2017-10-13 Special Meeting

SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA   13 OCTOBER 2017




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SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA                                                          13 OCTOBER 2017

  Threatened species
  The properties contain 1386 ha of habitat for Threatened Species and Iconic Species, under Matters
  of State Environmental Significance (Fig. 4). A total of 25 threatened species and three near-
  threatened species have been recorded in or near Ringtail and Yurol State Forests (Table 1).
  These include three mammal species, including the koala, three species of bird, four species of frog,
  and the Richmond Birdwing Butterfly. The properties also contain core habitat for Litoria freycineti
  (wallum rocketfrog, Vulnerable), Critinia tinnula (wallum froglet, Vulnerable) and Koala (more
  information below).
  Yurol, and part of Ringtail State Forest, are situated in the Mary River Catchment, and their forested
  subcatchments protect the water quality of this river system. The Mary River Cod and the Australian
  lungfish have both been recorded in or near Ringtail and Yurol State Forests.
  Locally endemic species
  Ten of the threatened or near threatened species recorded in or near these state forests are endemic
  to the South East Queensland Bioregion. Three of these endemic threatened species only occur in
  the Noosa Shire Council area. Therefore, the preservation of Ringtail and Yurol State Forests as
  National Park would make a major contribution to the conservation of species that occur nowhere else
  in Australia, or the world.

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