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Possum — find the reinvasion front

Example only — Work out how far it goes — Bush block above a river terrace, West Coast (fictional setting)

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Example Hunt status

Waiting: Not a live operation

Unresolved question

Where are they coming back in?

Why it matters

This block was knocked down to near-zero two winters ago. Chew marks are turning up again along one side of it, and nobody has walked the country above the block since the original operation. The question is unresolved: where is the reinvasion front?

Place / Target display references

Possum — Trichosurus vulpecula · Bush block above a river terrace, West Coast (fictional setting)

The place and Target help explain this Hunt; no direct public link is claimed.

What's known

Ready: 4 items

The intelligence picture.

  • Last control operation — Confirmed

    A full ground operation cleared the block two winters ago and monitoring afterwards found almost nothing.

  • Chew cards — Confirmed

    This season's cards show light but consistent interference on the northern line, and nothing on the southern line.

  • Neighbour's account — Reported, unverified

    A neighbouring landowner has seen possums in the roadside macrocarpa most evenings. Not verified.

  • Unchecked country — Unknown

    The regenerating gully behind the ridge has never been monitored for this target.

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