“The war against wallabies is not easily won, so we’re looking at any new tool that can help us,” ECan biosecurity team leader Brent Glentworth says.
And that hi-tech “state of the art” gear is thermal imaging which will be focussed on the Tekapo, Ohau and Lake Pukaki river beds as part of a $15,000 programme running July 22-26. It will be done in conjunction with Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) as land managers.