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



      iii.        Once the hollow entrance has been secured the arborist or fauna spotter/catcher will cut
                  the entire hollow limb off below the cavity where the branch remains solid. In
                  circumstances where a hollow continues into the main stem of the tree, a small window
                  will be carefully cut into the hollow, allowing the fauna spotter/catcher to plug the hollow
                  above and below the window, then the hollow limb removed and lowe4red to the ground
                  in sections.
      iv.         When the fauna has been safely secured within its hollow, 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.
          v.      This limb will then be placed in a cool, quiet location until translocation to the recipient
                  habitat site, when at dusk the follow entrance is re-opened to allow the fauna to emerge
                  of its own accord.
All vegetation is to be felled onto the site and is to avoid impacts to offsite vegetation. Any disturbance
to adjoining vegetation, including incidental deposition of vegetative waste material, is to be
remedied as soon as possible following completion of clearing works.
5.3       Fauna Spotter/Catcher




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A suitably qualified and experienced licensed fauna spotter/catcher is to be present for the duration
of clearing works to monitor and manage fauna species observed during the clearing process.
Individual trees within and immediately adjacent to the clearing zone will continue to be inspected
from ground level to canopy throughout each day’s clearing activities.
The management of fauna may require specific actions as follows:
      •        Directing clearing contractors to undertake clearing in a direction that encourages wildlife to
               move off-site unassisted and toward adjacent suitable habitat;
      •        Directing clearing contractors to maintain corridor or linkage vegetation connected to
               identified habitat trees/nests to assist wildlife to move off-site;
      •        Directing clearing contractors to undertake sequential clearing of understorey vegetation
               prior to potential/known habitat trees to disturb the existing habitat and encourage wildlife to
               move off-site;
      •        Directing clearing contractors to retain individual standing trees that are host to wildlife until
               the wildlife has moved on;
      •        Directing clearing contractors to retain all felled hollow bearing trees in-situ until they have
               been thoroughly inspected and where fauna is identified then the trees be left in-situ
               overnight to allow fauna to move to nearby habitat;
      •        Monitoring potential nests for signs of active occupation prior to clearance of the tree and
               where fauna is identified (i.e., nestlings) leaving the tree standing until it has been vacated;
      •        Hand capture of displaced fauna that is unable to move off site without assistance;
      •        Herding macropods and other terrestrial fauna away from the clearing footprint;
      •        Monitoring of bird and other species utilising the site (other than those known to be nesting
               on site);
      •        Immediate on-site assessment of injured fauna and delivery to the nearest veterinarian for
               treatment if required; and
      •        Delivery of injured or orphaned fauna to wildlife carers for rehabilitation where veterinary
               inspection is not warranted.

5.4       Koalas
Clearing of koala habitat trees with a trunk diameter of more than 10cm at 1.3m above the ground is
to be carried out in the presence of a koala spotter. The clearing of koala habitat trees must be
carried out in a way that complies with the sequential clearing conditions for Koala District A, as



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