Att4 - Ecological Assessment Report

Ecological Assessment Report v1                                                                                                   NCES REF: J001061
Lot 7 on RP216403, Lot 394 on M371117, and Lot 650 on M37380 – 48-59 Kabi Road, Cootharaba




Contents
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .............................................................................................................................. ii
1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................ 1
    1.1           Background.......................................................................................................................... 1
    1.2           Development Proposal ...................................................................................................... 1
    1.3           Site Description .................................................................................................................... 1
    1.4           Topography .......................................................................................................................... 2
2      SURVEY METHODOLOGY ............................................................................................................... 4
    2.1           Desktop Assessment ........................................................................................................... 4
    2.2           Field Survey........................................................................................................................... 4
3      DESKTOP ASSESSMENT RESULTS ..................................................................................................... 5
    3.1     General ................................................................................................................................. 5
    3.2     The Noosa Plan 2020 .......................................................................................................... 5
      3.2.1   Zone Precinct Mapping ................................................................................................. 5
       3.2.2         Biodiversity, Waterways and Wetlands Mapping ..................................................... 5
    3.3           The Department of Resources Regulated Vegetation Management Supporting
    Map           6
    3.4           South East Queensland Koala Conservation Strategy – Koala habitat mapping 7
    3.5           Wildlife Online database ................................................................................................... 8
    3.6           Protected Plants Flora Survey Trigger Map .................................................................... 9
    3.7           The Queensland Waterways for Waterway Barrier Works .......................................... 9
    3.8           EPBC Act Protected Matters Search Tool .................................................................... 10
    3.9           Surrounding Habitat and Connectivity ........................................................................ 10
4      FIELD SURVEY RESULTS ................................................................................................................... 12
    4.1     General ............................................................................................................................... 12
    4.2     Conservation Significant Flora Species and Ecological Communities .................. 12
    4.3     Vegetation Communities ................................................................................................ 12
      4.3.1  Vegetation Community 1 – Rainforest ...................................................................... 14
       4.3.2         Vegetation Community 2 – Open Eucalypt Forest with rainforest understorey16
       4.3.3         Vegetation Community 3 – Open Eucalypt Forest with shrubby understorey . 16
       4.3.4   Vegetation Community 4 – Maintained lawn and pasture with scattered
       mature trees & orchard areas.................................................................................................... 17
       4.3.5         Vegetation Community 5 – Acacia open forest .................................................... 18
       4.3.6   Vegetation Community 6 – Paperbark open forest with unmanaged
       understorey .................................................................................................................................... 19
       4.3.7         Vegetation Community 7 – Paperbark open forest with managed understorey
                     19
       4.3.8         Vegetation Community 8 – Open Forest with managed understorey .............. 20
       4.3.9         Vegetation Community 9 – Slash pine plantation .................................................. 20
    4.4     Fauna .................................................................................................................................. 21
      4.4.1   Fauna Habitat Values ................................................................................................... 21
       4.4.2         Habitat for Previously Recorded Conservation Significant Fauna ...................... 22
5      DEVELOPMENT IMPACTS AND MITIGATION .............................................................................. 23
    5.1     Flora and Vegetation Communities ............................................................................. 23
      5.1.1   Impacts ............................................................................................................................ 23


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