.
Check out what creatures have been walking around.
Identify them from a footprint reference card.
A drone filmed the whole day
At the end of the day the Mudfish from the observation tank were released back into the pond.
What an amazing day. So many great educators to make Papakaio's visit great.
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