Homegrown pest control technology is being credited with helping protect native forest, and save endangered native birds.

Rat populations are now at undetectable levels, in large-scale trials of automatic resetting traps developed by Wellington company Goodnature.

Its director, Stu Barr, hopes the technology could help save our most at-risk native species.

"Our native birds evolved without any predators like rats, or stoats or possums. So they're completely vulnerable, and without controlling these introduced pests we're going to lose some of our species in no time at all.

"Some of them have already gone, and it won't be long before we lose the rest if we don't do something about it."

The trials of the new patented automatic trap are taking place on Department of Conservation sites around the country.

Stu Barr says it's powered by a little gas canister and can automatically reset up to 24 times.

"The first rat comes along, it smells the bait, it goes up to investigate it, the trap gets set off.

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A long, cold, snowy Hoosier winter will be brought to a welcomed halt on March 8, when doors swing open to the 56th annual Indiana Flower & Patio Show.

This traditional harbinger of spring celebrates finer outdoor living with a myriad of inspirational features including the return of the Urban Homestead, Grill University, the all new Brew Bracket Backyard Brewfest, small space gardening, the Think Spring education stage, more than 400 expert exhibitors, and, of course, the gardens.

More than 40 Showcase and Featured Exhibitor Gardens to replicate at home, or simply to use as creative muse for your own outdoor space, will be the stars of the show again this year.

Personal Spaces is the theme of the 56th annual event. Landscape designers have been challenged to think outside the proverbial box and develop garden designs that best depict their view of finer outdoor living. The gardens will run the gamut from warm, cozy, intimate gathering spots to expansive entertaining areas.

Each will illustrate the latest in outdoor living: dramatic fire features; soothing ponds, streams and waterfalls; beautifully crafted structures; luxurious outdoor kitchens; trending patio furniture; plantings that engage all of the senses; new designs in hardscapes, and more.

The show runs from March 8 through 16 at the Indiana State Fairgrounds West Pavilion and Expo Hall, 1202 E. 38th St., Indianapolis.

Show hours are 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Wednesday, and 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday and Friday.

General admission is $13, with children ages 12 and younger being admitted free. A $3 downloadable coupon, and advance sale tickets, are available online at http://www.IndianaFlowerAndPatioShow.com. Discounted advance sale tickets also are available at all Indiana Marsh Supermarkets.

Senior Day is March 10, when admission for adults ages 65 and older is $9. Marsh Day is March 11, with giveaways, coupons and other goodies available at the show from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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ST. PETERSBURG --

A Shore Acres man says a clean-up project in his neighborhood is doing more harm than a good.

For the second day in a row, Kelly Andersen said hes spotted workers sandblasting paint from pipes along the 40th Avenue NE bridge and most of that paint, he said, has landed right in the water.

He even showed Bay News 9 pictures of Placido Bayou filled with paint chips from the construction project.

Contractors have been repainting the water pipes along the bridge for the last few months.

For some, the blue and pink colors may be pretty to look at but for Andersen, hes more concerned about the environmental impact.

Andersen grew up in St. Petersburg and loves anything outdoors.

One look outside his house and you can tell, he loves everything about the water, especially after having moved away for 20 years.

"St. Petersburg was home, Andersen said. The fishing just brought me back. Couldn't resist."

He loves watching the manatees, the pods of dolphins, and the fish but now more than ever hes concerned about them and their homes.

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