Fauna Management Plan v2 - Essence Peregian Beach

Fauna Management Plan v2                                                                           NCES REF: J000488
215 David Low Way, Peregian Beach




 Previously Recorded                Preferred Habitat                       Habitat Value within the Site
 Fauna Species
                                    either moist or dry. Within
                                    heathlands, dry habitats are used
                                    from mid-autumn to late spring, and
                                    wet habitats at other times. It is
                                    sometimes found in open Banksia
                                    woodlands with a heath
                                    understorey, in closed fernland
                                    around shallow creeks on plains, or
                                    in sedges at swamp margins (DoE,
                                    2019c)

 Phascolarctos cinereus             Scattered populations throughout        Foraging – There are 52 large
 (koala)                            Qld, including moist forests in         Melaleuca’s and 2 Lophostemon
                                    coastal areas, subhumid woodlands       confertus non juvenile koala habitat
                                    in southern and central regions,        trees within the site. Half of these are
                                    and along watercourses in semiarid      clustered in the northwest corner
                                    eucalypt forested landscapes in the     adjacent to the kindergarten and new
                                    west. May also be found along non-      carpark currently under construction.
                                    riverine communities in semi-arid
                                                                            The 2 Lophostemon confertus are
                                    areas.
                                                                            proximate to the eastern boundary
                                    Preferred habitat includes a range      where the site backs onto the
                                    of temperate, sub-tropical and          Peregian Beach Hotel.
                                    tropical forest, woodlands and
                                                                            There are no juvenile koala habitat
                                    semiarid vegetation types
                                                                            trees on site.
                                    dominated by eucalyptus species.
                                    Also known to be limited to altitudes
                                    <800 m ASL and may be affected
                                    by temperature and leaf moisture in
                                    the western and northern parts of
                                    its range (Department of the
                                    Environment, 2019d).

A brief site walkover on Tuesday 5th and Tuesday 12th November, confirmed the habitat onsite and
did not incidentally identify the presence of any of the previously recorded fauna species identified
in Table 1, including those with the potential to occur listed on the EPBC Act Protected Matters
Search Report.
3.3.1   Schedule 11 Part 2 Section 7 of the Planning Regulation 2017.
The site is mapped within the koala assessable development area (KADA) with the majority of the
site mapped as Low Value Rehabilitation and only the far west of the site mapped as Low Value
Bushland Habitat (refer Plate 4).
A total of 18 non juvenile koala habitat trees, comprised entirely of M. quinquenervia, are located
within the mapped Low Value Rehabilitation area on the site (refer Plate 5). Based on the approved
plan of development, the entire site will be subject to bulk earthworks impacts hence all 18 non
juvenile koala habitat trees would be impacted.




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