Rev Fauna Flora Assessment

                                                                                                         Native Foresters



Table of Contents
1.0   INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................. 5
  1.1    Objectives of the report ..................................................................................... 5
  1.2    Site description ................................................................................................. 5
  1.3    Legislative requirements ................................................................................... 6
  1.4    Proposed works ................................................................................................ 7
  1.5    Impacts on fauna habitat ................................................................................... 7
    1.5.1 Impacts on Endangered Swamp Crayfish habitat ............................................ 9
2.0   METHODOLOGY ............................................................................................... 11
  2.1    Desktop review ............................................................................................... 11
  2.2    Field assessment ............................................................................................ 11
    2.2.1     Flora survey ............................................................................................. 11
    2.2.2     Fauna survey ........................................................................................... 12
    2.2.3     Fauna habitat assessment ....................................................................... 12
    2.2.4     Survey timing and weather conditions ...................................................... 14
    2.2.5     Survey limitations ..................................................................................... 14
3.0   RESULTS ........................................................................................................... 15
  3.1    Desktop review ............................................................................................... 15
    3.1.1     Regulated Vegetation Management map ................................................. 15
    3.1.2     Regional Ecosystem mapping .................................................................. 15
    3.1.3     Essential Habitat designation ................................................................... 15
    3.1.4     WildNET search ....................................................................................... 15
    3.1.5     EPBC Protected Matters .......................................................................... 15
    3.1.6     Protected Plants Flora Survey Trigger map .............................................. 16
    3.1.7     Koala legislation ....................................................................................... 16
    3.1.8     Koala tracker ............................................................................................ 16
  3.2    Flora assessment ............................................................................................ 18
    3.2.1     Vegetation at Carramar Extension ........................................................... 18
    3.2.2     Vegetation in 100 metre buffer ................................................................. 20
  3.3    Fauna assessment .......................................................................................... 23
  3.4    Assessment of breeding places and fauna habitat quality ............................... 26
4.0   SIGNIFICANT SPECIES..................................................................................... 31
    4.1    Grey-headed flying fox (Pteropus poliocephalus)......................................... 31
    4.2    Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) ................................................................... 31
    4.3    Tusked frog (Adelotus brevis) ...................................................................... 32
    4.4    Wallum froglet (Crinia tinnula)...................................................................... 32
    4.5    Wallum rocket frog (Litoria freycineti)........................................................... 33
    4.6. Swamp crayfish (Tenuibranchiurus glypticus) .............................................. 33
5.0   SUMMARY ......................................................................................................... 36
6.0   RECOMMENDATIONS ...................................................................................... 37
REFERENCES.............................................................................................................. 38
APPENDIX A: CARRAMAR EXTENSION MODEL........................................................ 40
APPENDIX B: SITE PLAN – CARRAMAR NOOSA EXPANSION ................................. 42
APPENDIX C: Certification of Suitably Qualified Person for Flora Survey ..................... 44
APPENDIX D: JUSTIFICATION OF SUITABLY QUALIFIED AND EXPERIENCED
PERSON FOR FAUNA BREEDING PLACE SURVEY .................................................. 45
APPENDIX E: VEGETATION SURVEY RESULTS ....................................................... 46
APPENDIX F: REVISED CONTOUR MAP SHOWING Q100 FLOOD LEVELS ............. 50




Carramar Extension – Fauna & Flora Assessment – Revision 2                                                                 3