Advocacy Alert: DOC Releases 2024/25 Tahr Control Operational Plan
17 June 2024
DOC is working with Ngāi Tahu and the Tahr Plan Implementation Liaison Group, to achieve the goals of the Himalayan Tahr Control Plan 1993.
Each year, DOC works with hunting, conservation, recreation, and land management stakeholders to produce an operational plan. They do this through the Tahr Plan Implementation Liaison Group (TPILG), which includes numerous stakeholders with an interest in tahr, including hunting, outdoor and conservation groups.
"The annual plan outlines how DOC will work in partnership with various groups to control tahr and protect native ecosystems. This includes on and off public conservation land."
Operational Plan 2024/25
This plan was developed through engagement with the TPILG over 5 months. Their feedback from meetings and in written submissions helped to refine this plan, which will commence on 1 July 2024 and last until 30 June 2025.
View the Tahr Control Operational Plan 2024/25 (PDF, 779K) (opens in new window)
Operational Plan 2023/24
This plan will conclude on 30 June 2024, to be replaced by the 2024/25 operational plan. At the date of update (14 June 2024), a small amount of official aerial control outside the tahr feral range is the only work remaining under this plan.
View the Tahr Control Operational Plan 2023/24 (PDF, 2,900K) (opens in new window)
Please see the DOC website for further information on tahr control such as site maps here.
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