Environment Management Plan Stage 2_Grasstree Court July 2021

Ecological Management Plan – Grasstree Court – Lot 9




              REHABILITATION MANAGEMENT PLAN – Stage 2

                                               Prepared for Blue Care


                                    Grasstree Court, Sunrise Beach, Qld, 4567

                                       Lot 9 SP 252905 {& Lot 6 RP 901384}



      1. INTRODUCTION

The primary objective of the rehabilitation management plan (RMP) is to establish a “rehabilitation program”
(vegetation offset proposal) that provides for a good ecological outcome by re-establishing habitat elsewhere in the
nearby locality.

For the purposes of the RMP, the subject land is the site to be cleared (approved development land) while the
rehabilitation site is the receiver site (land to be rehabilitated).

The receiver (rehabilitation) has been identified within the Girraween Sports Complex and Nature Refuge located at
100 Eenie Creek Road; Noosa Heads (off Wallum Lane), formally known as Lot 1 on SP239726 (FIGURE B1 – Receiving
Site Landscape).

Two treatment areas (T1 and T2) have been considered in consultation with Council (FIGURE B2 – Receiving Site
Treatment Areas).

Stage 1 of the development encompasses some 0.8ha of clearing and available soil/seed material (associated with Lot
6). Stage 2 includes the balance of the rehabilitation area and is associated with Lot 9. Stage 1 works was initiated in
April 2021 and described further below. While some rehabilitation activities have been completed as part of Stage 1,
the actions are retained in this plan for completeness.



      2. SITE TREATMENT AND TRANSFER METHODS

2.1 Overview
Stage 1 (Lot 6 clearing and initiation of the rehabilitation exercise) is ongoing. As part of the Stage 2 rehabilitation
exercise, topsoil and subsoil containing the seed bank of the vegetation within Lot 9 will be scraped off post clearing
and mulching of all above ground vegetation. The live soil will be transferred via trucks to the receiver site.
Vegetation clearing for the subject land is described in the VFMP. The receiver site has been prepared as part of Stage
1. All vegetation on Lot 9 will be cleared and mulched prior to lifting out live topsoil and subsoil. All works will comply
with the conditions of the operational works approval and the VFMP.

Stage 1 works completed/ongoing as follows:

Step    Action
  1     Clear entire offset site. Mulch, strip and stockpile all top layers and weed material.
  2     Install main infrastructure e.g. haul/access roads, irrigation water line from treatment plant, water tanks.
        Provide weed treatment to entire receiver site after clearing, i.e. spray all weeds as they germinate for four
  3
        weeks prior to seed soil being moved to site.
  4     Site soil from Lot 6 transported and installed into the northwest/west corner (0.8ha).
  5     Plant she-oak tubes and other trees.
  6     Install monitoring points.
  7     Ongoing weed management.



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