Attachment 3 - Regional Ecosystem Assessment

                                                                                             Native Foresters



1.4      Project Outline

This project involves obtaining RE vegetation benchmark data from remnant vegetation
reference sites detailed in the ORP, to compare to field data assessment of vegetation
condition within OA’s. Further information on the ORP can be found below in section 2.2.

Assessments using the Regional Ecosystem Assessment Kit, Version 1.0 (DES, 2022)
determine if an area should have the RE type or status of vegetation (i.e., regrowth to
remnant) updated within the State RE mapping (DES, 2022). The field data obtained will
verify the status and condition of vegetation within the OA’s which will inform applications
to DES to have suitable areas updated to remnant status within QLS State RE mapping.
Further information on the RE Assessment Kit is shown below in section 3.0.

2.0 Offset Site
2.1      Site Description

The offset receiving site is comprised of 27 OA’s spread across 20 SEQ Water owned
allotments and situated surrounding Lake Macdonald within proximity to Cooroy-Noosa
Road (Latitude -26.4047/ Longitude 152.5478). OA’s are situated surrounding the upper
(southern) reaches of Lake Macdonald and upon small islands as shown in Figure 1.
Table 1 below shows a summary of the offset site area, with allotments and associated
OA number, the individual and total area of the OA’s as well as their location.

Table 1: Summary of Offset Areas within the Lake Macdonald offset site

 Offset Site Summary
 Lot                         OA Number                  OA Area (ha)                   Location
 1RP168291                   1                          0.26                           Frogmouth Lane, Cooroy-
                                                                                       MAPPED REMNANT
 100SP167229 &               2                          0.48                           Frogmouth Lane, Cooroy-
 1RP171784                                                                             MAPPED REMNANT
 1RP193959                   3                          0.42                           Gumtree drive/ Pine Tree
                             4                          6.23                           Drive, Cooroy
 9SP143416                   5                          0.88                           Gumtree drive, Cooroy
                             6                          0.61
 3RP167264                   7                          0.55                           Opposite Hayward Road
                             8                          2.35
                             9                          1.61
 3RP138769                   10                         3.5                            Opposite Hayward Road
 6RP134347                   11                         3.41                           Jabiru bird hide, Grange
 1RP160987                   12                         0.25                           Road
 2RP149832
 3RP134347
 1RP164020                   13                         0.79                           North bank of lake,
                                                                                       opposite Grange Road
 2RP164019                   14                         1.36                           Within lake near to Sivyers
                             15                         0.4                            Road, Tinbeerwah
 2RP1627478                  17                         2.29                           North bank of lake
 1RP906937




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