UPDATED DA - Attachment 6 - Bushfire Management Plan

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    Mesozoic sediments. Not a Wetland.              burnt/unburnt country is achieved. Variability
    (BVG1M: 9g).                                    in season and fire intensity is important.

Fire Management Guidelines –                        ISSUES: The fire regime should maintain a
                                                    mosaic of grassy and shrubby understoreys.
SEASON: Late summer to winter.
                                                    Fire may promote coning and the production
INTENSITY: Low to moderate.                         of seed for the threatened plant species
INTERVAL: 7-10 years. INTERVAL_MIN: 7.              Macrozamia lomandroides, but it does not
INTERVAL_MAX: 10.                                   appear to be an essential requirement for
                                                    coning to occur, with coning levels
STRATEGY: Aim for a burn mosaic of 40-60%           comparable between burnt and unburnt
over the burn area. A diversity of season and       areas. M. lomandroides is usually quick to
fire intensity is important, as well as spot        recover and is typically the first species in its
ignition in cooler or moister periods to            habitat to produce new growth after fire.
encourage mosaics. Late summer burns
assist with maintaining control of fire                12.5.6c - Eucalyptus pilularis open forest
intensity.                                              +/- E. siderophloia, E. propinqua,
ISSUES: Avoid repeated low intensity fires.             Corymbia intermedia, E. microcorys, E.
Fires that are too frequent will eliminate              acmenoides, E. tereticornis, E.
obligate seeding species. Fire frequency                biturbinata, Lophostemon confertus with
should be such as to allow obligate seeders             E. saligna, E. montivaga at higher
to reach maturity and produce viable seed.              altitudes. Occurs on remnant Tertiary
                                                        surfaces. Usually deep red soils. Not a
   12.5.4 -Eucalyptus latisinensis +/-                 Wetland. (BVG1M: 8b).
    Corymbia intermedia, C. trachyphloia            Fire Management Guidelines –
    subsp. trachyphloia, Angophora
    leiocarpa, Eucalyptus exserta woodland.         SEASON: Late summer to winter. a. Late
    Other characteristic species include            summer to autumn.
    Eucalyptus siderophloia, Lophostemon            INTENSITY: Low to moderate. a. Moderate to
    suaveolens, Melaleuca viridiflora var.          high.
    viridiflora, M. quinquenervia, M. cheelii
                                                    INTERVAL: 7-25 years. a. Minimum 20 years,
    and Grevillea banksii. Patches of
                                                    maximum unknown, requiring further
    Allocasuarina luehmannii or Banksia
                                                    research. INTERVAL_MIN: 7.
    oblongifolia present locally and
                                                    INTERVAL_MAX: 100.
    Xanthorrhoea johnsonii common in
    ground layer. Occurs on complex of              STRATEGY: Aim for a burn mosaic of 40-60%
    remnant Tertiary surfaces and Cainozoic         over the burn area. A diversity of season and
    and Mesozoic sediments. Contains                fire intensity is important, as well as spot
    Palustrine. (BVG1M: 9g).                        ignition in cooler or moister periods to
                                                    encourage mosaics. Late summer burns
Fire Management Guidelines –                        assist with maintaining control of fire
                                                    intensity. a. Needs disturbance to maintain
SEASON: Summer to winter.
                                                    RE structure (eucalypt overstorey, rainforest
INTENSITY: Low to moderate.                         dominated but mixed species understorey). It
INTERVAL: 4-10 years. INTERVAL_MIN: 4.              is unlikely that mosaic burns will be
INTERVAL_MAX: 10.                                   achievable because fire would most likely be
                                                    of higher intensity (i.e., likely to be a wildfire)
STRATEGY: Aim for 40-60% mosaic burn.               and is only likely to occur at long intervals (at
Burn with soil moisture and with a spot             least 20+ years) during prolonged dry
ignition strategy so that a patchwork of
        RFA24-059 – Noosa Land Fill and Waste Management Facility – Bushfire Management Plan

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