SUPERSEDED Approved Document Fauna Management Plan v1 OPW25/0140

Fauna Management Plan
44 Hoy Road, Lake McDonald



  Action               Task                                                      Responsibility       Timing
                       • Where the licensed Wildlife Spotter Catcher
                         believes that a construction activity may impact
                         on the welfare of wild animals, then the Wildlife
                         Spotter Catcher may make an Animal Welfare
                         Direction in respect of construction operations
                         or activities. This direction may define the timing
                         of actions or measures required to protect the
                         welfare of animals likely to be affected by such
                         operational works, activities or structures 3. Any
                         breach of the direction may be considered to be
                         a breach of this FMP.
  Pre-clearing         • Initial clearing to involve slashing (or similar) of
  and clearing           groundcover and midstory. Any hollow-bearing
  process                trees and/or other significant habitat features
                         identified during the initial site inspection will be
                         retained. All under scrubbing works will be
                         completed with a suitably qualified Wildlife
                         Spotter Catcher in attendance.
                       • After under scrubbing of each area is complete,
                         non-habitat trees (i.e. trees other than those
                         identified as habitat trees) will be cleared.
                         Clearing of non-habitat trees will only occur
                         where their removal will not impact on identified
                         habitat trees (e.g. canopies do not interconnect
                         with habitat trees).
                       • After under scrubbing and clearing on non-
                         habitat trees, an elevated work platform or
                         cherry-picker will be used in conjunction with a
                         chainsaw operator and suitably qualified Wildlife
                         Spotter Catcher to inspect and remove hollows
                         (if any identified).
                       • When the fauna has been safely secured within
                         its hollow (or compensatory habitat / nest box),
                         the entire limb can then be placed in the cherry-
                         picker bucket or lowered to the ground using
                         ropes depending on the size of the limb.
                       • The limb and/or compensatory habitat / nest
                         box will then be placed in a cool, quiet location
                         until translocation to the recipient habitat site,
                         when at dusk the hollow entrance is re-opened
                         to allow the fauna to emerge of its own accord.
  Directional          • Directional vegetation clearing is to be                Contractor,          During
  vegetation             employed. Specifically, clearing should begin at        Wildlife Spotter     vegetation
  clearing               the north and progressively move towards the            Catcher, Project /   clearing
                         south. Refer to Figure 3 for clearing areas and         Site Manager
                         direction of clearing.




3 An Animal Welfare Direction will only be used in circumstances in which the Wildlife Spotter Catcher considers

that there exists a real and immediate risk to animal welfare.




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