[+]  2005 - 2006 Funding Round

Project 1

Department of Conservation (Taupo/Turangi) - Project to study how to minimise the impacts of visitors on the Karapiti and Broadlands geothermal areas which include Taupo's popular "Craters of the Moon" attraction.

Project 2

Department of Conservation (Taupo/Turangi) - Project to re-vegetate the Ngatamariki Scenic Reserve with heat tolerant native plants.

Project 3

Department of Conservation (Taupo/Turangi) - Project to study the sinter formations in the Tokaanu Thermal Area (sinter is rock that is formed when silica is deposited from geothermal waters over long periods of time).

Project 4

Institute of Geological Nuclear Sciences (Taupo) - Project to study the microorganisms and invertebrates that live in the geothermal environmental.

Project 5

Eastern Regional Fish and Game (Rotorua) - Project to enhance angling access below the Ohakuri Dam.

Project 6

Department of Conservation (Bay of Plenty) - Project to protect the Te Kopia Geothermal area from wilding pine and stock invasion, where large colonies of the rare ferns Dicranopteris linearis and Christella sp. 'thermal' and the rare bearded orchid Calochilus robertsonii can be found.