Attachment 7B - Fauna and Flora Assessment_NoosaLandfill_NorthernSection_Revision3

                                                                               Native Foresters



1.0 INTRODUCTION
Native Foresters has been commissioned by Noosa Council to conduct a flora and fauna
survey and habitat assessment of a section of vegetation situated east of the Cleanaway
Depot at 561 Eumundi Noosa Road, Doonan within Lot 77 SP298776.

This report assesses the fauna and flora which are present; the ecological condition of the
subject site, and the presence of breeding habitat for native fauna. Recommendations
relating to mitigating the potential impacts on fauna and flora species of conservation
significance are made where considered relevant to proposed works.

1.1      Objectives of the report

The objectives of the report are as follows:

•     To provide the results of the Flora Survey undertaken in compliance with the
      requirements of the Flora Survey Guidelines – Protected Plants (Nature Conservation
      Act 1992);
▪     To provide the results of the Breeding Places Assessment undertaken in compliance
      with the DES Species Management Program Requirements for tampering with a
      protected animal breeding place, the Nature Conservation Act 1992 and Nature
      Conservation (Wildlife Management) Regulation 2006.
▪     To comment on the potential impacts of proposed works on native flora and fauna,
      including State and/or Commonwealth listed species and their breeding habitat.
▪     To undertake a Code Assessment of works against the Noosa Plan (2020) –
      Biodiversity, Waterways and Wetland Code.

1.2      Site description

The subject site is a Melaleuca wetland (approximately 0.9 hectares) that is situated on
Lot 77 SP298776, northwest of the Noosa Council Landfill and Resource Recovery Centre
and east of the Cleanaway depot. The subject site adjoins a drainage line with remnant
vegetation to the north, and existing landfill infrastructure to the east and south consisting
of access tracks, mown grass areas, a constructed sediment basin and a vegetated pond.

An additional 100m buffer area was surveyed for EVNT-listed flora species and is referred
to as the total clearing impact area. The 100 metre buffer was also contained within Lot 77
SP298776 and the total clearing impact area for the site is approximately 9 hectares. Refer
to Figure 1 for a Survey area map.

Underlying geology has been described by the Department of Natural Resources, Mines
and Energy (DNRME) and Sattler and Williams (1999) with two land zones occurring in Lot
77 SP298776 as follows:

•     Land Zone 3: Quaternary alluvial systems, including floodplains, terraces, levees,
      alluvial fans, swamps, channels, closed depressions and fine textured paleo-estuarine
      deposits. This land zone covers the central section through to the northern boundary
      of survey area.




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