Cover Letter, DA Form 1, Plans, Owners Consent, Coastal Environment Assessment · OPW21/0049

Noosa Spit Coastal Protection Environmental Assessment                                                                                                                       13
Matters of State Environmental Significance

                               Table 3-2     Likelihood of MSES Species Occurrence Within the Dredge Footprint and Nourishment Area

Common Name                        Scientific Name                    Status                  Likelihood of Occurrence
Waders and/or Wetland Birds
Beach stone-curlew                 Esacus magnirostris                Vulnerable              Habitats within the impact area include sand banks in estuaries and adjacent
                                                                                              habitats include mangroves, islands, banks and scrub which provide
                                                                                              potentially suitable habitat for this species.
                                                                                              Present, and habitat present - based on available habitat and known
                                                                                              distribution and/or historical records, MSES value does occur and may
                                                                                              migrate/transit between the area and another habitat zone beyond.
Curlew sandpiper                   Calidris ferruginea                Critically endangered   Habitats within the impact area include beaches, estuaries and sandflats.
                                                                                              Present, and habitat present - based on available habitat and known
                                                                                              distribution and/or historical records, MSES value does occur and may
                                                                                              migrate/transit between the area and another habitat zone beyond.
Lesser sand plover                 Charadrius mongolus                Endangered              Habitats within the impact area include beaches, estuaries and sandflats.
                                                                                              Present, and habitat present - based on available habitat and known
                                                                                              distribution and/or historical records, MSES value does occur and may
                                                                                              migrate/transit between the area and another habitat zone beyond.
Western Alaskan bar-tailed         Limosa lapponica baueri            Vulnerable              Habitats within the impact area include beaches, estuaries and sandflats.
godwit                                                                                        Present, and habitat present - based on available habitat and known
                                                                                              distribution and/or historical records, MSES value does occur and may
                                                                                              migrate/transit between the area and another habitat zone beyond.
Eastern curlew                     Numenius madagascariensis          Endangered              Habitats within the pipeline corridor are dominated by estuarine wetlands
                                                                                              (mangroves, intertidal mudflats, sandflats, sandy beaches) which provide
                                                                                              potentially suitable habitat for this species.
                                                                                              Present, and habitat present – based on available habitat and known
                                                                                              distribution and/or historical records, MSES value does occur and may
                                                                                              migrate/transit between the area and another habitat zone beyond.
Red knot                           Calidris canutus                   Endangered              Habitats within the impact area include sandy estuaries.
                                                                                              Present, and habitat present - based on available habitat and known
                                                                                              distribution and/or historical records, MSES value does occur and may
                                                                                              migrate/transit between the area and another habitat zone beyond.
Terrestrial Mammals
Water mouse                        Xeromys myoides                    Vulnerable              Habitat occurs adjacent to the area including mangroves and grassland.




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