Whitaker's warriors

摘要

Conservation volunteers are determined to give lizards the best chance of survival at Pukerua Bay north of Wellington.There's no signs to tell you where the Department of Conservation's Pukerua Bay Scientific Reserve starts or finishes. The only indication that you're there might be an encounter with a couple of volunteers clearing predator traps.It's been five years since volunteers from Friends of Mana Island (FOMI) took over monitoring the predator traps around the reserve, ensuring that the traps would be emptied more frequently. FOMI took on this mainland project to give volunteers opportunities to develop their skills and to help protect this lizard-rich reserve, which is located on the west coast of the North Island just around the corner from Mana Island and looking towards Kapiti Island.