Rabbit control operations using green dyed baits containing the pesticide pindone is planned for eight reserve and trail sites district-wide.

From Monday 14 July there will be three bait drops scheduled a week apart carried out by motorbike and helicopter, depending on weather.

The areas include:

• Albert Town Old Oxidation Ponds (Cameron Creek)

• Cardrona River Mouth Reserve

• Little Mount Iron Reserve

• Peninsula Bay Reserve – Bremner Bay to Waimana Place

• Clutha Outlet Reserve

• Morven Ferry Reserve

• Twin Trails – from Zoological Gardens to bank below Hawthorne Drive (above the Shotover River Delta)

• Queenstown Event Centre Hay Paddock

Public walking tracks through the reserve may be closed temporarily if work is being undertaken nearby. Signage and personnel will be in place to ensure safe operations. If members of the public are asked to wait by the contractor, please do so.

Please keep dogs on a leash in these reserves. Signage will be removed when there is no risk to the public or dogs.

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