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Provided Helicopter Personnel and Equipment for Aerial Baiting on Macquarie Island

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Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment awarded a contract to Helicopter Resources Pty.

Ltd.

for the provision of helicopter personnel, aircraft and associated equipment to conduct aerial application of cereal baits as part of a project to eradicate rabbits and rodents from Macquarie Island Nature Reserve, located 1,500 km southeast of Tasmania.

The contract covered aerial baiting operations using underslung buckets and specified extensive experience in aerial bait application, preferably in isolated and mountainous environments.

Insight

The contract emphasized specialist aerial-baiting capability and experience with underslung-bucket operations in remote, mountainous conditions, indicating selection favored helicopter operators with demonstrated experience in conservation pest-eradication work in isolated locations.

Value
$2,116,950.00
State
TAS
Category
Energy & Environment

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