Ecological Assessment Report

Ecological Assessment Report v2                                                                      NCES REF: LEA2016-06
Lot 496 on MCH591 - 30 Pottery Street, Pomona



 Threatened Fauna Species

 Species name               EPBC Act            Habitat                                  Likelihood of Occurrence
                            Status                                                       within the Project Area
                                                and desert (Threatened Species           habitat and previous
                                                Scientific Committee 2005aq).            records.
 Dasyurus maculatus         Endangered          Preference for mature wet forest         Species or species’ habitat
 maculatus (SE                                  habitat (Belcher 2000b; Green &          unlikely to occur in the project
 mainland                                       Scarborough 1990; Watt 1993),            area.
 population)                                    especially in areas with rainfall 600    No previous records within 2
 spot tailed quoll                              mm/year (Edgar & Belcher 2008;           km of site.
                                                Mansergh 1984). Unlogged forest          Low potential to occur due
                                                or forest that has been less             to lack of generally suitable
                                                disturbed by timber harvesting is        habitat and previous
                                                also preferable (Catling et al. 1998,    records.
                                                2000)
 Petauroides volans         Vulnerable          The greater glider is an arboreal        Species or species’ habitat
 greater glider                                 nocturnal marsupial, largely             occurs in the project area.
                                                restricted to eucalypt forests and       No previous records within 2
                                                woodlands. It is primarily folivorous,   km of site.
                                                with a diet mostly comprising            Moderate potential to occur
                                                eucalypt leaves, and occasionally        due to presence of suitable
                                                flowers. It is typically found in        habitat but no previous
                                                highest abundance in taller,             records.
                                                montane, moist eucalypt forests
                                                with relatively old trees and
                                                abundant hollows. The distribution
                                                may be patchy even in suitable
                                                habitat. The greater glider favours
                                                forests with a diversity of eucalypt
                                                species, due to seasonal variation
                                                in its preferred tree species (DotE,
                                                2016).
 Phascolarctos              Vulnerable          Koalas naturally inhabit a range of      Species or species’ habitat
 cinereus (combined                             temperate, sub-tropical and tropical     occurs in the project area.
 populations of Qld,                            forest, woodland and semi-arid           Previous records within 2 km
 NSW and the ACT)                               communities dominated by                 of site.
 Koala                                          Eucalyptus species (Martin &             High potential to occur due
                                                Handasyde 1999).                         to presence of suitable
                                                                                         habitat and previous
                                                                                         records.
 Pteropus                   Vulnerable          Occurs in roost sites commonly           Species or species’ habitat
 poliocephalus                                  formed in gullies, typically not far     unlikely to occur in the project
 grey-headed flying                             from water and usually in                area.
 fox                                            vegetation with a dense canopy.          No previous records within 2
                                                Bats commute daily to foraging           km of site.
                                                areas, typically within 15 km of the     Low potential to occur due
                                                day roost where they feed on a           to lack of generally suitable
                                                wide variety of flowering and            habitat.
                                                fruiting plants including the
                                                blossoms of eucalypts (Strahan,
                                                2008).
 Reptiles
 Delma torquata             Vulnerable          In the eastern parts of the species'     Species or species’ habitat
 collared delma                                 range (i.e. the Toowoomba Range),        unlikely to occur in the project
                                                suitable habitats are commonly           area.
                                                associated with exposed rocky            No previous records within 2
                                                outcrops on ridges or slopes in          km of site.
                                                vegetation communities dominated         Low potential to occur due
                                                by narrow-leafed ironbark                to lack of generally suitable
                                                (Eucalyptus crebra) (Brigalow Belt       habitat and previous
                                                Reptiles Workshop 2010).                 records.




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