Find out below about some of the current conservation management issues that DOC is involved with.
Read DOC's submission on Otago Regional Council's water plan change (water quality).
Aerially-assisted trophy hunting, also known as heli-hunting, involves flying recreational hunters and their guides into high country areas by helicopter in search of trophy animals.
Over the coming months, the Department of Conservation will be working with film production company 3Foot7 to enable shooting for 'The Hobbit' where needed on public conservation land.
DOC is supporting the clean up and recovery of the cargo vessel 'Rena' that is stricken on Astrolabe Reef and leaking oil, 12 miles off the port of Tauranga.
DOC firmly rejects recent claims by some anti-1080 critics that 'DOC spends more than $100 million a year on 1080 operations'.
Learn about DOC's response to the Canterbury earthquakes and find out about the offices and visitor facilities in Canterbury that have been affected.
Find out how DOC is meeting the challenge of becoming sustainable.
In the archive section you'll discover past issues that DOC has needed to respond to.
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