250704 Fauna Management Plan v1.0

Fauna Management Plan
44 Hoy Road, Lake MacDonald




5 MANAGEMENT MEASURES
This section of the plan identifies:

      ● Procedures for vegetation removal, and,
      ● Fauna management measures, including protocols for:
          ­   Dealing with fauna identified immediately prior to clearing,
          ­   Dealing with fauna found while clearing or site works are occurring,
          ­   The removal of fauna from the site, and,
          ­   The treatment / removal of injured fauna from the site.

Compliance with management procedures contributes to compliance with the ‘duty of
care’ requirements to native fauna under the NC Act, ‘general environmental duty’ under
the EP Act. Management measures have been prepared or adapted from the Code of
Practice for the Welfare of Wild Animals Affected by Land‐Clearing and Other Habitat
Impacts and Wildlife Spotter/Catchers (Hanger and Nottidge 2009). The nominated
requirements can be conditioned by Council as part of a development permit.

In case of non-conformance or external complaints regarding vegetation or fauna
management, the Site Environmental Manager is to be notified immediately and remedial
actions taken.

All personnel, including site contractors, consultants, and the developer, are responsible
for the safety and protection of native fauna on site. All personnel entering the site must
familiarise themselves with the FMP and acknowledge their responsibility to comply with
the Plan’s requirements.



5.1     PRE-CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES


A number of activities are required immediately prior to the commencement of any
vegetation removal. Each activity, together with timing and management responses are
described in Table 1.

TABLE 1: PRE-CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES.

  Action              Task                                                 Responsibility        Timing
 Appoint              • Appoint licensed Wildlife Spotter Catcher.         Project / Site        Prior to any
 licensed Wildlife      Licensed Wildlife Spotter Catcher is a person or   Manager,              vegetation
 Spotter Catcher        company holding a current Rehabilitation           Wildlife Spotter      clearing
                        Permit issued by the State Government.             Catcher
                      • Advise Council of appointment of licensed
                        Wildlife Spotter Catcher.
 Pre-clearing         • Undertake a survey of the fauna habitat            Environmental         Prior to any
 survey of fauna        features of impacted vegetation, including         scientist, Wildlife   vegetation
 habitat features       number of hollows removed and what fauna           Spotter Catcher       clearing
 impacted by            species are likely to be impacted, number of




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