SUPERSEDED Approved Document Fauna Management Plan v1 OPW25/0140

Fauna Management Plan
44 Hoy Road, Lake MacDonald


  Fauna              Management procedure                                     Responsibility     Timing
  management
  scenario
                     • Notwithstanding above, any hollow‐bearing tree,
                       stag or other tree that may previously have
                       contained wildlife, may be felled by any method
                       if:
                     • The Wildlife Spotter Catcher has determined
                       definitively that no wild animals are present in
                       the tree at the time of felling; or,
                     • The Wildlife Spotter Catcher has removed all wild
                       animals from the tree immediately prior to felling.
                     • Methods which a Wildlife Spotter Catcher may
                       approve and use for the felling of a hollow-
                       bearing tree containing, or likely to contain, wild
                       animals are limited to:
                     • Segmental removal of the tree by a tree surgeon,
                       with hollow‐bearing limbs being checked by the
                       Wildlife Spotter Catcher and cleared of fauna
                       using a cherry picker;
                     • Segmental removal of the tree by a tree surgeon,
                       with hollow‐bearing limbs plugged and lowered
                       to the ground for inspection by the Wildlife
                       Spotter Catcher;
                     • Use of an excavator with vertical grab to lower
                       the main trunk (after removal of lateral limbs); or,
                     • A combination of the above methods.
                     • For smaller trees, or in circumstances where
                       access to a cherry picker is impossible, an
                       excavator with a vertical tree‐grab attachment
                       may be used to lower a tree to the ground for
                       inspection by the Wildlife Spotter Catcher.
                     • The Wildlife Spotter Catcher must not authorise
                       or recommend the “bumping” of a hollow-
                       bearing tree with an excavator or other machine
                       as a method of dispersing wild animals.
 A bird is found     • Ideally the nest should be left undisturbed until      Contractor,        During all
 sitting on a nest     nesting activities have been completed (i.e.           Wildlife Spotter   clearing
 with eggs or          young have left the nest).                             Catcher
 young               • Carry out clearing in non-breeding season.
                     • Wildlife Spotter Catcher must not authorise the
                       felling of a tree known to contain, or likely to
                       contain nesting birds, by any means or method
                       that is likely to:
                     • Injure or kill any wild animal; or,
                     • Result in the unmanaged dispersal or escape of
                       birds.
                     • Methods which a Wildlife Spotter Catcher may
                       approve and use for the felling of a tree
                       containing an active nest are limited to:
                     • Segmental removal of the tree by a tree surgeon,
                       with hollow‐bearing limbs being checked by the




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