Appendix E - Ecological Assessment Report

Ecological Assessment Report v1                                                             NCES Ref: J000669
Lot 2 on RP131369 – 108 Black Mountain Range Road, Black Mountain




                      Plate 8 – Queensland Waterways for Waterway Barrier Works GIS layer

3.8       EPBC Act Protected Matters Search Tool
The EPBC Act Protected Matters Search Result identified that the following Matters of National
Environmental Significance (MNES) have the potential to be present within a 2km radius of the site:
      ·    The ‘critically endangered’ Lowland Rainforest of Subtropical Australia TEC;
      ·    15 listed migratory species;
      ·    13 listed threatened flora; and
      ·    28 listed threatened fauna species.
The EPBC Protected Matters Search uses bio-climatic modelling to predict where protected matters
may be present in an area and therefore does not necessarily indicate the actual recorded presence
of protected matters.

3.9       Surrounding Habitat and Connectivity
Aerial imagery was reviewed to assess the extent of vegetation/habitat surrounding the site which
has the potential to facilitate dispersal opportunities for flora and terrestrial fauna species (refer to
Plate 9).
The surrounding landscape contains a mosaic of cleared pastureland and vegetated corridors. The
vegetation within the site exhibits direct connectivity with adjoining vegetation contained within
neighboring allotments which provide east-west movement of fauna through the local landscape.




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