UPDATED DA - Attachment 4 - Environmental Offset and Reinforcement Planting Advice

Native Foresters has undertaken investigations into the identification of an Offset Delivery
Site in collaboration with Noosa Councils Offset Delivery team. As a result, a suitable Offset
for the delivery of required Koala habitat has been identified within the Noosa Council area at
a site on 304 Lake Flat Rd, Cootharaba on Lot 4 RP803972 as shown in Figure 2.

This site will be used to deliver a number of Offset requirements associated with the NLRCC
Expansion Project which will mean efficiencies in the long-term delivery of the Offsets as well
as provision of the associated monitoring and legal requirements. A comprehensive Offset
Delivery Plan is being prepared for the site which will encompass the 0.78ha requirement
associated with the proposed works on Site A.
In addition to the delivery of Offsets it is also recommended that site rehabilitation works be
undertaken in the retained Buffer Zone in Site A in order to improve its environmental and
aesthetic values. These works would be undertaken in the Vegetation Buffer Area and the
adjacent Easement Treatment Area as identified in Figure 1. Rehabilitation works would
involve the following:

      Removal of Singapore Daisy and any understorey weeds. Two treatments over a 3
       month period.
      Removal of Camphor Laurel, Cocos Palm and Brown Silky Oak located near the site
       entrance.
      Placement of Coarse Woody Debris retained from adjacent clearing area into buffer
       zone to supplement habitat for native Fauna species.
      Installation of 2 small, 2 medium and 2 large nest boxes to replace arboreal hollows
       lost from the clearing area.
      Planting of 50 Koala Habitat trees composed of Paperbarks (Melaleuca quinquenervia)
       within identified vegetation gaps in the buffer area.
      Planting of 200 native midstorey and groundstorey species to replace the existing
       Singapore daisy area.
      One year maintenance of planted species and prevention of Singapore Daisy
       reoccurrence.
      A Site rehabilitation plan which details the above points will be prepared for works.


Please let me know if you have any queries regarding the information provided.


Kind Regards
Simon McVerry (BASc)
Native Foresters
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