Hello Room 9 peeps... wow nearly at the end of Term 3 already... where has it gone!! Only a term left at Balmac!! This week is Conservation Week which fits in perfectly with Impact. As part of your homework what you need to do is find an article to do with Conservation Week in the newspaper, on the internet, or even on the news on TV. Leave a comment telling us about it, using WHERE, WHAT, WHY, and WHEN. Also have a look at the website: http://www.doc.govt.nz/conservation-week
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'Planting the seeds of conservation in kids' is an article about a class at Tua Marina School in Marlborough. They used to have an awesome forest which the pupils could play explore and have fun in. Until the city council chopped it down to make a classroom block. So the pupils and DOC planted stuff Around The School to make it a better place. The plants included a lancewood, hebes, flaxes and coprosmas. By Owen
ReplyDeleteA new conservation park has been peoposed to be built in the lake hawea region. The park will be around 105000 square acres. The public has been asked for their opinion on the new conservation park, with the submissions closing on May 28.
ReplyDelete‘‘I would hope we could rattle through it in three to four months,'' Mr Connell said.
By Marjorie Cook on Sat, 22 Mar 2008
Jonny
CONSERVATION WEEK
ReplyDeleteGraeme Loh , he's not your average guy. He finds pleasure in hanging off the edges of cliffs and assessing the sea bird populations. This hobby was an accidental discovery which happened 17 years ago, originally he had a role as a Department of Conservation Ranger, he was searching for Blue Penguin colonies but to his surprise he came across fairy prion burrows.
Mr Loh located the fairy prions on a ledge about 45 metres above the sea.
Approximately 70 times a year Graeme Loh Grabs his Abseiling gear and heads out to Tunnel Beach to investigate the population of fairy prions. Fairy Prions are not endangered Species so the DOC do not look after them. Fairy prions are extremely vulnerable to rat’s gulls and other predators. They are also in danger of being washed out from their homes by the ocean waves. They go out to feed in the open waters and return to the ledge they live on at night.
Approximately 400 birds live at the colony and often dig into each other’s burrows on the ledge .Mr Loh built nesting boxes for the sea birds in 1994 and from then on he started closely monitoring them, then decided to band (I.D.) their legs in 2000,so he could find out how long it took for the young birds to breed and come back. Mr Loh’s research is thought to be the longest study of these creatures. There are now approximately 100 nesting boxes dug into the cliff face- Mr Loh said it is easier to monitor the sea birds in the nesting boxes rather than in their own burrows.
Mr Low takes people along to see the fairy prions at night rather than during the day because he says it is not as scary & he gets the pleasure to introduce the people to the place as well as the excitement within the birds. This research has given essential information to Dr.Phill Seddon from the University of Otago about when they can expect the fairy prions to do things like laying hatching Fleeing and returning.
By Sas :)
'Virtual Water Measures'
ReplyDeleteHow much water did it take to produce:
1 glass of milk: 200 litres,
1 cup of tea: 35 litres,
1 cup of coffee: 140 litres,
1 orange: 50 litres,
1 apple: 70 litres,
1 glass of wine: 120 litres,
1 potato: 25 litres,
1 hamburger: 2400 litres!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
On Saturday 19th of september 09 residents of Dunedin will get the chance to get rid of their unwanted computers and other electronic devices on this years national annual Eday. People are encourged to join the nation wide effort to safely get rid of our electronic waste by driving through one of the four Otago waste collection drivr throughs between 9am and 3pm. This years Eday is meant to save approximatly 1000 tonnes of waste in our landfills. Computers,pcs,moniters,printers,gaming console,mobile phones and digital cameras can all be recycled, one of their only exceptions is tvs as they are heavy and hard for the Eday volunteers to handle. Last year Dunedins Eday was able to avoid 42 tonnes of waste being dumped in our local landfills which was delivered by 900 cars to be shipped to a recycling plant in South Korea. Computers that are in good working condition will be auctioned.
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CONSERVATION WEEK
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Otago Peninsula
Written by Liz Sherwood - the department of conservation community relations ranger for Coastal Otago
My Article is about the jewelledd gecko that lives on the Otago peninsula. An organisation called Setpoint Solutions is in its third year of sponsering the DOC to increase the local profile of the species and co-ordinate the conservation effort on the peninsula. The sponsorship had funded publicity material a jewelled gecko information day at Portobello last April and research equipment also. The jewelled gecko is unique to the Otago Peninsula area. Setpoint Director Ben Connolly said his company wanted to find a community cause to sponsor. Though the jewelled gecko is not considered threatened, it is locally significant and residents of the Otago peninsula were keen to protect it.
by Courtney Shea
conservation week!
ReplyDeleteConservation Week got underway today with the opening of a new marine reserve on Wellington's south coast.
The Taputeranga reserve extends 2.3km out to sea and along 3.3km.
The area's reserve status means a fishing ban is now in place as a measure to preserve marine life.
The Department of Conservation said three ocean currents came together off the coast, creating a wide range of habitats which attracted a rich mix of plants and animals.
The Wellington branch of the Forest and Bird Protection Society and the Wellington South Coast Marine Reserve Coalition had been fighting for the reserve for 17 years and last month welcomed the announcement it would be going ahead.
"It will be the equivalent of a national park on the city's boundary, and joins Karori Wildlife Sanctuary as a key part of Wellington's ecological infrastructure," coalition spokesman Colin Ryder said.
by abby!
In Malbrough the school, tua marina school pupils helped DOC plant some plants around the school to make it a better place since the council had chopped down to build a new classroom block this article is called, Planting the seeds of conservation in kids. Where: in Malbrough, What: planting trees and plants, Why: because the council had cut down the forest to build a new classroom block,
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Pupils pitch in for penguin
ReplyDeleteThis article is about a class at Bell Block School that took part in a project to help protect the little blue penguin. They have set up homes for the birds and traps for the rats that prey on their chicks. The homes are boxes that help keep the penguins safe from predators. There are not that many little blue penguins left so they need protected so they don’t become extinct.
Jack
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ReplyDelete“Work on the wild side its own reward for vet”
Ex St Kilda vet Tony Malthus, a DOC volunteer specialist vet, has been named the 2009 Coastal Otago Conservation award winner for his efforts with helping Otago’s most endangered wildlife. He was originally used to helping out shags or seagulls but since working with the DOC he has been working with much bigger animals such as the hoiho, kereru, The Fiordland crested penguin, the albatross and the sea lion.
A DOC member said “without Tony’s donation of his time many of these animals would not receive such specialist attention, it would be beyond budget capacity”.
ODT Sept 16
By Will
WORK ON THE WILD SIDE A vet from st Kilda thought for conservation week he should help the department of conservation help sick animals on the beaches of coastal Otago he helped animals cuts bites infections and trauma he helped animals like yellow eyed penguins and seals he usually needs to stitch the yellow eyed penguins because the usually have been bitten by seals he also helped researcher with putting transmitters on the back of sea lions.
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ReplyDeleteIts Gem here I forgot my password for the blog so I was wondering if you could post my article piece for me!!
This article is about a 78 year old man called George Sutherland who lives in Dunedin. He used to go out every Sunday with a Cardiac Support Group called 'The Phoenix Club for a tramp. But now he has his own group and they go every sunday and clear out and maintain a 50km track. He said 'he loves being in the bush.' He had a heart attack 20 years ago and reguarly the hospital rings him up and ask if he needs any help. His group has been recognized in many different ways. they got runner-up in the TrustPower heritage and have many enviroment awards. He has been nominated for the 2009 Coastal Otago Conservation Award!!!! He's amazing!!!