Flora/Fauna/Vegetation Survey Report Project 222-18C-9 Overtaking Lanes (Warrego Highway Near Goombi), Darling Downs District
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15 Quintin Street PO Box 924 Roma QLD 4455 Ph. 07 4622 2646 Fax 07 4622 1325 [email protected] ABN: 94 617 952 309 Ecological Consulting www.boobook.biz Flora/Fauna/Vegetation Survey Report Project 222-18C-9 Overtaking Lanes (Warrego Highway near Goombi), Darling Downs District Compiled by BOOBOOK for the Department of Transport and Main Roads Revision Date Description Author Verifier Approved A 20/5/2016 Draft issued to client for review R. Johnson, M. Klein C. Eddie C. Eddie Flora/Fauna/Vegetation Survey – Project 222-18C-9 Overtaking Lanes Table of Contents 1. Introduction .............................................................................................................................................................. 1 1.1. Scope of Works ................................................................................................................................................. 1 1.2. Survey Team ...................................................................................................................................................... 1 2. Site Context ............................................................................................................................................................... 1 2.1. Location ............................................................................................................................................................. 1 2.2. Proposed Land Use Requiring Vegetation Clearance ....................................................................................... 2 3. Methodology ............................................................................................................................................................. 2 3.1. Desktop & Literature Review ............................................................................................................................ 2 3.1.1. Protected Plants High Risk Areas .............................................................................................................. 2 3.1.1. Wildlife Online and other Data Sources .................................................................................................... 2 3.1.2. RE and TEC Assessment............................................................................................................................. 2 3.2. Field Survey ....................................................................................................................................................... 2 3.2.1. Flora Survey ............................................................................................................................................... 2 3.2.2. Incidental Fauna Surveys .......................................................................................................................... 3 3.2.3. RE and TEC Assessment............................................................................................................................. 3 3.2.4. Plant Identifications .................................................................................................................................. 3 3.2.5. Survey Limitations ..................................................................................................................................... 3 4. Results & Discussion ................................................................................................................................................. 4 4.1. Desktop & Literature Review ............................................................................................................................ 4 4.1.1. Protected Plants High Risk Areas .............................................................................................................. 4 4.1.2. Wildlife Online and other Database Searches .......................................................................................... 4 4.1.3. RE and TEC Assessment............................................................................................................................. 4 4.2. Field Survey ....................................................................................................................................................... 5 4.2.1. Flora Survey ............................................................................................................................................... 5 4.2.2. Incidental Fauna Survey ............................................................................................................................ 5 4.2.3. RE and TEC Assessment............................................................................................................................. 5 4.3. Summary of Potential Impacts on Conservation Values ................................................................................... 6 4.3.1. Flora .......................................................................................................................................................... 6 4.3.2. Fauna ......................................................................................................................................................... 6 4.3.3. RE and TEC................................................................................................................................................. 6 5. Conclusions & Recommendations ............................................................................................................................ 6 5.1. Conclusions ....................................................................................................................................................... 6 5.2. Recommendations ............................................................................................................................................ 6 6. References ................................................................................................................................................................ 6 Appendix A. Site Location, Survey Plot Sites and Search Meanders. ............................................................................... 8 Appendix B. Curricula Vitae for Survey Personnel. ........................................................................................................ 10 Appendix C. Protected Plants Flora Survey Trigger Map................................................................................................ 13 Appendix D. Wildlife Online Search Results. .................................................................................................................. 15 Appendix E. State Regional Ecosystems mapping within the Site.................................................................................. 24 Rev A i Flora/Fauna/Vegetation Survey – Project 222-18C-9 Overtaking Lanes Appendix F. Ground-truthed Regional Ecosystems within the Site. .............................................................................. 26 Appendix G. Threatened Ecological Communities (TEC) within the Site. ...................................................................... 28 Appendix H. Assessment Results for Quaternary Survey Sites. ..................................................................................... 30 Appendix I. List of Plant Species recorded at the Site. ................................................................................................... 33 Appendix J. Representative Images. ............................................................................................................................... 36 List of Tables Table 1: Threatened fauna and flora potentially present at the Site. .............................................................................. 4 Conclusions drawn in this report are based on available information at the time of writing. Any additional information may alter such conclusions and the author reserves the right to do so if such information becomes available. This report has been made as at the date of the report and is not to be used after six (6) months and not if there are any material changes meanwhile. In either event it should be referred back for review. To the extent permitted by law BOOBOOK does not accept liability for any loss or damage which any person may suffer arising from any negligence or breach of contract on its part. This report was prepared for the benefit of the party to whom it is directed only and for the purpose identified within. BOOBOOK does not accept responsibility to any other person for the contents of the report. Rev A ii Flora/Fauna/Vegetation Survey – Project 222-18C-9 Overtaking Lanes List of Abbreviations DEHP Department of Environment and Heritage Protection DSITI Department of Science, Information Technology and Innovation DSITIA Department of Science, Information Technology, Innovation and the Arts e.g. for example EPBC Act Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 EVNT Endangered, Vulnerable or Near Threatened ha Hectare (s) km Kilometre (s) m Metre (s) NC Act Nature Conservation Act 1992 NC Mgt Reg Nature Conservation (Wildlife Management) Regulation 2006 NC Reg Nature Conservation (Wildlife) Regulation 2006 RE Regional Ecosystem (s) REDD Regional Ecosystem Description Database TEC Threatened Ecological Community TMR Department of Transport and Main Roads Rev A iii Flora/Fauna/Vegetation Survey – Project 222-18C-9 Overtaking Lanes 1. Introduction This report describes