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Possum Resources

Possum | Cartoon | Control


Internet Links and Contacts

Forest and Bird www.forestandbird.org.nz

Department of Conservation (DoC). Information about possums,  http://www.doc.govt.nz/templates/podcover.aspx?id=33422

Project Crimson Trust  www.projectcrimson.org.nz   Project Crimson's website has information about possums.
PO Box 34214, Birkenhead, Auckland. Phone 09-480 8864. Fax 09-480 8865. Project Crimson produces a newsletter called 'True Colours' contact them to get a copy.  projectcrimson@xtra.co.nz

National Possum Control Agencies. PO Box 11-461, Wellington. Phone 04-499 7559. Fax 04-473 1603. npca@xtra.co.nz  www.npca.org.nz  They have a number of resources, contact them for a list of their publications. Information about the NPCA is also on the DOC website http://www.doc.govt.nz/templates/page.aspx?id=33426

Councils. Look in your phone book to find the contact details for your local regional or district council, or check the local government website   www.localgovt.co.nz

Auckland Regional Council fact sheet about possum control

Northland Regional Council. www.nrc.govt.nz/pests.and.weeds/animal_pest_pamphlets.shtml   

Wellington Regional Council has information about possums in their 'Land Management' section. www.wrc.govt.nz/lm/possum.htm


Resources (leaflets, booklets, activity packs)

Animal Pest Fact Sheets. Produced by Auckland Regional Council. Contact jwilliams@arc.govt.nz

Biological Control of Possums. Suitable for secondary age and above. Produced by The Royal Society of New Zealand. Contact ceo@rsnz.govt.nz

Improving Conventional Control of Possums. Suitable for secondary age and above. Produced by The Royal Society of New Zealand. Contact ceo@rsnz.govt.nz  

Why Not Do A Possum Study? Mini unit for middle and upper primary students. Produced by the Taranaki Regional Council. Contact info@trc.govt.nz

Leaflets, posters and stickers have also been produced by the National Possum Control Agencies. Contact npca@xtra.co.nz


Videos

A Plague of Possums. (28 mins)   National Possum Control Agencies, PO Box 3412, Wellington. npca@xtra.co.nz

Pest. (5 mins)  Canterbury Regional Council. Contact custserv@crc.govt.nz

Possum, A New Zealand Nightmare. (30 mins) Natural History New Zealand Ltd. Contact sales@wildsouth.co.nz

Possum Control. (8 mins)   National Possum Control Agencies, PO Box 3412, Wellington. npca@xtra.co.nz


 

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