Arboricultural Report from STP24-0253 Application for Operational Works Fire Trail - 80 Cooyar Street Noosa Heads · OPW24/0118

Fauna Management Plan v1                                                                           NCES REF: J001259
Lot 9 on RP225312 – 100 Cooyar Street, Noosa Heads




 Previously Recorded               Preferred Habitat                        Habitat Value within the Site
 Fauna Species

 Litoria olongburensis             Subtropical or tropical swamps,          Potential seasonal habitat within the
 (wallum sedgefrog) – listed       wallum swamps, freshwater lakes,         VC1 unit in the northern site extent.
 as ‘vulnerable’ under the         intermittent     freshwater   lakes,     Optimal habitat present off-site to the
 NC Act and the EPBC Act;          freshwater         marshes,     and      east.
                                   intermittent freshwater marshes.

 Macronectes giganteus             Nests in small colonies amongst          Nil – no suitable habitat onsite.
 (southern giant-petrel) –         open vegetation on Antarctic and
 listed as ‘endangered’            subantarctic    islands,     including
 under the NC and EPBC             Macquarie and Heard Islands and in
 Act;                              Australian Antarctic territory.

 Ninox strenua (powerful           The Powerful Owl is found in open        Potential foraging within the VC1
 owl) – listed as ‘vulnerable’     forests and woodlands, as well as        area onsite.
 under the NC Act                  along sheltered gullies in wet forests
                                   with dense understoreys, especially




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                                   along watercourses. Will sometimes
                                   be found in open areas near forests
                                   such as farmland, parks and
                                   suburban areas, as well as in
                                   remnant bushland patches. Needs
                                   old growth trees to nest (Australian
                                   Museum 2019).

 Numenius                          Occupies coastal lakes, inlets, bays     Nil – no suitable habitat onsite.
 madagascariensis (eastern         and estuarine habitats. Species is
 curlew) – listed as               mainly found in intertidal mudflats
 ‘endangered’ under the NC         and sometimes saltmarsh
 Act and ‘critically
 endangered’ under the
 EPBC Act;

 Petauroides armillatus            Prefers tall old growth eucalypt         Nil – no suitable habitat onsite or
 (central greater glider) –        forests and woodlands with a             adjacent to the site.
 listed as ‘endangered’            diversity of eucalypt species and
 under the NC Act and              approx. 2-4 denning trees (tall trees
 EPBC Act                          with hollows >10cm dia.) per 2ha.

 Pezoporus wallicus wallicus       Coastal heathland or sedgeland with      Low habitat value in VC1. Optimal
 (ground parrot) - listed as       very dense cover and a high density      habitat present off-site to the east
 vulnerable’ under the NC          of the parrot's food plants (DES,        within heathland and sedgeland
 Act                               2020).                                   habitat areas.

 Phascolarctos cinereus            Forest and woodlands with           a    Foraging and breeding within Koala
 (koala) – listed as               dominance of koala food trees.           habitat trees onsite.
 ‘endangered’ under the NC
 Act and EPBC Act

 Podargus ocellatus                Prefers     subtropical   rainforest,    Potential foraging within the VC1
 plumiferus (plumed                particularly in deep, wet, sheltered     area onsite.
 frogmouth) – listed as            gullies along creeklines and often
 ‘vulnerable’ under the NC         containing stands of Bangalow
 Act                               Palms or ferns. In NSW, it is most
                                   often found in moist, lowland,
                                   mesophyll vine forest (NSW gov,
                                   Environment & Heritage Office)




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