Reference Document Fauna Management Plan OPW25-0057 · OPW25/0057

            Fauna Management Plan v1                                                                         NCES REF: J001343
            Lot 105 on SP118458 – 62 Lake MacDonald Drive, Cooroy, QLD



            3.3     Habitat Suitability for Previously Recorded Conservation Significant Fauna
            Table 1 identifies the habitat values within the site for the conservation significant fauna species
            which have been previously recorded within a 2km radius of the site on Biomaps (Wildnet).
            Table 1 – Habitat value for previously recorded conservation significant fauna species

              Previously Recorded              Preferred Habitat                        Habitat Value within the Site
              Fauna Species

              Adelotus brevis (tusked          Inhabits wet eucalypt forest,            Potential habitat within the
              frog) – listed as ‘vulnerable’   rainforest, and sometimes dry            ephemeral waterway during periods
              under the NC Act                 eucalypt forest, where it can be         of flow, however, unlikely to occur
                                               found in close proximity to suitable     otherwise.
                                               breeding habitat such as ponds and
                                               slow-moving sections of streams).
                                               Also recorded from dams and
                                               garden ponds in urban and peri-
                                               urban       areas      (Queensland
                                               Government 2019).

              Erythrotriorchis radiatus        Occurs in coastal and sub-coastal        Potential foraging within VC1 & VC2
              (red goshawk) – listed as        areas in wooded and forested lands       onsite.
              ‘endangered’ under the NC        of tropical and warm-temperate
              Act and ‘vulnerable’ under       Australia (Marchant & Higgins
              the EPBC Act                     1993).

              Hirundapus caudacutus            A migratory aerial bird which winters    Potential habitat within the site,
              (white-throated needletail)      in Australia. It forages on flying       however, would not be considered
              – listed as ‘vulnerable’         insects in forests shrublands and        important to the species.
              under the NC Act and             grasslands on the east and north
              EPBC Act                         coast of Australia and roosts in trees
                                               (DES, 2020).
              Litoria pearsoniana
                                               Inhabits flowing creeks in rainforests   No suitable habitat on site. Offsite
              (cascade tree frog) – listed
                                               and wet sclerophyll forests in           vegetation to the south represent
              as ‘vulnerable’ under the
                                               highland and coastal areas (Atlas of     potential suitable habitat.
              NC Act;
                                               Living Australia, 2020)

              Mixophyes iteratus (giant        The Giant Barred Frog occurs in          Potential habitat within the offsite
              barred frog) - listed as         rainforests and wet sclerophyll          riparian habitat.
              ‘endangered’ under the NC        forests in upper to lower catchment
              Act and EPBC Act;                areas (Ingram & McDonald 1993)

              Phascolarctos cinereus           Forest and woodlands with           a    Foraging and breeding within low
              (koala) – listed as              dominance of koala food trees.           density of Eucalypt trees onsite.
              ‘endangered’ under the NC
              Act and EPBC Act

            The field investigations did not incidentally identify the presence of any conservation significant fauna
            species previously recorded on Wildlife Online and identified in Table 1.
            3.4     Habitat Connectivity
            The onsite vegetation (native and exotic plantation) has direct connectivity with adjacent bushland
            to the south which generally comprises open forest with rainforest understorey. These bushland
            areas combine to form a dominant vegetation patch in the local area. The local landscape has been
            heavily urbanized leaving only riparian corridors remaining in the area. A creek corridor is present to
            the north, southeast, and east of the site and forms the only north south corridor in the local
            landscape. Lake MacDonald Drive dissects this corridor posing a significant barrier to terrestrial
            fauna movement along the corridor (refer yellow circle Plate 6).




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