OPW Fauna Management Plan RFI Response · OPW25/0057

Fauna Management Plan v1                                                                         NCES REF: J001343
Lot 105 on SP118458 – 62 Lake MacDonald Drive, Cooroy, QLD



3.3      Habitat Suitability for Previously Recorded Conservation Significant Fauna
Table 1 identifies the habitat values within the site for the conservation significant fauna species
which have been previously recorded within a 2km radius of the site on Biomaps (Wildnet).
Table 1 – Habitat value for previously recorded conservation significant fauna species

 Previously Recorded               Preferred Habitat                        Habitat Value within the Site
 Fauna Species

 Adelotus brevis (tusked           Inhabits wet eucalypt forest,            Potential habitat within the
 frog) – listed as ‘vulnerable’    rainforest, and sometimes dry            ephemeral waterway during periods
 under the NC Act                  eucalypt forest, where it can be         of flow, however, unlikely to occur
                                   found in close proximity to suitable     otherwise.
                                   breeding habitat such as ponds and
                                   slow-moving sections of streams).
                                   Also recorded from dams and
                                   garden ponds in urban and peri-
                                   urban       areas      (Queensland
                                   Government 2019).

 Erythrotriorchis radiatus         Occurs in coastal and sub-coastal        Potential foraging within VC1 & VC2
 (red goshawk) – listed as         areas in wooded and forested lands       onsite.
 ‘endangered’ under the NC         of tropical and warm-temperate
 Act and ‘vulnerable’ under        Australia (Marchant & Higgins
 the EPBC Act                      1993).

 Hirundapus caudacutus             A migratory aerial bird which winters    Potential habitat within the site,
 (white-throated needletail)       in Australia. It forages on flying       however, would not be considered
 – listed as ‘vulnerable’          insects in forests shrublands and        important to the species.
 under the NC Act and              grasslands on the east and north
 EPBC Act                          coast of Australia and roosts in trees
                                   (DES, 2020).
 Litoria pearsoniana
                                   Inhabits flowing creeks in rainforests   No suitable habitat on site. Offsite
 (cascade tree frog) – listed
                                   and wet sclerophyll forests in           vegetation to the south represent
 as ‘vulnerable’ under the
                                   highland and coastal areas (Atlas of     potential suitable habitat.
 NC Act;
                                   Living Australia, 2020)

 Mixophyes iteratus (giant         The Giant Barred Frog occurs in          Potential habitat within the offsite
 barred frog) - listed as          rainforests and wet sclerophyll          riparian habitat.
 ‘endangered’ under the NC         forests in upper to lower catchment
 Act and EPBC Act;                 areas (Ingram & McDonald 1993)

 Phascolarctos cinereus            Forest and woodlands with           a    Foraging and breeding within low
 (koala) – listed as               dominance of koala food trees.           density of Eucalypt trees onsite.
 ‘endangered’ under the NC
 Act and EPBC Act

The field investigations did not incidentally identify the presence of any conservation significant fauna
species previously recorded on Wildlife Online and identified in Table 1.
3.4      Habitat Connectivity
The onsite vegetation (native and exotic plantation) has direct connectivity with adjacent bushland
to the south which generally comprises open forest with rainforest understorey. These bushland
areas combine to form a dominant vegetation patch in the local area. The local landscape has been
heavily urbanized leaving only riparian corridors remaining in the area. A creek corridor is present to
the north, southeast, and east of the site and forms the only north south corridor in the local
landscape. Lake MacDonald Drive dissects this corridor posing a significant barrier to terrestrial
fauna movement along the corridor (refer yellow circle Plate 6).




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