 Pest eradication commenced in August 2007 with shooting of goats and 800
possums by ground-based teams.This was immediately followed by the scattering from aircraft of bait poisoned with brodifacoum into the fenced area.The trust's consent application states that when the valley is free of pests, the health of the forest will improve, leading to an increase in seedlings, flowers, seeds, invertebrates and thus increased food supply to birds (p4).