OPW25/0012 - Fauna Management Plan

Fauna Management Plan
3-7 Serenity Close, Noosa Heads




 Action               Task                                                Responsibility   Timing
 A koala is found    1)   All works are to cease and the situation is     Contractor,      During
 deceased on site         to be managed in accordance with the            Fauna Spotter    all
                          Nature Conservation (Koala) Conservation                         clearing
                          Plan 2017.                                                       activities
                     2) Fauna Spotter to delineate the danger
                        zone and prevent anyone else from
                        approaching the koala.
                     3) Fauna Spotter to notify the nearest
                        applicable agency/group and assist in the
                        removal of the animal from the site.
                     4) If a joey is found in the pouch of a dead
                        mother, both the mother and the joey are
                        to be rushed to the nearest applicable
                        agency/group listed in Table 3. If the joey
                        is still attached to the teat, it should not be
                        removed from the pouch. The joey must
                        not be given anything to drink. Only the
                        Fauna Spotter Catcher is allowed to touch
                        the joey and deceased mother.
 An orphaned         1)   All works are to cease and the situation is     Contractor,      During
 koala is found on        to be managed in accordance with the            Fauna Spotter    all
 site                     Nature Conservation (Koala) Conservation                         clearing
                          Plan 2017.                                                       activities
                     2) Fauna Spotter to delineate the danger
                        zone and prevent anyone else from
                        approaching the koala.
                     3) Fauna Spotter to notify the nearest
                        applicable agency/group and assist in the
                        removal of the animal from the site.
                     4) Fauna Spotter to gently and safely handle
                        the koala and minimise stress to the most
                        practicable extent.
                     5) If the orphaned koala is found inside the
                        mother’s pouch, refer to the above section
                        on deceased koalas.
                     6) The koala is to be rushed to the nearest
                        applicable agency/group listed in Table 3.

In the event that Koalas are injured during clearing or that injured fauna are observed on
the site, the developer or their agents shall immediately cease any activities which would
pose further risk to the injured wildlife and contact the applicable agency / group listed in
Table 3 to remove the injured wildlife.


4.3 CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT MEASURES




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