MCU 14/0106 Appendix F - Ecological Assessment

State and Local Government Ecological Assessment
Noosa Civic Expansion




Table of Contents
Part 1 – Ecological Values of Lot 3 on SP246584                                                         1
1        Introduction                                                                                   2
         1.1            Study Area                                                                      2
         1.2            Project Description                                                             2
         1.3            Study Aims and Objectives                                                       2
2        Methodology                                                                                    3
                        2.1.1         Desktop Assessment and Literature Review                          3
                        2.1.2         Vegetation Mapping                                                6
                        2.1.3         Assessment of Floristics                                          7
                        2.1.4         Assessment of Fauna                                               8
3        Regulatory Framework                                                                         13
         3.1            State Government Environmental Regulatory Instruments                          13
         3.2            Local Government Environmental Regulatory Instruments                          16
4        Findings of Field Work                                                                       17
         4.1            Flora                                                                          17
                        4.1.1         Property Based Vegetation Mapping                                17
                        4.1.2         Floristics                                                       19
         4.2            Fauna                                                                          20
                        4.2.1         Survey Conditions                                                20
                        4.2.2         Fauna Species                                                    20
                        4.2.3         Summary of Threatened Species                                    25
         4.3            Habitat                                                                        25
Part 2 – Assessment of Impacts and Compliance of the Noosa Civic Expansion                            27
5        Assessment of Impacts                                                                        28
         5.1            Values                                                                         28
         5.2            Impacts                                                                        28
         5.3            Mitigation Measures                                                            29
6        Regulatory compliance                                                                        31
         6.1            State Government Regulatory Requirements                                       31
         6.2            Local Government Regulatory Requirements                                       31
7        Conclusion                                                                                   33
8        References                                                                                   34


Tables
Table 2-1          Desktop Assessments to inform field work and to inform reporting                     3
Table 2-2          Predicted Utilisation of Threatened Species Prior to Ground-truthing                 5
Table 2-3          General Habitat Assessment Matrix                                                   11
Table 2-4          Targeted Methods                                                                    11
Table 3-1          State regulatory instruments                                                        13
Table 4-1          Vegetation Associations                                                             18


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