Reference Documents - RAL22/0034

                1. Preliminary Rehabilitation Plan Overview                                                     2. Program Design
                                                                                                                This preliminary rehabilitation plan will focus on the 3,270m 2 area of land affected by
                Future-Plus Environmental (FPE) was engaged by Mark Kussrow to prepare a preliminary
                                                                                                                scouring, erosion and slippage surrounding the overland flow path and include revegetation
                rehabilitation plan as part of a proposed lot reconfiguration for land located at 38 Barina     along the drainage line (refer Figure 1). As such, treatment will involve the following key
                Court, Pomona. The proposed lot reconfiguration will subdivide Lot 3 on RP226620 into two       strategies:
                separate allotments, with the rehabilitation works intended for proposed Lot 2 immediately to
                                                                                                                       Treatment A – Habitat reconstruction – Areas of particularly poor quality will require
                the south of the dam and extending eastward from the spillway to encompass the degraded                 more intensive habitat reconstruction including intensive weed treatment, mechanical
                areas subject to erosion and the small farm dam to the south. The location of the                       stabilisation of the overland flow path and steep embankments, importation of rock
                rehabilitation area is shown in Figure 1.                                                               or other protection measures to mitigate scour during wet weather events and
                                                                                                                        implementation of extensive planting regimes; and
                Past ground disturbance and clearing has resulted in the clearing of native vegetation. The
                                                                                                                       Treatment B – Supplementary planting – In addition to weed treatment, some areas
                ingress of camphor laurels and the prevalence of introduced pasture improvement grass                   require supplementary planting of suitable native species to facilitate progress
                species is evident across the site. Proposed treatments include a combination of habitat                toward achieving a suitable riparian buffer, increase quality of ecological functionality
                reconstruction and supplementary planting with the major aims including:                                of vegetation and out-compete invasive species.

                       Stabilisation of the spillway and overland flow path that drains through an open        The site has been divided into a total of 2 zones as shown in Figure 1. A summary
                                                                                                                description of each zone and associated treatments described in Table 1.
                        channel to the small dam in the south east;
                                                                                                                The rehabilitation works will consist of the following phases:
                       Abatement of erosion and land degradation occurring to the north of the small farm
                        dam in the south east;                                                                         Site setout, weed management and preparation;
                       Restoring vegetation along the riparian corridor by facilitating the growth of plant           Stabilisation of areas subject to scour and erosion risk;
                        species representative of the following regional ecosystems:
                                                                                                                       Revegetation;
                        •   12.11.10 Notophyll vine forest +/- Araucaria cunninghamii on metamorphics +/-
                                                                                                                       Establishment phase for 3 months following revegetation works; and
                            interbedded volcanics; and
                                                                                                                       Ongoing maintenance.
                        • 12.3.1 Gallery rainforest (Notophyll vine forest) on alluvial plains.

                       Removing woody weed species and other exotic species that would reduce the              3. Treatment Methodologies
                        environmental value of the area; and                                                    A detailed and thorough inspection of the entire rehabilitation site must be undertaken by the
                       Improving habitat and foraging amenity for fauna species likely to occur in the         Rehabilitation Contractor prior to implementation of the Rehabilitation Plan.
                        locality.
                The restoration approach will focus on stabilisation of areas subject to unfettered erosion
                and enhancement of the natural values through the rehabilitation of the overland flow
                pathway, embankments and the small farm dam to enable ecological succession processes.


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Version: 1, Version Date: 24/04/2024
                          22/12/2022