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Fauna Gap Analysis Woodie Woodie Mine: Vertebrate Fauna Survey Gap Analysis Prepared for: Consolidated Minerals Limited Prepared by: Western Wildlife 8 Ridgeway Pl Mahogany Creek WA 6072 Ph: 0427 510 934 October 2019 Woodie Woodie Mine: Gap Analysis, 2019 Table of Contents 1. Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 1 1.1 Scope ..................................................................................................................................... 1 2. Methods ...................................................................................................................................... 4 2.1 Summarising Fauna Surveys Undertaken ................................................................................ 4 2.2 Summarising Fauna Survey Results ........................................................................................ 4 2.3 Determining Survey Adequacy ............................................................................................... 5 3. Summary of Fauna Surveys 2006 - 2019 ....................................................................................... 5 4. Summary of Survey Findings ...................................................................................................... 10 4.1 Fauna Habitats ..................................................................................................................... 10 4.2 Vertebrate Fauna Assemblage .............................................................................................. 10 4.3 Conservation Significant Fauna ............................................................................................ 11 4.3.1 Recorded Conservation Significant Fauna ............................................................................ 11 4.3.2 Potentially Occurring Conservation Significant Fauna .......................................................... 13 5. Adequacy of Previous Surveys .................................................................................................... 16 5.1 Compliance with Guidelines ................................................................................................. 16 5.2 Coverage of Survey Area ...................................................................................................... 17 6. Gaps in Survey Coverage ............................................................................................................ 17 6.1 Habitat Mapping .................................................................................................................. 17 6.2 Faunal Assemblage .............................................................................................................. 17 6.3 Conservation Significant Fauna ............................................................................................ 17 7. Recommendations ..................................................................................................................... 18 8. References ................................................................................................................................. 19 Appendices .................................................................................................................................... 21 Appendix 1. Amphibians potentially occurring at Woodie Woodie. ................................................. 21 Appendix 2. Reptiles potentially occurring at Woodie Woodie. ....................................................... 22 Appendix 3. Birds potentially occurring at Woodie Woodie. ............................................................ 25 Appendix 4. Mammals potentially occurring at Woodie Woodie. .................................................... 30 Appendix 5. Freshwater Fish potentially occurring at Woodie Woodie. ........................................... 32 Tables and Figures Table 1. Summary of fauna surveys undetaken in the Woodie Woodie Mine corridor 2006 - 2019. ..... 6 Table 2. Conservation significant fauna potentially occurring at Woodie Woodie. .............................. 12 Figure 1. Woodie Woodie Mine: regional location. ................................................................................ 2 Figure 2. Woodie Woodie Mine: mine corridor. ..................................................................................... 3 Figure 3. Woodie Woodie Mine: Fauna survey coverage. ....................................................................... 8 Figure 4. Woodie Woodie Mine: Fauna survey sample sites. ................................................................. 9 Figure 5. Woodie Woodie Mine: Northern Quoll, Pilbara Leaf-nosed Bat and Pilbara Olive Python records. .......................................................................................................................................... 14 Figure 6. Woodie Woodie Mine: Common Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, Peregrine Falcon and Western Pebble-mound Mouse records. ...................................................................................................... 15 Western Wildlife i Woodie Woodie Mine: Gap Analysis, 2019 1. Introduction The Woodie Woodie Manganese Mine is about 400 km southeast of Port Hedland, 170 km southeast of Marble Bar and 100 km east of Nullagine in the Eastern Pilbara region of Western Australia (Figure 1). Consolidated Minerals Limited (CML) has recently recommenced operations and proposes to mine 18 manganese prospects over the next five years. CML commissioned Western Wildlife to undertake a gap analysis of the vertebrate fauna surveys conducted at Woodie Woodie between 2006 and 2019. 1.1 Scope The scope of the gap analysis was to: • Summarise the fauna surveys undertaken at Woodie Woodie between 2006 - 2019. • Summarise the fauna recorded or potentially occurring at Woodie Woodie. • List the conservation significant fauna recorded, or potentially occurring. • Comment on whether o the fauna surveys meet current requirements under the State and Federal guidance documents; o the fauna surveys have adequately covered the whole site; and o conservation significant taxa have been adequately surveyed. • Identify any gaps in coverage of the fauna surveys. • Recommend what survey work, if any, is required to fill any gaps in coverage. The area covered by the gap analysis is referred to as the Woodie Woodie Mine Corridor or ‘mine corridor’ (Figure 2). Western Wildlife 1 280000 300000 320000 0 5 km Scale 1:400,000 MGA94 (Zone 51) 7640000 7640000 7620000 7620000 7600000 7600000 7580000 7580000 Locality Port HedlandPort !( WESTERN 7560000 7560000 AUSTRALIA !( Kalgoorlie Perth !( Figure 1. Woodie Woodielocation 1. regional FigureMine – 280000 300000 320000 Drawn: CAD Resources 9246 ~ Tel 3242 ~ URL www.cadresources.com.au ~ January 2019A4 ~ ~ Rev:A ~ CAD Ref: a1415_WWF_f004_01 305000 310000 315000 320000 325000 Legend Survey Area 7615000 0 2 km 7615000 Scale 1:125,000 MGA94 (Zone 51) 7610000 7610000 7605000 7605000 7600000 7600000 7595000 7595000 7590000 7590000 7585000 7585000 Figure 2. Woodie Woodie Mine - mine corridor 305000 310000 315000 320000 325000 Drawn: CAD Resources 9246 ~Tel 3242 ~ URL www.cadresources.com.au ~ October 2019 ~A4 ~ Rev:~A CAD Ref: a1415_WWF_f007_02 Woodie Woodie Mine: Gap Analysis, 2019 2. Methods 2.1 Summarising Fauna Surveys Undertaken The reports for all fauna surveys conducted at Woodie Woodie 2006 – 2019 were reviewed. Reports produced as interim reports for a two-phase level 2 fauna survey were omitted, as all results were presented in the final report. For each fauna survey, the following were summarised: • Year and month of survey. • Survey Area. • Survey type (e.g. Level 1, Level 2, targeted or desktop survey). • Key methods used. • The number of frogs, reptiles, birds and mammals recorded. • Any conservation significant fauna recorded. The survey area for each survey was mapped, and the location of trapping sites, camera trap sites and bat detector sites indicated. 2.2 Summarising Fauna Survey Results The vertebrate fauna assemblages recorded on each survey were summarised into a single set of tables, showing both recorded and predicted species for the Woodie Woodie mine corridor. Conservation significant fauna in this document are those species listed under: Ø the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act), as: o Critically Endangered (Cr) o Endangered (En) o Vulnerable (Vu) o Migratory (Mi) Ø the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 (BC Act), as: • Threatened Species: o Critically Endangered (Cr) o Endangered (En) o Vulnerable (Vu) • Specially Protected Species: o Migratory (Mi) o Conservation dependent fauna (Cd) o Other specially protected species (Os) Ø As Priority Fauna by the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (DBCA). o Priority 1 o Priority 2 o Priority 3 o Priority 4 Western Wildlife 4 Woodie Woodie Mine: Gap Analysis, 2019 Conservation significant fauna were summarised into a table, indicating which were recorded at Woodie Woodie and the likelihood of occurrence of the remaining species. 2.3 Determining Survey Adequacy The adequacy of previous fauna surveys was determined by comparing the surveys to the requirements set out in the following documents: • Statement of environmental principles, factors and objectives (Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) 2016a). • Environmental factor guideline – terrestrial fauna (EPA 2016b). • Technical guidance – terrestrial fauna surveys (EPA 2016c).
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