The Arthur's Pass Wildlife Trust is a non-profit volunteer organisation. The Trust had it's origins in 2005 when a small group of Arthur's Pass locals started trapping predators around the Village area. By 2012 the Trust had taken on the challenge of extending its predator control lines into the western catchments of the National Park and the northern part of Craigieburn Forest Park. In 2025 DOC's Poulter Valley predator control project was added to the Trust's area of activity.
Boxing Day Whio (2015) - G.Kates
South Island Robin - G.Kates
Kea - G.Bruce-Smith
APWT - Project Area
Rock Wren - L.Doel
Kura (4 months old, 930g) - R.McNab
CVNZ / APWT volunteers trap carry into Mingha & Edwards Valleys - H.Fairbairn
Pattle Delamore Partner volunteers checking traps on Turkey Flat - J.Sanson
F&B Youth, APWT, KiwiRail Volunteers build 100 new predator traps - G.Kates
The Trust maintains a network of
106km of trap-lines containing
1467 predator traps. Over the past 20 years the Trust has caught
8416 predators including stoats, weasels, ferrets, rats and wild cats.
We have a huge family of over 140 volunteers looking after our 54 trap-lines. They have now put in
13,694 volunteer hours since the Trust's inception.
Apart from the ongoing battle of predator control the Trust also spends considerable time and energy in invasive weed control. Other activities include bi-annual Kiwi population monitoring, annual bird counts, and trap building workshops.
If you would like to get involved, or help out the Trust in some way
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