Reference Document - Bushfire Management Plan - 132005.638.04

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                      Mesozoic sediments. Not a Wetland.               burnt/unburnt country is achieved. Variability
                      (BVG1M: 9g).                                     in season and fire intensity is important.

                 Fire Management Guidelines –                          ISSUES: The fire regime should maintain a
                                                                       mosaic of grassy and shrubby understoreys.
                 SEASON: Late summer to winter.
                                                                       Fire may promote coning and the production
                 INTENSITY: Low to moderate.                           of seed for the threatened plant species
                 INTERVAL: 7-10 years. INTERVAL_MIN: 7.                Macrozamia lomandroides, but it does not
                 INTERVAL_MAX: 10.                                     appear to be an essential requirement for
                                                                       coning to occur, with coning levels
                 STRATEGY: Aim for a burn mosaic of 40-60%             comparable between burnt and unburnt
                 over the burn area. A diversity of season and         areas. M. lomandroides is usually quick to
                 fire intensity is important, as well as spot          recover and is typically the first species in its
                 ignition in cooler or moister periods to              habitat to produce new growth after fire.
                 encourage mosaics. Late summer burns
                 assist with maintaining control of fire                  12.5.6c - Eucalyptus pilularis open forest
                 intensity.                                                +/- E. siderophloia, E. propinqua,
                 ISSUES: Avoid repeated low intensity fires.               Corymbia intermedia, E. microcorys, E.
                 Fires that are too frequent will eliminate                acmenoides, E. tereticornis, E.
                 obligate seeding species. Fire frequency                  biturbinata, Lophostemon confertus with
                 should be such as to allow obligate seeders               E. saligna, E. montivaga at higher
                 to reach maturity and produce viable seed.                altitudes. Occurs on remnant Tertiary
                                                                           surfaces. Usually deep red soils. Not a
                     12.5.4 -Eucalyptus latisinensis +/-                  Wetland. (BVG1M: 8b).
                      Corymbia intermedia, C. trachyphloia             Fire Management Guidelines –
                      subsp. trachyphloia, Angophora
                      leiocarpa, Eucalyptus exserta woodland.          SEASON: Late summer to winter. a. Late
                      Other characteristic species include             summer to autumn.
                      Eucalyptus siderophloia, Lophostemon             INTENSITY: Low to moderate. a. Moderate to
                      suaveolens, Melaleuca viridiflora var.           high.
                      viridiflora, M. quinquenervia, M. cheelii
                                                                       INTERVAL: 7-25 years. a. Minimum 20 years,
                      and Grevillea banksii. Patches of
                                                                       maximum unknown, requiring further
                      Allocasuarina luehmannii or Banksia
                                                                       research. INTERVAL_MIN: 7.
                      oblongifolia present locally and
                                                                       INTERVAL_MAX: 100.
                      Xanthorrhoea johnsonii common in
                      ground layer. Occurs on complex of               STRATEGY: Aim for a burn mosaic of 40-60%
                      remnant Tertiary surfaces and Cainozoic          over the burn area. A diversity of season and
                      and Mesozoic sediments. Contains                 fire intensity is important, as well as spot
                      Palustrine. (BVG1M: 9g).                         ignition in cooler or moister periods to
                                                                       encourage mosaics. Late summer burns
                 Fire Management Guidelines –                          assist with maintaining control of fire
                                                                       intensity. a. Needs disturbance to maintain
                 SEASON: Summer to winter.
                                                                       RE structure (eucalypt overstorey, rainforest
                 INTENSITY: Low to moderate.                           dominated but mixed species understorey). It
                 INTERVAL: 4-10 years. INTERVAL_MIN: 4.                is unlikely that mosaic burns will be
                 INTERVAL_MAX: 10.                                     achievable because fire would most likely be
                                                                       of higher intensity (i.e., likely to be a wildfire)
                 STRATEGY: Aim for 40-60% mosaic burn.                 and is only likely to occur at long intervals (at
                 Burn with soil moisture and with a spot               least 20+ years) during prolonged dry
                 ignition strategy so that a patchwork of
                           RFA24-059 – Noosa Land Fill and Waste Management Facility – Bushfire Management Plan

                 Rob Friend & Associates Pty Ltd                                                     10th of October 2024

Document Set ID: 23617065
Version: 1, Version Date: 05/03/2025