2025-26 Southern Paparoa Aerial Exclusion Zone Detection and Detection Based Control Ground operation

Location/Region: This work is part of the wider Southern Paparoa Range. Most of the Southern Paparoa area is made up of public conservation land, with some private properties. The area covers approximately 8470 hectares, extending over the southern part of the Paparoa Range to Coal Creek, and includes the coastal farmlands and adjacent bush in the Barrytown area. It also includes the area south of Runanga to the Grey River downstream of Taylorville, taking in lower Coal, Bridge and Sulky Creeks and the Twelve Apostles Range behind Cobden.