Fauna Management Plan v1 - Lake MacDonald Drive, Cooroy

Fauna Management Plan v1                                                                    NCES REF: J000662
Lot 101 on SP142407, Lot 140 on MCH978, Lot 3 on RP137375,
Lot 2 on RP852009 and Lot 8 on RP160703 – 27 Wilgee Court, Cooroy


All vegetation is to be felled onto the site and is to avoid impacts to offsite vegetation including
retained vegetation to the north and east of the site. Any disturbance to adjoining vegetation,
including incidental deposition of vegetative waste material, is to be remedied as soon as possible
following completion of clearing works.
5.3       Fauna Spotter/Catcher
A suitably qualified and experienced licensed fauna spotter/catcher is to be present for the duration
of clearing works to monitor and manage fauna species observed during the clearing process.
Individual trees within and immediately adjacent to the clearing zone will continue to be inspected
from ground level to canopy throughout each day’s clearing activities.
The management of fauna may require specific actions as follows:
      ·    Directing clearing contractors to undertake clearing in a direction that encourages wildlife to
           move off-site unassisted and toward adjacent suitable habitat;
      ·    Directing clearing contractors to maintain corridor or linkage vegetation connected to
           identified habitat trees/nests to assist wildlife to move off-site;
      ·    Directing clearing contractors to undertake sequential clearing of understorey vegetation
           prior to potential/known habitat trees to disturb the existing habitat and encourage wildlife to
           move off-site;
      ·    Directing clearing contractors to retain individual standing trees that are host to wildlife until
           the wildlife has moved on;
      ·    Directing clearing contractors to retain all felled hollow bearing trees in-situ until they have
           been thoroughly inspected and where fauna is identified then the trees be left in-situ
           overnight to allow fauna to move to nearby habitat;
      ·    Monitoring potential nests for signs of active occupation prior to clearance of the tree and
           where fauna is identified (i.e. nestlings) leaving the tree standing until it has been vacated;
      ·    Hand capture of displaced fauna that is unable to move off site without assistance;
      ·    Herding macropods and other terrestrial fauna away from the clearing footprint;
      ·    Monitoring of bird and other species utilising the site (other than those known to be nesting
           on site);
      ·    Immediate on-site assessment of injured fauna and delivery to the nearest veterinarian for
           treatment if required; and
      ·    Delivery of injured or orphaned fauna to wildlife carers for rehabilitation where veterinary
           inspection is not warranted.

5.4       Koalas
Clearing of koala habitat trees with a trunk diameter of more than 10cm at 1.3m above the ground is
to be carried out in the presence of a koala spotter. The clearing of koala habitat trees must be
carried out in a way that complies with the sequential clearing conditions for Koala District A, as
outlined in Part 3 of the Nature Conservation (Koala) Conservation Plan 2017 and requirements for
native vegetation clearing as outline in Part 3 of the Planning Regulation 2017 by ensuring that not
more than 50% of the site is cleared in any 1 stage (as the clearing area is less than 6ha). Clearing
must also ensure that between each stage and the next there is at least 1 period of 12 hours starting
at 6p.m. on a day and ending at 6a.m. on the following day during which no trees are cleared on the
site.

5.5       Fauna Monitoring
During vegetation clearing, the fauna spotter/catcher is to monitor all fauna that may be at risk of
injury or death by the vegetation clearing. The fauna spotter/catcher is responsible for removing all
wildlife from within the clearance zone to minimise the potential for injury or death.




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