OPW25/0012 - Fauna Management Plan

Fauna Management Plan
3-7 Serenity Close, Noosa Heads




 Action         Task                                                Responsibility   Timing
 found to be       contain wildlife, including any hollow-                           clearing
 inhabited         bearing tree, by any means or method that is                      activities
                   likely to:
                   a)   Injure or kill any wild animal; or,
                   b) Result in the unmanaged dispersal or
                      escape of arboreal fauna.
               2) Notwithstanding above, any hollow‐bearing
                  tree, stag or other tree that may previously
                  have contained wildlife, may be felled by any
                  method if:
                   a) The Fauna Spotter has determined
                      definitively that no wild animals are
                      present in the tree at the time of felling;
                      or,
                   b) The Fauna Spotter has removed all wild
                      animals from the tree immediately prior
                      to felling.
               3) Methods which a Fauna Spotter may
                  approve and use for the felling of a hollow-
                  bearing tree containing, or likely to contain,
                  wild animals are limited to:
                   a) Segmental removal of the tree by a tree
                      surgeon, with hollow‐bearing limbs
                      being checked by the Fauna Spotter and
                      cleared of fauna using a cherry picker;
                   b) Segmental removal of the tree by a tree
                      surgeon, with hollow‐bearing limbs
                      plugged and lowered to the ground for
                      inspection by the Fauna Spotter;
                   c) Use of an excavator with vertical grab to
                      lower the main trunk (after removal of
                      lateral limbs); or,
                   d) A combination of the above methods.
               4) For smaller trees, or in circumstances where
                  access to a cherry picker is impossible, an
                  excavator with a vertical tree‐grab
                  attachment may be used to lower a tree to
                  the ground for inspection by the Fauna
                  Spotter.
               5) The Fauna Spotter must not authorise or
                  recommend the “bumping” of a hollow-
                  bearing tree with an excavator or other
                  machine as a method of dispersing wild
                  animals.




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