Autumn baiting blitz for predator control

Posted on: 28th July 2020

Here are the facts and figures after an autumn baiting blitz:

4317 fox baits laid
1958 baits taken
150,000 ha covered on southern Yorke Peninsula
45 private landholders involved
12 of those laid their own baits
9000 km driven by one of our Landscape Officers, who also got in and out of his car 6516 times and opened and closed 150 gates!

Ongoing, landscape-scale baiting like this is so important for sheep production and the future of our threatened native species, like the Brush-tailed Bettongs who’ll be back on Yorke Peninsula in less than a year, as part of the Marna Banggara project.

Thanks to the landholders involved and the many partners that make this work possible.