Brookfield Predator Free

Brookfield has a 255 ha property at the upper end of Moores Valley Road owned by Scouts NZ. The initial 20 ha was bequeathed by Mary Crowther on her death in 1958. She had inherited the property, being a farm and orchard, from her parents, her father having established the farm from the bush. The Scouts subsequently purchased another title of 235 ha creating the larger property. Over the years various generations of Scout volunteers have added different facilities to the property to the extent that today accommodation is available for 130 people in different facilities and 800 people can camp.

While in Scout ownership conservation has always been practised at Brookfield, a more thorough approach is underway given the property borders the GWRC 'mainland island' within its water catchment. Sectors covering over a third of the property targeting possums, stoats, weasels and rats are already in place and further trap placement is planned.