8. Ecological Assessment Report v1- NOOSA NORTHSHORE RETREAT_Optimized · MCU19/0117

Ecological Assessment Report v1                                                     NCES REF: J000436
Lot 500 on SP215779 – 90 Beach Road, Noosa North Shore



2     SURVEY METHODOLOGY

2.1       Desktop Assessment
The desktop assessment comprised an investigation of the previously mapped and recorded
vegetation communities and species, as well as vegetation communities and species which have
the potential to be present. The following resources were accessed during the desktop assessment:
      •    Noosa Shire Council’s (NSC) Biodiversity Overlay Map of the Noosa Plan 2006;
      •    The Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy’s (DNRME) Vegetation
           Management Supporting Map;
      •    The Department of Environment and Science’s (DES) Wildlife Online database;




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      •    Koala Assessable Development Areas mapping;
      •    The Nature Conservation (Koala) Conservation Plan 2017;
      •    The DES Protected Plants Flora Survey Trigger Area mapping; and
      •    The Commonwealth Department of the Environment and Energy’s Environment Protection
           and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) Protected Matters Search Tool.

2.2       Field Survey
A field survey was undertaken on 26 July 2019 to verify the composition and extent of native plant
species, vegetation communities and fauna habitat within the site. The field survey was undertaken
in general accordance with the timed meander methodology outlined in the former Department of
Environment and Heritage Protection’s Flora Survey Guidelines – Protected Plants (2016). The field
survey methodology comprised a walking meander through the various vegetation communities
within the site whilst observations were made of the in-situ vegetation species and habitat elements
including adjoining vegetation communities and specific habitat features such as nests and tree
hollows. The survey included a targeted search for the presence of any flora species listed under
the Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NC Act) and/or the EPBC Act 1999.




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