December 2025 - Steele Creek Trap Monitoring Volunteers needed

The Club has a partnership with the Department of Conservation (DOC) to operate a predator trapping line in part of the Greenstone valley and Steele Creek Valleys.

The Trap Line needs to be checked and rebaited regularly and this event notification is to seek volunteers to undertake the next round of trap monitoring for December.

Walk in and out only - no heli flights sorry.

Any time over December - you can choose the dates in December that work for you. 

It is a minimum of 1 overnight stay at the hut (unless your a fitness freak) you can stay as many days as you like. 

This will involve standard rechecks and rebaiting of the single and double DOC200 box traps.  And a cursory inspection of the AT520 AI traps. 

We only need to check the traps once during December, however if we can get more than one monitoring round done that would be great and be a better biodiversity outcome

We will also need to conduct a couple of 5 minute bird call counts over this time frame, so if you are able to undertake this then let us know and if you can train others then please contact Dave. If not don't stress we can train you.

Sorry no hunting for this trip. 

You can stay in the club hut for free with a guaranteed bed or at the Steele creek bivvy on a first come first served basis as it is an open backcountry hut.

So if you want a few days in the hills and something to do then please register.

Club will supply bait and contribute to the fuel cost to drive around and some food etc.