Appendix H - Biodiversity Code

                                                                                                          Native Foresters



Table of Contents
1.0   INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................. 5
  1.1    Objectives of the report ..................................................................................... 5
  1.2    Site description ................................................................................................. 5
  1.3    Legislative requirements ................................................................................... 6
  1.4    Proposed works ................................................................................................ 6
  1.5    Impacts on fauna habitat ................................................................................... 8
2.0   METHODOLOGY ................................................................................................. 9
  2.1    Desktop review ................................................................................................. 9
  2.2    Field assessment .............................................................................................. 9
    2.2.1     Flora survey ............................................................................................... 9
    2.2.2     Fauna survey ........................................................................................... 10
    2.2.3     Fauna habitat assessment ....................................................................... 10
    2.2.4     Survey timing and weather conditions ...................................................... 11
    2.2.5     Survey limitations ..................................................................................... 12
3.0   RESULTS ........................................................................................................... 13
  3.1    Desktop review ............................................................................................... 13
    3.1.1     Regulated Vegetation Management map ................................................. 13
    3.1.2     Regional Ecosystem mapping .................................................................. 13
    3.1.3     Essential Habitat designation ................................................................... 13
    3.1.4     WildNET search ....................................................................................... 13
    3.1.5     EPBC Protected Matters .......................................................................... 13
    3.1.6     Protected Plants Flora Survey Trigger map .............................................. 14
    3.1.7     Koala legislation ....................................................................................... 14
    3.1.8     Koala tracker ............................................................................................ 14
  3.2    Flora assessment ............................................................................................ 14
    3.2.1     Vegetation along Cooroy Noosa Road ..................................................... 14
    3.2.2     Vegetation in 100 metre buffer ................................................................. 17
  3.3    Fauna assessment .......................................................................................... 19
  3.4    Assessment of breeding places and fauna habitat quality ............................... 22
4.0   SIGNIFICANT SPECIES..................................................................................... 27
    4.1    Grey-headed flying fox (Pteropus poliocephalus)......................................... 27
    4.2    Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) ................................................................... 27
    4.3    Tusked frog (Adelotus brevis) ...................................................................... 28
    4.4    Wallum froglet (Crinia tinnula)...................................................................... 28
    4.5    Wallum rocket frog (Litoria freycineti)........................................................... 29
    4.6    Swamp crayfish (Tenuibranchiurus glypticus) .............................................. 29
5.0   SUMMARY ......................................................................................................... 31
6.0   RECOMMENDATIONS ...................................................................................... 32
REFERENCES.............................................................................................................. 33
APPENDIX A: Carramar Extension Model ..................................................................... 35
APPENDIX B: Vegetation survey results ....................................................................... 36




Carramar Extension – Fauna & Flora Assessment                                                                              3