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               NOOSA COUNCIL IDAS Development Application Decision Notice                                                                 9


                                   40.4      Maintaining the structure and floristics and the plant communities that are habitat for
                                             Wallum Froglets.

                                   40.5      Maintaining and protecting the natural hydrological regimes and ecological processes that
                                             maintain the plant communities that are habitat for Wallum Froglets.

                                   40.6      The above information shall be incorporated into the various management plans required by
                                             this approval.
                         Weed and Pest Species Control

                         41.       Weed control shall be undertaken in general accordance with the Vegetation Analysis Report,
                                   dated December 2002, prepared by Greening Australia.

                         42.       All plants listed as environmental weeds by the Queensland Herbarium or listed as Undesirable
                                   Plant Species by Noosa Council shall be removed and/or treated as per condition 41 prior to
                                   reconfiguration.

                         43.       Prior to entering the site or the adjoining site, all construction machinery and vehicles shall be
                                   washed down to remove soil that may contain weed seeds, soil pathogens and pest species.

                         44.       All nursery stock shall be weed, pest and disease free and certified as such by the supplier. The
                                   certificates are to be obtained prior to the commencement of any landscaping works on site and
                                   shall be made available to Council upon request.

                         45.       All mulch produced on site by mulching cleared vegetation and trees shall specifically exclude
                                   material (particularly seeds) from environmental weed species (eg. lantana, asparagus and
                                   umbrella trees).

                         46.       Soil disturbance shall be kept to a minimum to avoid weed proliferation.

                         47.       The eradication and control of environmental weeds will be an integral part of both the Ecological
                                   Restoration Plan and the Landscape Master Plan. Vegetation used in restoration work and
                                   landscaping shall exclude environmental weed species.
                         Ecological Restoration Plan and Specifications

                         48.       An Ecological Restoration Plan and Specifications shall be prepared for the site by a specialist
                                   restoration ecologist, to the reasonable satisfaction of the Council. The applicant shall implement
                                   the Plan and Specifications. It shall identify all the areas designated as ‘retained and enhanced’
                                   vegetation within the site that require ecological restoration and specify actions and works
                                   necessary to result in robust, self-sustaining viable plant communities and habitat. (Note: The
                                   dense she-oak and wattle areas are a stalled seral stage of a Eucalyptus and Callitris open forest.
                                   These areas need special management to ‘kick-start’ the natural regeneration processes and
                                   enable the vegetation to develop into self-sustaining open forests. It is not just a matter of
                                   removing weeds and planting some trees.). The following, inter alia, shall be addressed and
                                   included in the Plan and Specifications:

                                   48.1      Document the current status of the areas requiring ecological restoration in terms of
                                             structure, floristics, missing elements, health, vigour, etc.

                                   48.2      Formulate structural and floristic models for the plant communities requiring ecological
                                             restoration.

                                   48.3      Specify the required works and actions for each area in terms of:

                                            ◊       site preparation (this may include thinning, removal of dense leaf litter, weed removal
                                                    and control, etc.),

                                            ◊       establishment of the missing floristic and structural elements,

                                            ◊       habitat creation and reinforcement for native fauna and reinforcement of habitat
                                                    linkages and corridors,




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