lake danniell

=Work with your team members to research and answer the following questions:

• ()What is the name of the present hut at Lake Daniell?

The lake daniels hut is called The Manson Nicholls Memorial Hut

• ()Who was the hut named after? 

The name who the hut was named after is Brian and Sharon Manson
and Phillip Nicholls were killed by a landslide while they sheltered from
appalling weather in the old Lake Daniell Fishing Club Hut.

• ()Which native birds have proliferated in the Lake Daniell area due to
• intensive trapping of predators?  The Long tailed bat and the
• Kaka have made a come back with their population. 

• ()What was the original name of Lake Daniell?

The original name for Lake Daniell is lake daniells

• ()What is the elevation of Lake Daniell above sea level? The highest point
• on the
• track is 580 meters above sea level. And the lowest point is 453

• ()What happened to Elon Oved? In 2002 there was a search in the
• area for a missing tramper who was staying in the hut. He was 14 years
• old and was found dead next to the Alfred river.

• ()Why is the beech forests around Lake Daniell dangerous?It is dangerous
• because the forest is so thick and dense that people lose their
• sense of direction. 

• ()The track crosses a gorge called the ‘Sluice Box”.  What is a sluice box?
• A narrow slot cut into marble by the Maruia River on the Lake
• Daniell Track.

• Lake Daniell is within the Maruia Waka Huia special biodiversity
• area. What are the two key native animals being targeted for
• protection within this programme? The Maruia Waka Hui a
• program is mainly helping
• South Island Kaka and the Kakariki.   

Create a pamphlet for trampers walking the Lake Daniell track. 
Include recommended equipment for a winter tramp, information
about the track, information about the native flora and fauna in that area.