Attachment 6 - Ecological Assessment

                               Ecological Assessment – Attunga Heights




                                  TABLE OF CONTENTS
1   Introduction ....................................................................................... 5
  1.1   Background ................................................................................... 5
  1.2   The Subject Site ............................................................................. 5
  1.3   Planning Context ............................................................................ 5
  1.4   The Proposed Development ................................................................ 6
2   Desktop Assessment .............................................................................. 7
  2.1   Introduction .................................................................................. 7
  2.2   Methods ....................................................................................... 7
    2.2.1 Literature Review ....................................................................... 7
    2.2.2 Database Searches ...................................................................... 7
    2.2.3 DEHP Environmental Mapping ......................................................... 8
  2.3   Results........................................................................................ 10
    2.3.1 Previous Surveys ........................................................................ 10
    2.3.2 Database Searches ..................................................................... 11
    2.3.3 DEHP Environmental Mapping ........................................................ 14
3   Site Assessment .................................................................................. 15
  3.1   Introduction ................................................................................. 15
  3.2   Methods ...................................................................................... 15
    3.2.1 Background .............................................................................. 15
    3.2.2 Site Vegetation Surveys ............................................................... 15
    3.2.3 Site Fauna Survey ...................................................................... 16
    3.2.4 Habitat Suitability Assessment ....................................................... 19
  3.3   Results........................................................................................ 20
    3.3.1 Site Vegetation Survey ................................................................ 20
    3.3.2 Habitat Suitability Assessment for Threatened Flora Species ................... 21
    3.3.3 Site Fauna Survey ...................................................................... 22
    3.3.4 Habitat Suitability Assessment for Threatened Fauna Species .................. 25
4   Corridors and Connectivity .................................................................... 26
  4.1   Background .................................................................................. 26
  4.2   Recognition of Corridor Values On or Near the Subject Site ........................ 26
  4.3   Site Assessment ............................................................................. 26
5   Impacts and Amelioration ...................................................................... 29
  5.1   Introduction ................................................................................. 29
  5.2   Potential Impacts of the Proposed Development ..................................... 29
    5.2.1 Habitat Loss/Vegetation Clearing ................................................... 29
    5.2.2 Threatened Flora ....................................................................... 30
    5.2.3 Threatened Fauna ...................................................................... 30
    5.2.4 Waterways and Wetlands ............................................................. 30
    5.2.5 Corridor Values ......................................................................... 31
  5.3   Amelioration Strategies ................................................................... 31
    5.3.1 Habitat Loss/Vegetation Clearing ................................................... 31



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