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Good sort keeps it green
Rachel Thompson, environmental educator for Kids Greening Taupō, is this month’s Harcourts Taupō Good Sort for her work in preventing invasive gold clams from entering Lake Taupō.
Kids on the frontline of clam fight
There’s an environmental disaster looming and people are being encouraged to grab their phones and start filming.
Clam clan ready to repopulate
Breeding season for the invasive freshwater gold clam (Corbicula fluminea) has begun.
Cold and clammy over corbicula
Invasive clams may not be causing everyone sleepless nights, but they have for Kids Greening Taupō lead education co-ordinator Rachel Thompson.
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