Appendix A - SDAP - State Code 16 - Native vegetation clearing response

 Performance outcomes                          Acceptable outcomes                                      Response
                                                   b. the average height of the fodder trees is at
                                                       least 70 per cent of the height of the tallest
                                                       stands of fodder species in the regional
                                                       ecosystem; and
                                                   c. the fodder trees that were previously
                                                       harvested have now attained an average
                                                       height of at least 4 metres; and
                                                2. aligns clearing along the contour where
                                                   practical; and
                                                3. does not occur in patches of regional
                                                   ecosystems that are less than 10 hectares in
                                                   area or less than 500 metres wide.

                                               AND

                                               AO145.4 Strip harvesting:
                                               1. does not result in any strip harvesting area
                                                  exceeding 50 metres in width; and
                                               2. results in all strip retention areas:
                                                  a. being preserved along the length of strip
                                                      harvest areas to a width of at least 1.5
                                                      times that of the adjacent strip harvest
                                                      area; and
                                                  b. containing fodder species with an
                                                      average height of at least four metres;
                                                      and
                                               3. does not result in clearing for machinery
                                                  access between strip harvest areas
                                                  exceeding 15 metres in width.

                                               AND

                                               AO145.5 Block harvesting:
                                               1. does not result in any block harvest area
                                                  exceeding one hectare; and
                                               2. results in block retention areas:
                                                  a. being preserved between block harvest
                                                      areas in accordance with the widths
                                                      specified in reference table 8 of this code;
                                                      and
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