Fauna Assessment

Pinjarra - Williams Road (SLK 14 – 67)

Dwellingup

April 2017 Version 4

On behalf of: Main Roads Western Australia Robertson Drive PO Box 5010 BUNBURY WA 6231

Prepared by: Greg Harewood Zoologist PO Box 755 BUNBURY WA 6231 M: 0402 141 197 E: [email protected]

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

1. INTRODUCTION ...... 1

2. SCOPE OF WORKS ...... 1

3. METHODS ...... 2

3.1 POTENTIAL FAUNA INVENTORY – LITERATURE REVIEW ...... 2

3.1.1 Database Searches ...... 2

3.1.2 Previous Fauna Surveys in the Area ...... 2

3.1.3 Existing Publications ...... 3

3.1.4 Fauna of Conservation Significance ...... 4

3.1.5 Invertebrates ...... 5

3.1.6 Likelihood of Occurrence – Fauna of Conservation Significance ...... 6

3.1.7 Taxonomy and Nomenclature ...... 7

3.2 SITE SURVEYS ...... 7

3.2.1 Fauna Habitat Assessment ...... 7

3.2.2 Black Cockatoo Habitat Assessment ...... 8

3.2.3 Opportunistic Fauna Observations ...... 8

4. SURVEY CONSTRAINTS ...... 9

5. RESULTS ...... 10

5.1 POTENTIAL FAUNA INVENTORY – LITERATURE REVIEW ...... 10

5.2 SITE SURVEYS ...... 10

5.2.1 Fauna Habitat Assessment ...... 10

5.2.2 Black Cockatoo Habitat Assessment ...... 14

5.2.3 Opportunistic Fauna Observations ...... 15

5.3 FAUNA INVENTORY – SUMMARY ...... 16

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5.3.1 Vertebrate Fauna ...... 16

5.3.2 Invertebrate Fauna...... 19

6. FAUNA VALUES ...... 19

6.1 CONSERVATION SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY AREA ...... 19

6.2 VALUE OF THE STUDY AREA AS AN ECOLOGICAL LINKAGE/WILDLIFE CORRIDOR ...... 20

7. POTENTIAL IMPACTS ...... 20

8. LEGISLATIVE OBLIGATIONS ...... 23

8.1 WILDLIFE CONSERVATION ACT 1950 ...... 23

8.2 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1986 ...... 23

8.3 ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION & BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION ACT 1999 ...... 25

8.3.1 Black Cockatoos ...... 26

8.3.2 Other Listed Threatened Fauna Species ...... 30

8.3.3 Migratory Species ...... 33

9. RECOMMENDATIONS ...... 34

10. CONCLUSION ...... 37

11. REFERENCES ...... 38

FIGURES

FIGURE 1: Study Area

FIGURE 2: Habitat Trees (trees with hollows - SLK 14.0 to 16.0)

FIGURE 3: Habitat Trees (trees with hollows - SLK 19.7 and 20.8)

FIGURE 4: Habitat Trees (trees with hollows - SLK 26.5 and 67.0)

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TABLES

TABLE 1: Summary of Habitat Trees (DBH >50cm) with Hollows

TABLE 2: Summary of Potential Vertebrate Fauna Species

TABLE 3: Likelihood of Occurrence and Degree of Potential Impact – Fauna Species of Conservation Significance

TABLE 4: Assessment of Significant Impact on Black Cockatoos using Criteria for Vulnerable/Endangered Species (DotE 2013)

TABLE 5: Assessment of Significant Impact on the Chuditch using Criteria for Vulnerable Species (DotE 2013)

PLATES

PLATE 1: Granite Outcrops with Marri over Acacia Shrubland (~SLK 14.0 to 16.0).

PLATE 2: Paddock with planted Acacia, Flooded Gum and Swamp Paperbark (~SLK 17.38).

PLATE 3: Jarrah-Marri Woodland over Low Open Shrubland (~SLK 19.70 and 20.80).

PLATE 4: Jarrah-Marri Woodland Bordering Road Reserve (Looking East ~SLK 27.25).

PLATE 5: Plantation of Unknown Eucalypts (~SLK 40.0).

PLATE 6: Wandoo and Jarrah bordering Northern Road Verge (~SLK 55.0).

APPENDICES

APPENDIX A: Conservation Categories

APPENDIX B: Fauna Observed or Potentially in Study Area

APPENDIX C: NatureMap & EPBC Database Search Results

APPENDIX D: Habitat Tree Details

APPENDIX E: Significant Species Profiles

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

This report details the results of a fauna assessment along a section of the Pinjarra-Williams Road (between SLK 14.0 and 67.0) near Dwellingup in south west Western Australia (Figure 1).

Proposed works on Pinjarra Williams Road (SLK 14.0 – 67.0) include:

x Realignment to the south at Greens Hill (SLK 14.0-16.0)

x Culvert extension at SLK 17.38

x Realignment to the north between SLK 19.70 and 20.80.

x Construction of a climbing lane between SLK 26.5 and 28.5 with widening on south side SLK 26.80 – 27.98 and on the north side SLK 27.80 – 28.60. The works will be within the road reserve which is approximately 8.5m from existing edge line on the north side section.

x Widening and clear zone improvements from SLK 28.5 to 67.0.

Information obtained as part of this fauna assessment report will also be used in conjunction with other environmental investigations to allow regulatory authorities to assess the potential impact of the proposal.

Field survey work within the survey area was carried out by Greg Harewood (B.Sc. Zoology) on the 9th, 11th and 12th August 2011. The report was updated in April 2017 to ensure the most recent information on fauna species distributions, conservation status and legislative requirements have been used when assessing likely impacts. This recent review has not resulted in any significant changes to conclusions drawn in the original assessment.

A description of the broadly defined fauna habitats within the study area (based on vegetation units and observed landforms) is given below. The approximate extent of remnant vegetation in the wider area is depicted in Figure 1. Plates 1 to 6 illustrate the nature of the vegetation units/habitats present.

x Remnant Native Vegetation: Vegetation is mainly representative of that of the Jarrah forest, displaying a structural homogeneity in overstorey species, dominated by Jarrah (Eucalyptus marginata), Marri (Corymbia calophylla) and, on deeper valley soils, Blackbutt (Eucalyptus patens) and Flooded Gum (Eucalyptus rudis). Some areas of Wandoo (E. wandoo) in the far east. Granite outcrops present in the far west. Includes remnant vegetation along road verges that adjoin cleared paddocks.

x Plantations: Plantations of non-endemic tree species occur at several points along the Pinjarra-Williams road including two small Pine plantation (Pinus sp).

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x Existing Cleared Areas: These areas included previously cleared road verges and Paddocks. Paddock areas are dominated by introduced pasture grasses with occasional scattered trees and degraded sedgelands.

x Rivers and Ephemeral Streams: The study area crosses over the Hotham River at about SLK 61.0. Several other small watercourses within the study area appear to be all ephemeral streams with variable flows controlled by seasonal conditions.

The quality of native remnant vegetation within the various sections of the study area varies but most areas within 10 metres either side of the existing road show significant degrees of historical disturbance from logging, frequent fire, clearing for plantations and previous road/track/powerline construction activities.

The habitat tree assessment identified a total of 117 trees with a DBH of >50cms that contained hollows. Eighty eight (~75%) of the trees contained one or more “small” hollows (less than ~12cm entrance size) considered by the Author not to be suitable for black cockatoos to use for nesting purposes. Twenty nine (~25%) trees contained a hollow with a larger entrance (greater than ~12cm) that appeared big enough and orientated favourably to possibly allow the entry of a black cockatoo into a suitably sized branch/trunk, though no evidence of actual use by black cockatoos was seen in any instance.

Additional details on each habitat tree observed can be found in Appendix D.

DotEE currently consider any tree (of a suitable species) with a diameter at breast height (DBH) of equal to over 50cm as representing potential cockatoo breeding habitat irrespective if hollows are present or not. It was not practical to identify all such trees in the study area due to its large extent. It is however obvious that clearing of any section of the study area would in most cases require the removal of at least one such tree which equates to a “high risk of significant impact” according to DotEE’s black cockatoo referral guidelines (Table 3 - SEWPaC 2012).

Most of the remnant native vegetation present along the road corridor can be considered to represent potential black cockatoo foraging habitat as it contains a number of plant species documented as foraging habitat for one or more of the three black cockatoo species, all of which are known to frequent the area. The degree to which any one section of the route would be utilised for foraging purposes would however vary considerably based on species composition and density. The most dominant and widespread species is marri and jarrah though in some areas other species are also present (e.g. wandoo and banksia spp). In addition, sections of the study area that contain pine plantations (i.e. SLK 19.70 and 20.80) also represent foraging habitat for Carnaby’s and to a lesser extent, Baudin’s black cockatoo.

Foraging evidence left by all three species of black cockatoo was observed during the reconnaissance survey. The most common evidence was in the form of chewed marri fruits. Other evidence included chewed jarrah and blackbutt fruits and pine cones.

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No existing roosting trees (trees used at night by black cockatoos to rest) were identified during the survey period.

Opportunistic fauna observations are listed in Appendix B. A total of 48 native fauna species were observed (or positively identified from foraging evidence, scats, tracks, skeletons or calls) within or in close proximity to the study area. Evidence of three introduced species was also found.

With respect to native vertebrate fauna, 22 mammals (includes nine bat species), 126 bird, 44 reptile, 17 frog and three fish species have previously been recorded in the general area, some of which have the potential to occur in or utilise sections of the study area at times.

Of the 212 native animals that are listed as potentially occurring in the area, six are considered to be endangered/vulnerable or in need of special protection under State and/or Federal law. In addition, three migratory species and seven DPAW priority species may occur.

The exact extent of road works within the study area is not known at this stage however the anticipated degree of impact on specific species of conservation significance previously recorded in the general area is provided in Table 3 in Section 7. Additional information on specific fauna species is provided in Appendix E.

With respect to fauna in general, no substantial impacts are anticipated as a consequence of the proposed works. In cases where some impact is anticipated, the degree of the impact is only expected to be low and relates to the loss of small areas of habitat, but as most species are common and/or widespread no overall change in their conservation status is anticipated, despite a possible localised reduction in habitat extent.

The assessment does however indicate that any considerations required during ongoing development planning are most likely to be related to the presence of habitat used or potentially used by some threatened fauna species in particular the three EPBC Act listed black cockatoo species.

Based on the information provided by MRWA and the results of the fauna assessment, referral of the project to the DotEE is recommended for consideration primarily given the presence of black cockatoo habitat within likely clearing areas. This recommendation is consistent with an assessment of DotEE’s referral guidelines for black cockatoos even though actual “significant impact” may be unlikely.

A series of other recommendations aimed at mitigating and minimising potential impacts on fauna and fauna habitat in general are provided in Section 9. These should be considered for implemented as part of existing or proposed management plans if determined to be reasonable and practicable.

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1. INTRODUCTION

This report details the results of a fauna assessment along a section of the Pinjarra- Williams Road (between SLK 14.0 and 67.0) near Dwellingup in south west Western Australia (Figure 1).

Proposed works on Pinjarra Williams Road (SLK 14.0 – 67.0) include:

x Realignment to the south at Greens Hill (SLK 14.0-16.0)

x Culvert extension at SLK 17.38

x Realignment to the north between SLK 19.70 and 20.80.

x Widening and clear zone improvements from SLK 28.5 to 67.0.

Information obtained as part of this fauna assessment report will be used in conjunction with other environmental investigations to allow regulatory authorities to assess the potential impact of the proposal. The information will enable the formulation of management plans aimed at minimising potential environmental impacts if the proposal is granted final approval and proceeds.

The report was originally completed in 2011 but was updated in April 2017 to ensure the most recent information on fauna species distributions, conservation status and legislative requirements have been used when assessing likely impacts.

2. SCOPE OF WORKS

The scope of works has been defined as:

1. Level 1 Fauna Survey (EPA 2004);

2. Black cockatoo habitat assessment;

3. Report summarising results with management recommendations.

This survey report has been prepared for use in the EPA’s Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) process (if required) and is considered suitable for this purpose.

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Note: For the purposes of this report the term black cockatoo is in reference to Baudin’s Black Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus baudinii, Carnaby’s Black Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus latirostris and the Forest Red-tailed Black Cockatoo (FRTBC) Calyptorhynchus banksii naso.

3. METHODS

3.1 POTENTIAL FAUNA INVENTORY – LITERATURE REVIEW

3.1.1 Database Searches

Searches of the following databases were undertaken to aid in the compilation of a list of conservation significant fauna potentially occurring within the subject site:

x DPaW’s NatureMap Database Search (combined data from DPaW, ALA, WAM, BA and consultant’s reports) (DPaW 2017b); and

x Protected Matters Search Tool (DotEE 2017).

It should be noted that lists produced during the abovementioned database searches contain observations/inferred distributions from a broader area than the subject site and therefore may include species that would only ever occur as vagrants due to a lack of suitable habitat or the presence of only marginal habitat within the subject site itself. The databases also often included or are based on very old records and in some cases the species in question have become locally or regionally extinct.

Information from these sources should therefore be taken as indicative only and local knowledge and information also needs to be taken into consideration when determining what actual species may be present within the specific area being investigated.

3.1.2 Previous Fauna Surveys in the Area

Fauna surveys, assessments and reviews have been undertaken in nearby areas in the past, though not all are publicly available and could not be referenced. The most significant of those available have been used as the primary reference material for compiling a list of fauna species of conservation significance most likely to occur in the general area.

Those reports referred to included, but were not limited to:

x Ninox Wildlife Consulting (2003). The Vertebrate Fauna of the Boddington Gold Mine. Unpublished report for BGM Management Company Pty Ltd.

x Bamford, M. J. and A. R. and Western Wildlife (2004). Worsley Alumina Extension Area: Northern Mining Envelopes - Preliminary Fauna Assessment. Unpublished report for Worsley Alumina Pty. Ltd.

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x Sinclair Knight Merz. (2009). Dwellingup New Water Source Pipeline: Level 1 Fauna Assessment. Unpublished report for Pipes and Pump Station Joint Venture.

x ecologia (2009). Dwellingup New Water Source Pipeline. Targeted Survey for Mammals of Conservation Significance. Unpublished report for Pipes and Pump Station Joint Venture.

As with the databases searches some reports refer to species that would not occur in the study area due to a lack of suitable habitat (extent and/or quality) and this fact has been taken into consideration when compiling the potential fauna species list for the study area. It should also be noted that the NatureMap database is likely to include some records from previous fauna surveys in the area including some of those listed above.

3.1.3 Existing Publications

The following represent the main publications used to identify and refine the potential fauna species list for the subject site:

x Anstis, M. (2013). Tadpoles and Frogs of Australia. New Holland Publishers, Sydney.

x Barrett, G., Silcocks, A., Barry, S., Cunningham, R. and Poulter, R. (2003). The New Atlas of Australian Birds. Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union, Victoria.

x Bush, B., Maryan, B., Browne-Cooper, R. & Robinson, D. (2007). Reptiles and Frogs in the Bush: Southwestern Australia. UWA Press, Nedlands.

x Churchill, S. (2008). Australian Bats. Second Edition, Allen & Unwin.

x Cogger, H.G. (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia. 7th Edition. CSIRO Publishing.

x Johnstone, R.E. and Storr, G.M. (1998). Handbook of Western Australian Birds: Volume 1 – Non-passerines (Emu to Dollarbird). Western Australian Museum, Perth Western Australia.

x Johnstone, R.E. and Storr, G.M. (2004). Handbook of Western Australian Birds: Volume 2 – Passerines (Blue-winged Pitta to Goldfinch). Western Australian Museum, Perth Western Australia.

x Menkhorst, P. and Knight, F. (2011). A Field Guide to the Mammals of Australia. Oxford University Press, Melbourne.

x Morgan, D.L., Beatty, S.J., Klunzinger, M.W, Allen, M.G. and Burnham, Q.E (2011). Field Guide to the Freshwater Fishes, Crayfishes and Mussels of South Western Australia. Published by SERCUL.

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x Storr, G.M., Smith, L.A. and Johnstone R.E. (1983). Lizards of Western Australia II: Dragons and Monitors. WA Museum, Perth.

x Storr, G.M., Smith, L.A. and Johnstone R.E. (1990). Lizards of Western Australia III: Geckos and Pygopods. WA Museum, Perth.

x Storr, G.M., Smith, L.A. and Johnstone R.E. (1999). Lizards of Western Australia I: Skinks. Revised Edition, WA Museum, Perth.

x Storr, G.M., Smith, L.A. and Johnstone R.E. (2002). Snakes of Western Australia. Revised Edition, WA Museum, Perth.

x Tyler M.J. & Doughty P. (2009). Field Guide to Frogs of Western Australia, Fourth Edition, WA Museum, Perth.

x Van Dyck, S., Gynther, I. & Baker, A. Eds (2013). Field Companion to The Mammals of Australia. Queensland Museum.

x Wilson, S. and Swan, G. (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia. Reed, New Holland, Sydney.

3.1.4 Fauna of Conservation Significance

The conservation significance of fauna species has been assessed using data from the following sources:

x Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act). Administered by the Australian Government Department of the Environment and Energy (DotEE);

x Wildlife Conservation Act 1950 (WC Act). Administered by the Western Australian Department of Parks and Wildlife (DPaW) (Govt. of WA 2017);

x Red List produced by the Species Survival Commission (SSC) of the World Conservation Union (also known as the IUCN Red List - the acronym derived from its former name of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources). The Red List has no legislative power in Australia but is used as a framework for State and Commonwealth categories and criteria; and the

x DPaW Priority Fauna list. A non-statutory list maintained by the DPaW for management purposes (DPaW 2017a).

The EPBC Act also requires the compilation of a list of migratory species that are recognised under international treaties including the:

x Japan Australia Migratory Bird Agreement 1981 (JAMBA);

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x China Australia Migratory Bird Agreement 1998 (CAMBA);

x Republic of Korea-Australia Migratory Bird Agreement 2007 (ROKAMBA); and

x Bonn Convention 1979 (The Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals).

(Note - Species listed under JAMBA are also protected under Schedule 5 of the WC Act.)

All migratory bird species listed in the annexes to these bilateral agreements are protected in Australia as matters of national environmental significance (NES) under the EPBC Act.

The conservation status of all vertebrate fauna species listed as occurring or possibly occurring in the vicinity of the subject site has been assessed using the most recent lists published in accordance with the above-mentioned instruments and is indicated as such in the fauna listings of this report. A full listing of conservation codes is provided in Appendix A.

A number of other species not listed in official lists can also be considered of local or regional conservation significance. These include species that have a restricted range, those that occur in breeding colonies and those at the limit of their range.

While not classified as rare, threatened or vulnerable under any State or Commonwealth legislation, a number of bird species have been listed as of significance on the Swan Coastal portion of the Perth Metropolitan Region (Bush Forever - Government of Western Australia 1998 and 2000). The bird species are often referred to as Bush Forever Decreaser Species. The three categories used for birds within the Bush Forever documents are:

x Habitat specialists with reduced distribution on the Swan Coastal Plain (code Bh)

x Wide ranging Species with reduced population’s on the Swan Coastal Plain. (code Bp)

x Extinct in the Perth region (code Be)

While the study area is not located on the Swan Coastal Plain the presence of Bush Forever species should be taken into consideration when determining the fauna values. Bush Forever decreaser species are indicated as such within the species list held in Appendix B.

3.1.5 Invertebrates

It can be difficult to identify what may be significant invertebrate species (e.g. Short Range Endemics - SREs) as there is a lack of knowledge on invertebrates and there is a shortage of invertebrate taxonomic expertise. Where invertebrates are collected during surveys, a

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high percentage are likely to be unknown, or for known species there can be limited knowledge or information on their distribution (Harvey 2002).

For this project, the assessment for conservation significant invertebrates has been limited to those listed by the DPaW and EPBC Act database searches (which rely on distribution records and known habitat preferences). No assessment of the potential for SREs to be present has been made.

3.1.6 Likelihood of Occurrence – Fauna of Conservation Significance

Fauna of conservation significance identified during the literature review as previously being recorded in the general area were assessed and ranked for their likelihood of occurrence within the subject site itself. The rankings and criteria used were:

x Would Not Occur: There is no suitable habitat for the species in the subject site and/or there is no documented record of the species in the general area since records have been kept and/or the species is generally accepted as being locally/regionally extinct (supported by a lack of recent records).

o Locally Extinct: Populations no longer occur within a small part of the species natural range, in this case within 10 or 20km of the subject site. Populations do however persist outside of this area.

o Regionally Extinct: Populations no longer occur in a large part of the species natural range, in this case within the southern forest regions. Populations do however persist outside of this area.

x Unlikely to Occur: The subject site is outside of the currently documented distribution for the species in question, or no suitable habitat (type, quality and extent) was identified as being present during the field assessment. Individuals of some species may occur occasionally as vagrants/transients especially if suitable habitat is located nearby but the subject site itself would not support individuals or a population the species.

x Possibly Occurs: The subject site is within the known distribution of the species in question and habitat of at least marginal quality was identified as being present during the field assessment, supported in some cases by recent records being documented in literature from within or near the subject site. In some cases, while a species may be classified as possibly being present at times, habitat may be marginal (e.g. poor quality, fragmented, limited in extent) and therefore the frequency of occurrence and/or population levels may be low.

x Known to Occur: The species in question was positively identified as being present (for sedentary species) or as using the subject site as habitat for some other purpose (for non-sedentary/mobile species) during the field survey. This information may have been obtained by direct observation of individuals or by way of secondary

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evidence (e.g. foraging debris, tracks and scats). In some cases, while a species may be classified as known to occur, habitat may be marginal (e.g. poor quality, fragmented, limited in extent) and therefore the frequency of occurrence and/or population levels may be low.

3.1.7 Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Taxonomy and nomenclature for vertebrate fauna species used in this report is generally taken from the DPaW’s WA Fauna Census Database which is assumed to follow Aplin and Smith (2001) for amphibians and reptiles and Johnstone (2001) for birds. Jackson and Groves (2015) has been used for mammals.

Common names are taken from the Western Australia Museum (WAM) recognised primary common name listings when specified, though where common names are not provided they have been acquired from other publications. Sources include Cogger (2014), Wilson and Swan (2013), Van Dyck & Strahan (2013), Christidis and Boles (2008), Bush et al. (2010), Bush et al. (2007), Tyler & Doughty (2009), and Glauret (1961). Not all common names are generally accepted.

3.2 SITE SURVEYS

Field survey work within the survey area was carried out by Greg Harewood (B.Sc. Zoology) on the 9th, 11th and 12th August 2011.

3.2.1 Fauna Habitat Assessment

Vegetation units and landforms observed during the site reconnaissance survey have been used to define broad fauna habitat types across the site.

The main aim of the habitat assessment was to determine if it was likely that any species of conservation significance would be utilising the areas that maybe impacted on as a consequence of the proposal proceeding. The habitat information obtained was also used to aid in finalising the overall potential fauna list.

As part of the desktop literature review, available information on the habitat requirements of the species of conservation significance listed as possibly occurring in the area was researched. During the field survey the habitats within the study area were assessed and specific elements identified, if present, to determine the likelihood of listed threatened species utilising the area and its significance to them.

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3.2.2 Black Cockatoo Habitat Assessment

The area has the potential to be utilised by black cockatoos (Baudin’s, Carnaby’s and the Forest red-tailed black cockatoo) and therefore a targeted assessment was carried out and included:

x Habitat tree survey: The location of all trees observed to contain hollows of any size were recorded. Characteristics of each tree recorded included tree species, number, type and size of hollows observed. The location of each tree identified was recorded with a GPS and details on tree species, number and size of hollows noted. Trees with hollows were marked with “H” using spray paint and an aluminium tag with the GPS waypoint number to allow easy re-identification.

Target tree species included marri, jarrah, wandoo or any other suitable Corymbia/Eucalyptus species of a suitable size that may be present. Peppermints, banksia, sheoak and melaleuca tree species (for example) were not assessed as they typically do not develop hollows that are used by black cockatoos.

The main aim of the habitat tree survey was to locate existing or potential cockatoo nest hollows. For the purposes of this study a potential cockatoo nest hollow was defined as:

Generally any tree which is alive or dead that contains one or more visible hollows (cavities within the trunk or branches) suitable for occupation by any of the three black cockatoo species for the purpose of nesting/breeding. Hollows that had an entrance greater than about 12cm in diameter and would allow the entry of a cockatoo (white tailed or red-tailed) into a suitably orientated and sized branch/trunk, were recorded as a “potential nest hollow”.

x Black cockatoo foraging assessment: The location and nature of black cockatoo foraging evidence observed during the field survey was recorded.

x Roosting habitat survey: Direct and indirect evidence of black cockatoos roosting within trees on site was noted if observed.

3.2.3 Opportunistic Fauna Observations

Opportunistic observations of fauna species (including those of birds with binoculars) were made while traversing the study area on foot. These observations were supplemented by random searching of microhabitats such as logs, rocks, leaf litter and tree bark.

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4. SURVEY CONSTRAINTS

No seasonal sampling has been carried out as part of this fauna assessment. The conclusions presented are based upon field data and the environmental monitoring and/or testing carried out over a limited period of time and are therefore merely indicative of the environmental condition of the site at the time of preparing the report. Also it should be recognised that site conditions can change with time.

Some fauna species are reported as potentially occurring within the study area based on there being suitable habitat (quality and extent) within the study area or immediately adjacent. With respect to opportunistic observations, the possibility exists that certain species may not have been detected during field investigations due to:

x seasonal inactivity during the field survey;

x species present within micro habitats not surveyed;

x cryptic species able to avoid detection; and

x transient wide-ranging species not present during the survey period.

Lack of observational data on some species should therefore not necessarily be taken as an indication that a species is absent from the site.

In recognition of survey limitations, a precautionary approach has been adopted for this assessment. Any fauna species that would possibly occur within the study area (or immediately adjacent), as identified through ecological databases, publications, discussions with local experts/residents and the habitat knowledge of the Author, has been assumed to potentially occur in the study area.

The habitat requirements and ecology of many of the species known to occur in the wider area are often not well understood or documented. It can therefore be difficult to exclude species from the potential list based on a lack of a specific habitat or microhabitat within the study area. As a consequence of this limitation the potential fauna list produced is most likely an overestimation of those species that actually utilise the study area for some purpose. Some species may be present in the general area but may only use the study area itself on rare occasions or as vagrants.

During the black cockatoo habitat survey trees with hollows were recorded (i.e. habitat trees). It should be noted that identifying hollows suitable for fauna species from ground level has limitations. Generally the full characteristics of any hollow seen are not fully evident (e.g. internal dimensions). It is also difficult to locate all hollows within all trees as some are not observable from ground level.

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The location of habitat trees was recorded using a handheld GPS. The accuracy of the GPS cannot be guaranteed above a level of about 5 to 10 metres, though it should be noted that in some circumstance the accuracy can be worse or better than this.

5. RESULTS

5.1 POTENTIAL FAUNA INVENTORY – LITERATURE REVIEW

A list of expected fauna species that could occur in the study area was compile from information obtained during the desktop study and is presented in Appendix B. This listing was refined after information gathered during the site reconnaissance survey was assessed. The results of some previous fauna surveys carried out in the general area are summarised in this species listing as are the DPAW NatureMap database search results. The raw database search results from NatureMap (DPaW 2017b) and the Protected Matters Search Tool (DotEE 2017) are contained within Appendix C.

The list of potential fauna takes into consideration that firstly the species in question is not known to be locally extinct and secondly that suitable habitat for each species, as identified during the habitat assessment, is present within the study area, though compiling an accurate list has limitations (see Section 4). As a consequence of the various limitations the potential fauna list produced is most likely an overestimation of those species that actually utilise the study area for some purpose.

5.2 SITE SURVEYS

5.2.1 Fauna Habitat Assessment

The project area is situated near the southern boundary of the Northern Jarrah Forest Bioregion. The Northern Jarrah Forest (JF1) was defined as part of the revised Interim Biogeographical Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA Version 6.1). IBRA Version 6.1 is the result of refinement of the IBRA Version 5.1 boundaries due to better data availability from some states and territories and some alterations by the states/territories along their borders. The initial boundaries were defined and described in Thackway and Cresswell (1995). The Northern Jarrah Forest Bioregion is a subset of the original Jarrah Forest (JF) Bioregion defined in IBRA Version 5.1. Within this document the JF is described as being:

“Duricrusted plateau of Yilgarn Craton characterised by Jarrah-Marri forest on laterite gravels and, in the eastern part, by Marri-Wandoo woodlands on clayey soils. Eluvial and alluvial deposits support Agonis shrublands. In areas of Mesozoic sediments, Jarrah forests occur in a mosaic with a variety of species-rich shrublands. Warm Mediterranean climate”.

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A description of the Northern Jarrah Forest (JF1) is provided by Williams and Mitchell (2001):

“Northern Jarrah Forest incorporates the area east of the Darling Scarp, overlying Archaean granite and metamorphic rocks of an average elevation of 300 m, capped by an extensive lateritic duricrust, dissected by later drainage and broken by occasional granite hills. In the east the laterite becomes deeply dissected until it compresses isolated remnants.

Rainfall is from 1300 mm on the scarp to approximately 700 mm in the east and north. Vegetation comprises Jarrah - Marri forest in the west with Bullich and Blackbutt in the valleys grading to Wandoo and Marri woodlands in the east with Powder Bark on breakaways. There are extensive but localised sand sheets with Banksia low woodlands. Heath is found on granite rocks and as a common understorey of forests and woodlands in the north and east. The majority of the diversity in the communities occurs on the lower slopes or near granite soils where there are rapid changes in site conditions.

Subregional area for JF1 is 2,255,904 ha.” (Williams and Mitchell 2001)

A description of the broadly defined fauna habitats within the study area (based on vegetation units and observed landforms) is given below. The extent of native forest compared to cleared areas can be seen in Figure 1. Plates 1 to 6 illustrate the nature of the vegetation units/habitats present.

Lateritic Uplands

1. Dwellingup and Hester Complex in high rainfall – central and south: Open forest of Jarrah and Marri.

2. Dwellingup Complex in medium to high rainfall: Open forest of Jarrah and Marri.

3. Dwellingup, Yalanbee and Hester Complex in low to medium rainfall: Open forest of Jarrah and Marri.

4. Yalanbee and Dwellingup Complex in low rainfall:

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Mixture of open forest of Jarrah and Marri and Woodland of Wandoo and Marri.

Major Valleys Combining Slopes and Floors

5. Helena Complex in low to medium rainfall: Vegetation ranges from a mixture of open forest of Jarrah and Marri and open woodland of Wandoo through heath and Herbland to lichens on granite rocks.

6. Murray Complex in medium to high rainfall: Vegetation ranges from open forest of Jarrah and Marri with Blackbutt on the slopes to fringing woodland of Flooded Gum and Swamp Paperbark (Melaleuca rhaphiophylla) on the valley floors.

Major Valley Floors and Scarps

7. Darling Scarp Complex: Vegetation ranges from low open woodland to lichens according to depth of soils. Woodland components chiefly Wandoo, with Darling Range Ghost Gum (E. laeliae) in the north, Mountain Marri (E. haematoxylon) in the south. and Marri throughout the region.

8. Williams-Avon-Brockman-Mumballup Complex: Fringing woodland of Flooded Gum and Swamp Paperbark.

9. Michibin Complex: Open woodland of Wandoo with some admixture of York Gum (E. loxophleba). Acacia acuminata and Rock Sheoak (Allocasuarina huegeliana) dominate the understorey.

Minor Valleys

10. Yarragil Complex (minimum development swamps) in medium to high rainfall: Open forest of Jarrah and Marri on upper slopes with admixture of Blackbutt and Bullich on the valley floors.

11. Pindalup and Yarragil Complex in low to medium rainfall: Open forest of Jarrah and Marri on slopes and open woodland of Wandoo with some Blackbutt in the lower gullies. x Plantations: Plantations of non-endemic tree species occur at several points along the Pinjarra-Williams road including two small pine plantation (Pinus sp).

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Vegetation with the various sections of the study area are described below

Realignment to the south at Greens Hill (SLK 14.0-16.0)

A significant portion of this area is cleared or parkland cleared. Vegetated areas consist of stunted Marri and Flooded Gum over a shrubland dominated by Acacia sp. and introduced grasses growing in a thin soil profile with numerous small granite outcrops. Many of the trees are dead. Very few trees with hollows due to stunted growth habit. A small ephemeral stream passes through the western section of the study area and a small dam is present in the cleared paddock area. A small number of Darling Range Ghost Gum are present in the eastern section of this area. The majority of the vegetation is consistent with the Darling Range Complex of Heddle et al (1980).

Culvert extension at SLK 17.38

The majority of this area is open paddock and totally cleared of vegetation. Vegetation that is present mainly consists of planted non–endemic eucalypts and shrubs. There are some areas of small Flooded Gums over degraded sedges in seasonally inundated paddock areas. A small number of Marri trees are present along the road reserve. No trees within the culvert extension area were observed to contain hollows of any size.

Realignment to the north between SLK 19.70 and 20.80

The western section of this area contains what appears to be a recently cleared Pine plantation. An uncleared Pine plantation is also present at the eastern end. Planted Blackbutt and some unidentified eucalypts also border the northern side of the road between the two pine plantations. A heavily logged Jarrah-Marri woodland over open shrubland makes up the balance of the area. Native vegetation present is consistent with Dwellingup and Hester complex of Heddle et al (1980).

Climbing lane between SLK 26.5 and 28.5 with widening on south side SLK 26.80 – 27.98 and on the north side SLK 27.80 – 28.60.

Remnant vegetation in this area is dominated by Jarrah and Marri woodland. Consistent with Dwellingup and Hester complex of Heddle et al (1980).

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Widening and clear zone improvements from SLK 28.6 to 67.

The majority of the study area not specifically described above consists of Jarrah and Marri in various densities located in upland areas while Blackbutt and Marri is common on slopes with Flooded Gum and Swamp Paperbark occurring in valley floors. Small areas of Wandoo are present in road reserves to the east. Consists of a mosaic of various vegetation complexes described by Heddle et al (1980).

The quality of the various areas of native remnant vegetation within the various sections of the study area varies but most areas within 10 metres either side of the existing road show significant degrees of historical disturbance from logging, frequent fire, clearing for plantations and previous road/track/powerline construction activities.

5.2.2 Black Cockatoo Habitat Assessment

A summary of the habitat trees with hollows observed within the various sections of the study area is provided in Table 1 below.

Table 1: Summary of Habitat Trees (DBH >50cm) with Hollows

Number of Number of Number of Trees with Trees with Trees with Location Small (<12cm Large (>12cm one or more entrance) entrance) Hollows Hollows Hollows

SLK 14.0-16.0 4 3 1

SLK 17.38 0 0 0

SLK 19.70 and 20.80 19 9 11

SLK 26.5 – 28.6. 0 0 0

SLK 28.6 to 67.0 94 77 17

Total 117 88 29

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to possibly allow the entry of a black cockatoo into a suitably sized branch/trunk, though no evidence of actual use by black cockatoos was seen in any instance.

Additional details on each habitat tree observed can be found in Appendix D.

The DotEE currently consider any tree (of a suitable species) with a diameter at breast height (DBH) of equal to or over 50cm as representing potential cockatoo breeding habitat irrespective if hollows are present or not. It was not practical to identify all such trees in the study area due to its large extent. It is however obvious that clearing of any section of the study area would in most cases require the removal of at least one such tree which equates to a “high risk of ‘significant impact” according to DotEE black cockatoo referral guidelines (Table 3 - SEWPaC 2012).

Most of the remnant native vegetation present along the road corridor can be considered to represent potential black cockatoo foraging habitat as it contains a number of plant species documented as foraging habitat for one or more of the three black cockatoo species, all of which are known to frequent the area. The degree to which any one section of the route would be utilised for foraging purposes would however vary considerably based on species composition and density. The most dominant and widespread species is marri and jarrah though in some areas other species are also present (e.g. wandoo and banksia spp). In addition sections of the study area that contain pine plantations (i.e. SLK 19.70 and 20.80) also represent foraging habitat for Carnaby’s and to a lesser extent, Baudin’s Black Cockatoo.

Foraging evidence left by all three species of black cockatoo was observed during the reconnaissance survey. The most common evidence was in the form of chewed Marri fruits. Other evidence included chewed jarrah and blackbutt fruits and pine cones.

No existing roosting trees (trees used at night by black cockatoos to rest) were identified during the survey period.

5.2.3 Opportunistic Fauna Observations

Evidence of three listed threatened species was obtained (Baudin’s black cockatoo, Carnaby’s black cockatoo and the forest red-tailed black cockatoo). Evidence of one DPaW priority species was found (western brush wallaby – road kill). No evidence of any migratory species using the area was found.

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5.3 FAUNA INVENTORY – SUMMARY

5.3.1 Vertebrate Fauna

Table 2 summarises the number of fauna species potentially occurring within the study area, based on results from the desktop study and observations made during the field assessment. A complete list of vertebrate fauna possibly inhabiting or frequenting the study area is located in Appendix B. Results from searches of DPaW’s NatureMap database and the EPBC Act database are located in Appendix C.

Not all species listed as potentially occurring within the study area in existing databases and publications (i.e. EPBC Act Threatened Fauna and Migratory species lists, DPaW’s NatureMap database and various publications) are shown in the expected listing in Appendix B. Some species have been excluded from this list based largely on the lack of suitable habitat at the study site and in the general area or known local extinction even if suitable habitat is present.

Despite the omission of some species it should be noted that the list provided is still very likely an over estimation of the fauna species utilising the site (either on a regular or infrequent basis) as a result of the precautionary approach adopted for the assessment.

Table 2: Summary of Potential Vertebrate Fauna Species (from Appendix B) Potential Potential Potential Number of Total number number of number of number of species Group of potential specially migratory priority observed species protected species species Level 1 Survey species Fish 41 0 0 0 0 Amphibians 17 0 0 0 5 Reptiles 44 0 0 1 1 Birds 1315 4 3 2 401 Non-Volant 196 2 0 3 52 Mammals Volant 9 0 0 1 0 Mammals (Bats) Total 22412 6 3 7 513 Superscript = number of introduced species included in total.

A review of the EPBC Act’s threatened fauna list, DPaW’s Threatened Fauna Database and Priority List, unpublished reports and scientific publications identified a range of specially protected, priority or migratory vertebrate fauna species as potentially occurring in the general vicinity of the study area. Based on the habitats present and documented distributions it is considered possible that 16 of these species may use the study area for

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some purpose at times. Species have been omitted from the potential list for the site (Appendix B), principally due to lack of suitable habitat on-site or known local extinction.

Additional details on significant species that potentially utilise the study area are given in Appendix E.

In summary, four vertebrate fauna species of conservation significance (listed as State or Federal threatened/migratory species or DPAW priority species) were positively identified as utilising the study area for some purpose during the Level 1 reconnaissance survey, these being:

x Calyptorhynchus baudinii Baudin`s Black Cockatoo – S2 (WC Act), Endangered (EPBC Act) Foraging evidence attributed to this species found.

x Calyptorhynchus latirostris Carnaby`s Black Cockatoo – S2 (WC Act), Endangered (EPBC Act) Foraging evidence attributed to this species found.

x Calyptorhynchus banksii naso Forest Red-tailed Black Cockatoo – S3 (WC Act), Vulnerable (EPBC Act) Observed during the field survey and foraging evidence attributed to this species located.

x Macropus irma Western Brush Wallaby – P4 (DPaW Priority Species) Road kill specimen found within the study area.

An additional 13 species of conservation significance may possibly utilise the study area for some purpose at times but their current status on-site and/or in the general area is, in some cases, difficult to determine because they were not sighted during the survey period, or evidence of use of the study area was not found. These species are listed below:

Note: Habitat for some of these species within the study area, while considered possibly suitable, may be marginal in extent/quality and species listed below may only visit the area for short periods, or as rare/uncommon vagrants.

x Ctenotus delli Dell’s Ctenotus – P4 (DPaW Priority Species) Potentially present in less disturbed areas and granite outcrops.

x Ardea modesta Great Egret – S5 (WC Act), Migratory (EPBC Act) May frequent Hotham River and seasonally flooded creek lines, manmade dams and low lying paddock areas during wetter months of the year in low numbers. Would not breed within the study area.

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x Ardea ibis Cattle Egret – S5 (WC Act), Migratory (EPBC Act) May very occasionally frequent Hotham River and seasonally flooded creek lines, manmade dams and low lying paddock areas during wetter months of the year in low numbers. Would not breed within the study area.

x Falco peregrinus Peregrine Falcon – S7 (WC Act) Individuals of this species potentially utilises some sections of the study area as part of a much larger home range. No potential nest sites observed.

x Ninox connivens connivens Barking Owl – P2 (DPaW Priority Species) Status on the site and in the general area difficult to determine. May utilise vegetation along the Hotham River on rare occasions.

x Tyto novaehollandae Masked Owl – P3 (DPaW Priority Species) Status on the site and in the general area difficult to determine. May frequent the area at times.

x Merops ornatus Rainbow Bee-eater – S5 (WC Act), Migratory (EPBC Act) Common seasonal visitor to the south west and likely to frequent the area at times.

x Dasyurus geoffroii Chuditch – S3 (WC Act), Vulnerable (EPBC Act) This species is known to frequent the general area and therefore may utilise sections of the study area at times.

x Phascogale tapoatafa wambenger South-western Brush-tailed Phascogale – S6 (WC Act) This species is known to persist in state forest areas surrounding the study area and therefore it may frequent the study site.

x Isoodon obesulus fusciventer Southern Brown Bandicoot – P4 (DPAW Priority Species) This species may persist at locations where native vegetation provides sufficient cover.

x Falsistrellus mackenziei Western False Pipistrelle - P4 (DPaW Priority Species) Potentially present with the study area when it is likely to forage and possibly roost given presence of suitable tree hollows.

x Hydromys chrysogaster Water Rat – P4 (DPaW Priority Species) Potentially utilises the Hotham River.

A number of other species of conservation significance, while possibly present in the wider area are not listed as potential species due to known localised extinction (and no subsequent recruitment from adjoining areas) and/or lack of suitable habitat. Details on these species and reasons for their omission are provided in Appendix E.

Fourty eight bird species that potentially frequent or occur in the study area are noted as Bush Forever Decreaser Species in the Perth Metropolitan Region (eighteen species were sighted/identified as having used the study area during the survey). Decreaser species are

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a significant issue in biodiversity conservation in the Perth section of the Swan Coastal Plain as there have been marked reductions in range and population levels of many sedentary bird species as a consequence of disturbance and land clearing (Dell & Hyder- Griffiths 2002).

5.3.2 Invertebrate Fauna

One priority invertebrate species appeared in the DPaW and/or EPBC Act database searches (DPaW 2017b, DotEE 2017). Additional details on this species is provided in Appendix E.

x Austromerope poultoni Unnamed scorpionfly – P2 (DPAW Priority Species). Status in the study area difficult to determine. The majority of the study area appears unsuitable for this species as dense understory vegetation is typically absent. Some small areas of potential habitat maybe affected.

6. FAUNA VALUES

6.1 CONSERVATION SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY AREA

The conservation significance of the study area has been determined by applying site specific criteria such as:

x Fauna species and/or habitat present within the study area that is poorly represented in the wider area;

x Fauna habitat within the study area supporting species of conservation or other significance; and

x Fauna habitat present that is in better condition than other similar locations in the wider area.

The results of the fauna assessment indicate that the study area is utilised or potentially utilised by a range of fauna species some of which are of special conservation significance. The extent of habitat suitable for those species identified as utilising the study area extends well outside the study area and these fauna habitats are therefore well represented in adjoining/nearby national parks, reserves and state forest areas. No evidence was gathered that suggest habitats within the study area are in a significantly better condition than those found in adjoining areas. These facts suggest that the study area itself does not have any specific local conservation significance above that of adjoining areas.

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6.2 VALUE OF THE STUDY AREA AS AN ECOLOGICAL LINKAGE/WILDLIFE CORRIDOR

The extent of the clearing required is yet to be exactly defined but will require removal of relatively thin, discontinuous sections of vegetation located at various points along Pinjarra- Williams Road. The degree of clearing required will not fragment any potential fauna habitat to the extent that it would represent a barrier to fauna movement above that already present in the area (i.e. the existing Pinjarra-Williams Road and other secondary roads, tracks and powerline easements).

7. POTENTIAL IMPACTS

In general the most significant potential impacts to fauna of any development include:

x Loss of vegetation/fauna habitat that may be used for foraging, breeding, roosting, or dispersal (includes loss of hollow bearing trees);

x Fragmentation of vegetation/fauna habitat which may restrict the movement of some fauna species;

x Modifications to surface hydrology, siltation of creek lines;

x Changes to fire regimes;

x Pollution (e.g. oil spills);

x Noise/Light/Dust;

x Spread of plant pathogens (e.g. dieback) and weeds;

x Potential increase in the number of predatory introduced species (e.g. cats); and

x Death or injury of fauna during clearing, construction and operation (including road kills).

The most likely potential impacts on fauna of the proposed construction and use of the road realignment are:

x Loss of vegetation/fauna habitat that may be used for foraging, breeding, roosting, or dispersal (includes loss of hollow bearing trees);

x Death or injury of fauna during clearing, construction and operation (including road kills).

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The exact extent of road works within the study area is not known at this stage however the anticipated degree of impact on specific species of conservation significance previously recorded in the general area is provided in the table below. Additional information on specific fauna species is provided in Appendix E.

Table 3: Likelihood of Occurrence and Degree of Potential Impact – Fauna Species of Conservation Significance (continues on following pages).

Degree Genus & Conservation Likelihood of Potential Impact Common Name of Justification Species Status Occurrence on Habitat Impact

Modification/loss Habitat present is Unnamed Austromerope Nil/Very P2 Unlikely? of a small area of very marginal in scorpionfly poultoni Low habitat quality/extent No suitable Carter’s Freshwater Westralunio S3 Unlikely None Nil habitat/Species Mussel carteri locally extinct. Modification/loss Habitat present is Darling Range Very Ctenotus delli P4 Possible of a small area of very marginal in Heath Ctenotus Low habitat quality/extent Habitat present is Nil/Very Great Egret Ardea modesta S5 Mig Possible None Likely very marginal in Low quality/extent Habitat present is Nil/Very Cattle Egret Ardea ibis S5 Mig Possible None Likely very marginal in Low quality/extent Thinornis Would Not Hooded Plover rubricollis P4 None Nil No suitable habitat. Occur tregellasi Rostratula Would Not Painted Snipe S2 EN Mig None Nil No suitable habitat. benghalensis Occur White-bellied Sea- Haliaeetus Would Not Ma None Nil No suitable habitat Eagle leucogaster Occur Would Not Osprey Pandion haliaetus S5 Mig None Nil No suitable habitat Occur Widespread Nil/Very species that can Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus S7 Possible None Likely Low use degraded habitats Would Not Species locally Malleefowl Leipoa ocellata S3 VU None Nil Occur extinct. Other Migratory Would Not Shorebirds/Wetland Various Various None Nil No suitable habitat Occur Species

Large areas of Carnaby`s Black Calyptorhynchus Known To Loss of small S2 EN Low suitable habitat Cockatoo latirostris Occur areas of habitat nearby

Large areas of Baudin`s Black Calyptorhynchus Known To Loss of small S2 VU Low suitable habitat Cockatoo baudinii Occur areas of habitat nearby

Large areas of Forest Red-tailed Calyptorhynchus Known To Loss of small S3 VU Low suitable habitat Black Cockatoo banksii naso Occur areas of habitat nearby

Habitat present is Barking Owl (SW Ninox connivens Nil/Very P2 Possible None Likely very marginal in population) connivens Low quality/extent

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Degree Genus & Conservation Likelihood of Potential Impact Common Name of Justification Species Status Occurrence on Habitat Impact

Habitat present is Masked Owl (SW Tyto n. Nil/Very P3 Possible None Likely very marginal in population) novaehollandiae Low quality/extent Fork-tailed Swift Apus pacificus S5 Mig Flyover Only None Nil Aerial Species Widespread Nil/Very species that can Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus S5 Mig Possible None Likely Low use degraded habitats Would Not Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea S5 Mig None Nil No suitable habitat Occur

Atrichornis Would Not Noisy Scrub-bird S2 VU None Nil No suitable habitat clamosus Occur Modification/loss Large areas of Very Chuditch Dasyurus geoffroii S3 VU Possible of a small area of suitable habitat Low habitat nearby No suitable Myrmecobius Would Not Numbat S3 VU None Nil habitat/Species fasciatus Occur locally extinct Red-tailed Phascogale S6 VU Unlikely None Nil No suitable habitat Phascogale calura South-western Phascogale Modification/loss Large areas of Very Brush-tailed tapoatafa S6 Possible of a small area of suitable habitat Low Phascogale wambenger habitat nearby Modification/loss Suitable habitat but Southern Brown Isoodon obesulus Very P4 Possible of a small area of limited Bandicoot fusciventer Low habitat extent/degraded

Would Not Species locally Bilby Macrotis lagotis S3 VU None Nil Occur extinct No suitable Western Ringtail Pseudocheirus S2 VU Unlikely None Nil habitat/Species Possum occidentalis locally extinct No suitable Setonix Would Not Quokka S3 VU None Nil habitat/Species brachyurus Occur locally extinct Habitat present is Bettongia Nil/Very Woylie S1 EN Unlikely None Likely unsuitable in penicillata ogilbyi Low quality/extent Modification/loss Large areas of Western Brush Very Macropus irma P4 Know to Occur of a small area of suitable habitat Wallaby Low habitat nearby Modification/loss Large areas of Western False Falsistrellus Nil/Very P4 Possible of a small area of suitable habitat Pipistrelle mackenziei Low habitat nearby Modification/loss Suitable habitat but Hydromys Nil/Very Water Rat P4 Possible of a small area of limited chrysogaster Low habitat extent/degraded See Appendix A for conservation Codes NOTE: “Degree of Impact” relates to the area and quality of habitat that is likely to be affected and also takes into account the extent of nearby suitable habitat.

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8. LEGISLATIVE OBLIGATIONS

8.1 WILDLIFE CONSERVATION ACT 1950

The objective of the Wildlife Conservation Act 1950 is to provide for the protection of wildlife. The WC Act is administered by the Executive Director of the Department of Environment and Conservation, under the direction and control of the Minister for the Environment. Under section 14, “Protection of Fauna”, of this Act, all fauna is wholly protected throughout the State at all times, unless declared by the Minister by notice in the Government Gazette. Under section 14(2)(ba) of The Act, Fauna Notices are made by the Minister for the Environment listing specially protected fauna.

Disturbance or destruction of any native fauna over and above that reasonably required for construction works and access is considered an offence under the WC Act and the proponent should take the necessary steps to inform all those involved in sites works of this fact. The proponent should, as part of a site works fauna management plan implement procedures that will reduce the chances of wildlife being injured or killed during clearing and construction on the site.

8.2 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1986

The purpose of the Environmental Protection Act (1986) is “...to provide for an Environmental Protection Authority, for the prevention, control and abatement of pollution and environmental harm, for the conservation, preservation, protection enhancement and management of the environment and for matters incidental to or connected with the foregoing”.

The powers of the Environmental Protection Act (1986) are administered by the Department of Environment Regulation (DER), which in relevant cases advises to the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA).

Legislation proclaimed on 8 July 2004 protects all native vegetation in Western Australia. Under the law, clearing native vegetation is prohibited, unless a clearing permit is granted by the DER, or the clearing is for an exempt purpose. These exemptions ensure that low impact day to day activities involving clearing can be undertaken. People that wish to clear are required to submit an application if an exemption does not apply.

Clearing applications are assessed against ten defined clearing principles related to native vegetation in the EP Act. These principles provide a guide for when native vegetation should not be cleared. The DER must consider these principles in making a decision on whether or not to issue a clearing permit. The DER has set out the minimum requirements and standards for addressing each of the ten principles in detail in its assessment methodology.

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It is understood that the MRWA have a state-wide purpose permit issued under the Native Vegetation Clearing Regulations 2004. The DER have however made it clear that the use of this permit is only appropriate if any proposed clearing is not at variance to any of the 10 clearing principles, these being:

Native vegetation should not be cleared if

(a) it comprises a high level of biological diversity;

(b) it comprises the whole or a part of, or is necessary for the maintenance of, a significant habitat for fauna indigenous to Western Australia;

(d) it comprises the whole or a part of, or is necessary for the maintenance of a threatened ecological community;

(e) it is significant as a remnant of native vegetation in an area that has been extensively cleared;

(f) it is growing in, or in association with, an environment associated with a watercourse or wetland;

(g) the clearing of the vegetation is likely to cause appreciable land degradation;

(h) the clearing of the vegetation is likely to have an impact on the environmental values of any adjacent or nearby conservation area;

(i) the clearing of the vegetation is likely to cause deterioration in the quality of surface or underground water; or

(j) clearing the vegetation is likely to cause, or exacerbate, the incidence of flooding.

One purpose of the assessment reported on here is to provide information relevant to principle (a) & (b). While the extent and location of clearing is currently not defined, similar habitats are common and widespread in the area. The overall faunal assemblage potentially present is therefore unlikely to be of a higher diversity or different to that found in similar habitats located elsewhere in the immediate vicinity. It could therefore be concluded that the area that may need to be cleared does not contain habitats of high ecological significance from a faunal perspective or contain faunal assemblages that are ecologically significant. Also, the area likely to be cleared will be spread over a distance of at least ~50 km. The impact of clearing on fauna or fauna habitat in general will therefore be relatively small at any one location.

The DER/DPaW will need to consider all available information relating to all 10 clearing principles including those relating to fauna. The demonstrated use of the study area by

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several species of conservation significance and the potential presence of several others will influence their decision making process, though it is difficult to predict specific outcomes as some discretion is exercised when assessing applications. Any proposed offsets are also taken into consideration.

8.3 ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION & BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION ACT 1999

A number of fauna species known to or potentially present within the study area are listed under the federal Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act). The objective of the EPBC Act is to provide for the protection of the environment, especially those aspects that are of national significance, promote ecologically sustainable development, the conservation of biodiversity and a cooperative approach to the protection and management of the environment.

EPBC Act listed fauna species (or their habitat) identified as being present in the study area were:

x Calyptorhynchus baudinii Baudin’s Black Cockatoo – Vulnerable;

x Calyptorhynchus latirostris Carnaby's Black Cockatoo – Endangered; and

x Calyptorhynchus banksii naso Forest Red-tailed Black Cockatoo – Vulnerable.

EPBC Act listed fauna species identified as possibly using the study area (or areas in close proximity) were:

x Ardea modesta Great Egret – Migratory;

x Ardea ibis Cattle Egret – Migratory;

x Apus pacificus Fork-tailed Swift – Migratory; and

x Dasyurus geoffroii Chuditch – Vulnerable.

A number of other EPBC Act listed threatened/migratory fauna species (or their habitat) were determined during the fauna assessment not to be present in the study area despite appearing in database searches (see Table 3 and Appendix E). Their exclusion from the potential species list is primarily justified by an obvious lack of suitable/important/significant habitat or known local extinction. Some species are not considered “potential” species despite possibly being present on occasions as their frequency of occurrence would be extremely rare and only temporary. It is also very unlikely that vegetation at the site represents habitat critical for the recovery of the respective threatened species in the area. These species will not be discussed further.

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If an action (i.e. the proposed clearing for road works) is deemed to have a potential “significant impact” on listed species a referral to the DotEE is required to ensure compliance with the EPBC Act. Currently, for the species in question, “significant impact” is defined within one document, this being:

x Department of the Environment (DotE) (2013). Matters of National Environmental Significance. Significant Impact Guidelines 1.1, EPBC Act 1999.

The DotEE have also released referral guidelines for black cockatoos which detail what scale of actions are likely to constitute “significant impact” and therefore require referral, these being:

x Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities (SEWPaC) (2012). EPBC Act Referral guidelines for three threatened black cockatoo species: Carnaby’s cockatoo (endangered) Calyptorhynchus latirostris, Baudin’s cockatoo (vulnerable) Calyptorhynchus baudinii, Forest red-tailed black cockatoo (vulnerable) Calyptorhynchus banksii naso.

An assessment of significant impact on federally listed fauna species and the possible need to refer the project to DotEE using criteria within the relevant abovementioned documents are provided below.

8.3.1 Black Cockatoos

The DotEE guidelines relating to black cockatoos are intended to assist proponents in determining whether an action (e.g. clearing native vegetation) needs to be referred to for more detailed assessment.

The following points provide general guidance on what, in DotEE’s view, may be at high and low risk of requiring a referral to ensure compliance with the EPBC Act as well as providing some guidance on uncertainty.

Actions that have a high risk of significant impacts

x Clearing of any known nesting tree.

x Clearing or degradation of any part of a vegetation community known to contain breeding habitat.

x Clearing of more than 1 ha of quality foraging habitat.

x Clearing or degradation (including pruning the top canopy) of a known night roosting site.

x Creating a gap of greater than 4 km between patches of black cockatoo habitat (breeding, foraging or roosting).

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Actions that have and uncertain risk of significant impacts

x Degradation (such as through altered hydrology or fire regimes) of more than 1 ha of foraging habitat. Significance will depend on the level and extent of degradation and the quality of the habitat.

x Clearing or disturbance in areas surrounding black cockatoo habitat that has the potential to degrade habitat through introduction of invasive species, edge effects, hydrological changes, increased human visitation or fire.

x Actions that do not directly affect the listed species but that have the potential for indirect impacts such as increasing competitors for nest hollows.

x Actions with the potential to introduce known plant diseases such as Phytophthora spp. to an area where the pathogen was not previously known.

Actions that have a low risk of significant impacts

x Actions that do not affect black cockatoo habitat or individuals.

x Actions whose impacts occur outside the modelled distribution of the three black cockatoos

The total extent of vegetation clearing required for the proposal to proceed has not been determined at this stage however it will require the removal of trees identified as potential breeding and foraging habitat. The removal of this vegetation is very likely to compromise at least two of the abovementioned criteria (i.e. clearing or degradation of any part of a vegetation community known to contain breeding habitat (any tree with a DBH >50cm (>30cm for wandoo)) and clearing of more than 1 ha of quality foraging habitat) and will therefore be seen by the DotEE as being likely to have a “significant impact” on black cockatoos.

The document “Matters of National Environmental Significance. Significant Impact Guidelines 1.1, EPBC Act 1999.” (DotE 2013) provides more detailed criteria related to what actually constitutes “significant impact” in DotEE’s view. An assessment of each of the criteria contained within the significant Impact guidelines document with respect to the realignment construction are provided in Table 5 below.

The criteria in the significant impact guidelines refer to ‘populations’ and ‘important populations’. It should be noted that these terms have not been defined for black cockatoos, due to the mobile and widely-distributed nature of these species, and the variation in flock compositions (for example, between breeding and non-breeding seasons). The DotEE therefore recommend that for black cockatoos, it is more appropriate to consider significance in terms of impacts on habitat rather than a resident population (SEWPaC 2012).

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For this reason, the assessment provide in Table 4 below addresses criteria with respect to possible habitat loss and not direct impacts on individual birds or populations of birds, though some criteria maybe considered irrelevant for assessing impact on black cockatoos given their non-sedentary habits.

Table 4: Assessment of Significant Impact on Black Cockatoos using Criteria for Vulnerable/Endangered Species (DotE 2013)

Criteria Assessment of Impact on Black Cockatoos

Lead to a long-term The study area contains foraging and potential breeding habitat for decrease in the size of black cockatoos but the extent of the proposed clearing at any one an important location is likely to be relatively small and very unlikely to lead to a population/population long term decrease in the size of a population (or important of a species? population).

The proposed works are near large areas of state forest and all three species of black cockatoo will continue to utilise the area as they do now despite the road works proceeding. No evidence has been gathered that suggests that the proposal would lead to a decrease in the size of the Carnaby's, Baudin’s or the Forest red- tailed black cockatoo population.

Reduce the area of The area of occupancy of black cockatoos will not change as a occupancy of an important consequence of the development proceeding. While some population/population of the potential/existing habitat may require clearing it is relatively small species? compared to the total area of remnant native vegetation in the near vicinity and black cockatoos will persist in these nearby areas despite development at the site.

Fragment an existing Construction of the realignment will not create a barrier to black important cockatoo movement in the area and/or fragment populations. population/population into two or more populations? Adversely affect habitat The area of vegetation requiring clearing at any one point is very critical to the survival of a small and not localised in one area. Substantial nearby areas of species? potential habitat for all the species in question will remain unaffected by the proposal. Habitat within the study area cannot be regarded as “critical to the survival of a species”.

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Criteria Assessment of Impact on Black Cockatoos

Disrupt the breeding cycle of No evidence of black cockatoos breeding within the study area was an important found. A number of trees were identified in or very near the study population/population? area that contained hollows which may possibly be suitable for black cockatoos to utilise for breeding, though no sign of actual use by black cockatoos was seen. It is recommended that clearing, if possible, be undertaken outside of black cockatoo breeding season and/or that all trees be carefully examined prior to removal to reduce the possibility that any actual breeding individuals are affected.

Modify, destroy, remove or The study area contains foraging and potential breeding habitat for isolate or decrease the black cockatoos but the extent of the proposed clearing will be availability or quality of relatively small at any one location and unlikely to lead to a long habitat to the extent that the term decrease in the size of a population (or important population). species is likely to decline? The proposed works are near large areas of state forest and all three species of black cockatoo will continue to utilise the area as they do now despite the road works proceeding. There is no evidence to suggest that the proposed clearing of a small area of vegetation over such a wide area would modify, destroy, remove, isolate or decrease the availability or quality of habitat to the extent that would cause any of the black cockatoo species population numbers to decline.

Result in invasive species The proposed works are unlikely to result in introduction of any new that are harmful to a harmful invasive species. vulnerable/endangered species becoming established in the vulnerable/endangered species’ habitat?

Introduce disease that may The proposed works are unlikely to introduce a disease that would cause the species to impact on black cockatoos. decline?

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Criteria Assessment of Impact on Black Cockatoos

Interfere substantially with The population growth of the black-cockatoos is primarily limited by the recovery of the species. factors associated with breeding, and consequently priority areas for the recovery of the species are currently focused on known breeding sites (Cale 2003).

The survey area does not represent a known breeding site and it is considered highly unlikely that development of the site will interfere substantially with the recovery of any of the black cockatoo species.

Is a Significant Impact No. The proposed action (i.e. road works requiring clearing) is Expected? not considered as likely to have a significant impact. This conclusion is primarily justified when considering the relatively small area of clearing likely to be required at any one point, the fact that it is spread over a wide area, apparent lack of breeding activity on site and the presence of substantial areas of similar habitat in nearby locations.

The above assessment using DotEE guidelines for referral suggests that the proposed road works represent an action that has a high risk of significant impact on black cockatoos because clearing of some potential breeding habitat and foraging habitat is likely to be required. However, the assessment of “significant impact” using DotEE criteria suggests that in this case, significant impact is in reality, unlikely.

8.3.2 Other Listed Threatened Fauna Species

Other EPBC Act listed species potentially present in the area are:

x Dasyurus geoffroii Chuditch – Vulnerable

An assessment of likely significant impact using DotEE criteria (DotE 2013) is provided below.

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Table 5: Assessment of Significant Impact on the Chuditch using Criteria for Vulnerable Species (DotE 2013)

Criteria Assessment of Impact on Chuditch

Lead to a long-term The fauna assessment found no direct evidence of chuditch utilising decrease in the size of the study area. Chuditch are relatively wide ranging species and an important assuming populations exist in the area, the clearing along the road population of a alignment is unlikely to significantly alter this species use of the species? area.

The proposed works are near large areas of state forest and any populations of the chuditch present will continue to utilise the area as they do now despite the road works proceeding. No evidence has been gathered that suggests that the proposal would lead to a decrease in the size of the chuditch populations.

Reduce the area of It is considered unlikely that the clearing required will have any occupancy of an important impact whatsoever on populations present in the area and the area population of the species? of occupancy of the species in question will not in any way be affected.

The proposed works are near large areas of state forest and any populations of the chuditch present will continue to utilise the area as they do now despite the road works proceeding. No evidence has been gathered that suggests that the proposal would result in a reduction in the area of occupancy of the chuditch.

Fragment an existing This degree of clearing could not possibly fragment any potential important population into two habitat to the extent that it would represent a barrier to fauna or more populations? movement above that which already exists.

Adversely affect habitat The area of vegetation requiring clearing at any one point is likely critical to the survival of a to be relatively small and not localised in one area. Substantial species? nearby areas of similar habitat will remain unaffected by the proposal. Habitat within the study area that will require removal cannot be regarded as “critical to the survival of a species and its removal is not anticipated to have any impact on the status of chuditch in the area.

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Criteria Assessment of Impact on Chuditch

Disrupt the breeding cycle of The area of vegetation requiring clearing at any one point is likely an important population? to be relatively small and not localised in one area. Substantial nearby areas of similar habitat to that present within the study area will remain unaffected by the proposal. Even if the home range of some breeding individuals overlaps the proposed clearing areas the extent of retained/unaffected vegetation is more than sufficient for individuals to persist unaffected.

Modify, destroy, remove or The fauna assessment found no direct evidence of chuditch utilising isolate or decrease the the study area. Chuditch are relatively wide ranging species and availability or quality of assuming populations exist in the area, the clearing along the road habitat to the extent that the alignment is unlikely to significantly alter this species use of the species is likely to decline? area.

Result in invasive species The potential future development of the site is unlikely to result in that are harmful to a introduction of any new harmful invasive species. vulnerable/endangered species becoming established in the vulnerable species’ habitat?

Introduce disease that may The proposed action is unlikely to introduce a disease that would cause the species to impact on chuditch. decline?

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Criteria Assessment of Impact on Chuditch

Interfere substantially with The area of vegetation requiring clearing at any one point is likely the recovery of the species. to be relatively small and not localised in one area. Substantial nearby areas of similar habitat to that present within the study area will remain unaffected by the proposal. Because of these factors it is considered unlikely that the proposed road works will interfere with the recovery of the chuditch.

Chuditch will continue to utilise the general area as they do now despite the proposal proceeding. There is no evidence to suggest that the proposed road construction and the removal of areas of vegetation would interfere with the recovery of any of the species in question.

Is a Significant Impact No. The proposed action (i.e. road works requiring clearing) is Expected? not considered as likely to have a significant impact. This conclusion is primarily justified when considering the relatively small area of clearing likely to be required at any one point, the fact that it is spread over a wide area and the presence of substantial areas of similar habitat in nearby locations.

The above assessment of “significant impact” using DotEE criteria suggests that in this case, significant impact on the chuditch is unlikely.

8.3.3 Migratory Species

EPBC Act listed migratory fauna species identified as using or possibly the study area were:

x Ardea alba Great Egret – Migratory;

x Ardea ibis Cattle Egret – Migratory; and

x Merops ornatus Rainbow Bee-eater – Migratory

The document “Matters of National Environmental Significance. Significant Impact Guidelines 1.1, EPBC Act 1999.” (DotE 2013) summarises what scale of actions would be considered likely to have a significant impact on listed migratory species.

Within this document an action has, will have, or is likely to have a significant impact on migratory species if it does, will, or is likely to:

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x substantially modify (including by fragmenting, altering fire regimes, altering nutrient cycles or altering hydrological cycles), destroy or isolate an area of important habitat of the migratory species; or

x result in invasive species that is harmful to the migratory species becoming established in an area of important habitat of the migratory species; or

x seriously disrupt the lifecycle (breeding, feeding, migration or resting behaviour) of an ecologically significant proportion of the population of the species.

An area of important habitat is:

x habitat utilised by a migratory species occasionally or periodically within a region that supports an ecologically significant proportion of the population of the species;

x habitat that is of critical importance to the species at particular life-cycle stages;

x habitat utilised by a migratory species which is at the limit of the species range; or

x habitat within an area where the species is declining.

To have a significant impact on a migratory species as defined under the DotEE Significant Impact Guidelines (DotE 2013), any proposed development would need to trigger at least one of the abovementioned significant impact criteria thresholds.

It is considered extremely unlikely that any of these thresholds relating to migratory species will be compromised by road works at the site at any scale.

The habitat within the area to be cleared that is likely to be used by migratory species does not represent “important habitat” and the number of individuals utilising this area would not, under any circumstances, represent an ecologically significant proportion of the population of any of the species in question and as such significant impact is extremely unlikely to eventuate.

9. RECOMMENDATIONS

The following recommendations are provided for guidance with respect to ensuring compliance with state and federal law in addition to options for avoiding or mitigating impact on fauna and fauna habitat as much as reasonable and practicable. It is recommended that:

x While the extent of clearing is relatively small and significant impact on EPBC Act species unlikely, consideration should still be given to referring the project to ensure

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compliance. This recommendation is primarily based on the presence of a black cockatoo habitat within likely clearing areas. x Planning for road works should aim to avoid the need to clear as much of the existing vegetation as possible. The larger more continuous remnants and areas with higher tree densities should be a priority for retention. Reducing the area of vegetation requiring removal will minimise possible offset requirements that maybe set by DoTEE, if the project is referred and determined to be a “controlled action”. x During clearing operations a suitably experienced “fauna spotter” should be employed to inspect logs, trees and hollows (where possible) before clearing to reduce likelihood of injury to fauna. Trees observed to contain hollows should be felled in a manner that reduces the likelihood that fauna present will be injured. Hollows in fallen trees should be inspected for fauna prior to removal from the site. If feasible any fauna encountered should be relocated to suitable retained habitat nearby. x During site works areas requiring clearing should be clearly marked and access to other areas restricted to prevent accidental clearing of areas to be retained. x Design additional project infrastructure, including access routes, vehicle and plant storage and turn around areas, borrow pits etc. so that:

o previously disturbed areas are used where possible; and

o areas of sensitive vegetation are avoided. x Construction in the vicinity of water courses should, if possible, be done within the drier months of the year. An erosion and sediment control plan should be developed and implemented. Appropriate rehabilitation or erosion control structures should be in place prior to the first winter rains. x Fuel and chemical storage facilities should be located appropriate distance away from watercourses. x No dead, standing or fallen timber should be removed unnecessarily. Logs (hollow or not) and other debris resulting from land clearing should be used to enhance fauna habitat in untouched and rehabilitated areas if possible. Where possible, logs are to be retained either by pushing the logs into the surrounding forest, when significant disturbance to the forest can be avoided, or the logs cut so that the length of log outside the clearing area remains insitu. x All staff working on site should be made aware that native fauna is protected. Personnel working on the project should not be allowed to bring firearms, other weapons or pets onsite.

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x Major clearing operations should avoid the peak breeding times of threatened species that utilise tree hollows, fallen hollow logs and burrows. The documented breeding and fledging times of the respective species (see below) suggests that the best time to carry out clearing at the site would be in the month of April so as to avoid the peak breeding times for most of the species in question. With respect to cockatoos it would also be possible to carry out observations of potential nest hollows to establish if they were in use if clearing needed to be undertaken at other times.

Forest Red-tailed Black Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus banksii naso J F M A M J J A S O N D

Baudin’s Black- Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus baudinii J F M A M J J A S O N D

Carnaby’s Black- Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus latirostris J F M A M J J A S O N D

Chuditch Dasyurus geoffroii J F M A M J J A S O N D

South-western Brush-tailed Phascogale Phascogale tapoatafa wambenger J F M A M J J A S O N D

J Period in which breeding is most likely to commence Period in which fledging/weening could extend through

x Native fauna injured during clearing or normal site operations should be taken to a designated veterinary clinic or a DPAW nominated wildlife carer.

x Any holes, pits or trenches required for services should be kept open for only as long as necessary and suitable escape ramps (45° batter) and bridging provided if the site is to be left unattended for extended periods. Significant sized holes, pits or trenches should be inspected for fauna immediately prior to filling.

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10. CONCLUSION

The fauna assessment within the study area was undertaken for the purposes of categorising the fauna assemblages and identifying fauna habitats. Targeted searches to quantify the extent and quality of black cockatoo habitat present were also carried out. The report presented here was originally completed in 2011. To ensure current available information was used in the assessment it was updated in April 2017. This recent review has not resulted in any significant changes to conclusions drawn in the original assessment.

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PLATES

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Plate 1: Granite Outcrops with Marri over Acacia Shrubland (~SLK 14.0 to 16.0).

Plate 2: Paddock with planted Acacia, Flooded Gum and Swamp Paperbark (~SLK 17.38).

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Plate 3: Jarrah-Marri Woodland over Low Open Shrubland (~SLK 19.70 and 20.80).

Plate 4: Jarrah-Marri Woodland Bordering Road Reserve (Looking East ~SLK 27.25).

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Plate 5: Plantation of Unknown Eucalypts (~SLK 40.0).

Plate 6: Wandoo and Jarrah bordering Northern Road Verge (~SLK 55.0).

PINJARRA - WILLIAMS ROAD (SLK 14.0 – 67.0) – FAUNA ASSESSMENT – APRIL 2017 – V4

APPENDIX A

CONSERVATION CATEGORIES

EPBC Act (1999) Threatened Fauna Categories

Threatened fauna may be listed under Section 178 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) in any one of the following categories:

Category Code Description There is no reasonable doubt that the last Extinct E member of the species has died. A species (a) is known only to survive in cultivation, in captivity or as a naturalised population well outside its past range; or *Extinct in the wild EW (b) has not been recorded in its known and/or expected habitat, at appropriate seasons, anywhere in its past range, despite exhaustive surveys over a time frame appropriate to its life cycle and form. A species is facing an extremely high risk of *Critically Endangered CE extinction in the wild in the immediate future. A species: (a) is not critically endangered; and *Endangered EN (b) is facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild in the near future. A species (a) is not critically endangered or endangered; *Vulnerable VU and (b) is facing a high risk of extinction in the wild in the medium-term future. A species is the focus of a specific conservation program the cessation of which Conservation Dependent CD would result in the species becoming vulnerable, endangered or critically endangered (a) all migratory species that are: (i) native species; and (ii) from time to time included in the appendices to the Bonn Convention; and (b) all migratory species from time to time *Migratory Migratory included in annexes established under JAMBA, CAMBA and ROKAMBA; and (c) all native species from time to time identified in a list established under, or an instrument made under, an international agreement approved by the Minister. Species in the list established under s248 of Marine Ma the EPBC Act Note: Only species in those categories marked with an asterix are matters of national environmental significance (NES) under the EPBC Act.

Wildlife Conservation (Specially Protected Fauna) Notice 2015 Categories

Published as Specially Protected under the Wildlife Conservation Act 1950, and listed under Schedules 1 to 7 of the Wildlife Conservation (Specially Protected Fauna) Notice.

The assessment of the conservation status of these species is based on their national extent and ranked according to their level of threat using IUCN Red List categories and criteria as detailed below.

Category Code Description Schedule 1

Threatened species considered to be facing an extremely high risk of Critically CR extinction in the wild. Endangered species Schedule 2 Threatened species considered to be facing a very high risk of EN Endangered extinction in the wild. species Schedule 3 Threatened species considered to be facing a high risk of VU Vulnerable extinction in the wild. species Schedule 4 Species which have been adequately searched for and there is EX Presumed no reasonable doubt that the last individual has died. extinct species Schedule 5

Birds that are subject to an agreement between the government Migratory birds of Australia and the governments of Japan (JAMBA), China protected IA (CAMBA) and The Republic of Korea (ROKAMBA), and the under an Bonn Convention, relating to the protection of migratory birds. international agreement Schedule 6

Fauna that is of special Fauna of special conservation need being species dependent conservation CD on ongoing conservation intervention to prevent it becoming need as eligible for listing as threatened. conservation dependent fauna Schedule 7

Fauna otherwise in need of special protection to ensure their Other specially OS conservation. protected fauna.

Western Australian DPaW Priority Fauna Categories

Possibly threatened species that do not meet survey criteria, or are otherwise data deficient, are added to the Priority Fauna under Priorities 1, 2 or 3. These three categories are ranked in order of priority for survey and evaluation of conservation status so that consideration can be given to their declaration as threatened flora or fauna.

Species that are adequately known, are rare but not threatened, or meet criteria for near threatened, or that have been recently removed from the threatened species or other specially protected fauna lists for other than taxonomic reasons, are placed in Priority 4. These species require regular monitoring.

Assessment of Priority codes is based on the Western Australian distribution of the species, unless the distribution in WA is part of a contiguous population extending into adjacent States, as defined by the known spread of locations.

Category Code Description Species that are known from one or a few locations (generally five or less) which are potentially at risk. All occurrences are either: very small; or on Priority 1 lands not managed for conservation, e.g. agricultural or pastoral lands, urban areas, road and rail reserves, gravel reserves and active mineral leases; or Poorly P1 otherwise under threat of habitat destruction or degradation. Species may be Known included if they are comparatively well known from one or more locations but Species. do not meet adequacy of survey requirements and appear to be under immediate threat from known threatening processes. Such species are in urgent need of further survey. Species that are known from one or a few locations (generally five or less), some of which are on lands managed primarily for nature conservation, e.g. Priority 2 national parks, conservation parks, nature reserves and other lands with

secure tenure being managed for conservation. Species may be included if Poorly P2 they are comparatively well known from one or more locations but do not Known meet adequacy of survey requirements and appear to be under threat from Species. known threatening processes. Such species are in urgent need of further survey. Species that are known from several locations and the species does not Priority 3 appear to be under imminent threat, or from few but widespread locations with either large population size or significant remaining areas of apparently Poorly P3 suitable habitat, much of it not under imminent threat. Species may be Known included if they are comparatively well known from several locations but do Species. not meet adequacy of survey requirements and known threatening processes exist that could affect them. Such species are in need of further survey. (a) Rare: Species that are considered to have been adequately surveyed, or for which sufficient knowledge is available, and that are considered not Priority 4 currently threatened or in need of special protection, but could be if present circumstances change. These species are usually represented Rare, Near on conservation lands. Threatened P4 and other (b) Near Threatened: Species that are considered to have been adequately species in surveyed and that do not qualify for Conservation Dependent, but that need of are close to qualifying for Vulnerable. monitoring. (c) Species that have been removed from the list of threatened species during the past five years for reasons other than taxonomy.

*Species includes all taxa (plural of taxon - a classificatory group of any taxonomic rank, e.g. a family, genus, species or any infraspecific category i.e. subspecies or variety, or a distinct population). IUCN Red List Threatened Species Categories

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ is a checklist of taxa that have undergone an extinction risk assessment using the IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria.

Categories are summarized below.

Category Code Description Taxa for which there is no reasonable doubt that Extinct EX the last individual has died. Taxa which is known only to survive in cultivation, in captivity or and as a naturalised population well Extinct in the outside its past range and it has not been EW Wild recorded in known or expected habitat despite exhaustive survey over a time frame appropriate to its life cycle and form. Critically Taxa facing an extremely high risk of extinction in CR Endangered the wild. Taxa facing a very high risk of extinction in the Endangered EN wild.

Vulnerable VU Taxa facing a high risk of extinction in the wild.

Taxa which has been evaluated but does not Near NT qualify for CR, EN or VU now but is close to Threatened qualifying or likely to qualify in the near future. Taxa which has been evaluated but does not Least Concern LC qualify for CR, EN, VU, or NT but is likely to qualify for NT in the near future. Taxa for which there is inadequate information to make a direct or indirect assessment of its risk of Data Deficient DD extinction based on its distribution and/or population status.

Not Evaluated NE Taxa which has not been evaluated.

A full list of categories and their meanings are available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org/technical-documents/categories-and-criteria/2001-categories- criteria PINJARRA - WILLIAMS ROAD (SLK 14.0 – 67.0) – FAUNA ASSESSMENT – APRIL 2017 – V4

APPENDIX B

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APPENDIX C

NATUREMAP & EPBC DATABASE SEARCH RESULTS

NatureMap- Dwellingup Created By Greg Harewood on 07/04/2017

Kingdom Animalia Current Names Only Yes Core Datasets Only Yes Method 'By Circle' Centre 116° 12' 15'' E,32° 47' 11'' S Buffer 30km Group By Species Group

Species Group Species Records Amphibian 14 353 Bird 154 7828 Fish 8 12 Invertebrate 1268 6400 Mammal 39 11764 Reptile 54 3049 TOTAL 1537 29406

Name ID Species Name Naturalised Conservation Code 1Endemic To Query Area Amphibian 1. 25398 Crinia georgiana (Quacking Frog) 2. 25399 Crinia glauerti (Clicking Frog) 3. 25401 Crinia pseudinsignifera (Bleating Froglet) 4. 25404 Geocrinia leai (Ticking Frog) 5. 25409 Heleioporus barycragus (Hooting Frog) 6. 25410 Heleioporus eyrei (Moaning Frog) 7. 25411 Heleioporus inornatus (Whooping Frog) 8. 25412 Heleioporus psammophilus (Sand Frog) 9. 25415 Limnodynastes dorsalis (Western Banjo Frog) 10. 25378 Litoria adelaidensis (Slender Tree Frog) 11. 25388 Litoria moorei (Motorbike Frog) 12. 25420 Myobatrachus gouldii (Turtle Frog) 13. 25426 Neobatrachus pelobatoides (Humming Frog) 14. 25433 Pseudophryne guentheri (Crawling Toadlet) Bird 15. 24260 Acanthiza apicalis (Broad-tailed Thornbill, Inland Thornbill) 16. 24261 Acanthiza chrysorrhoa (Yellow-rumped Thornbill) 17. 24262 Acanthiza inornata (Western Thornbill) 18. 24560 Acanthorhynchus superciliosus (Western Spinebill) 19. 25535 Accipiter cirrocephalus (Collared Sparrowhawk) 20. 25536 Accipiter fasciatus (Brown Goshawk) 21. 24282 Accipiter fasciatus subsp. fasciatus (Brown Goshawk) 22. 25755 Acrocephalus australis (Australian Reed Warbler) 23. 41323 Actitis hypoleucos (Common Sandpiper) IA 24. 25544 Aegotheles cristatus (Australian Owlet-nightjar) 25. 24301 Aegotheles cristatus subsp. cristatus (Australian Owlet-nightjar) 26. 24312 Anas gracilis (Grey Teal) 27. 24315 Anas rhynchotis (Australasian Shoveler) 28. 24316 Anas superciliosa (Pacific Black Duck) 29. 47414 Anhinga novaehollandiae (Australasian Darter) 30. 24561 Anthochaera carunculata (Red Wattlebird) 31. 24562 Anthochaera lunulata (Western Little Wattlebird) 32. 25670 Anthus australis (Australian Pipit) 33. 24285 Aquila audax (Wedge-tailed Eagle) 34. 41324 Ardea modesta (Eastern Great Egret) IA 35. 24340 Ardea novaehollandiae (White-faced Heron) 36. 24341 Ardea pacifica (White-necked Heron) 37. 25566 Artamus cinereus (Black-faced Woodswallow) 38. 24353 Artamus cyanopterus (Dusky Woodswallow) 39. 24358 Atrichornis clamosus (Noisy Scrub-bird)

NatureMap is a collaborative project of the Department of Parks and Wildlife and the Western Australian Museum.

Page 1 Name ID Species Name Naturalised Conservation Code 1Endemic To Query Area T 40. 24318 Aythya australis (Hardhead) 41. Barnardius zonarius 42. 24319 Biziura lobata (Musk Duck) 43. 24359 Burhinus grallarius (Bush Stone-curlew) 44. 25715 Cacatua roseicapilla (Galah) 45. 25716 Cacatua sanguinea (Little Corella) 46. 25598 Cacomantis flabelliformis (Fan-tailed Cuckoo) 47. 42307 Cacomantis pallidus (Pallid Cuckoo) 48. 24269 Calamanthus campestris (Rufous Fieldwren) 49. 25717 Calyptorhynchus banksii (Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo) 50. 24731 Calyptorhynchus banksii subsp. naso (Forest Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo) T 51. 24733 Calyptorhynchus baudinii (Baudin's Cockatoo (long-billed black-cockatoo), Baudin's T Cockatoo) 52. 24734 Calyptorhynchus latirostris (Carnaby's Cockatoo (short-billed black-cockatoo), T Carnaby's Cockatoo) 53. 24321 Chenonetta jubata (Australian Wood Duck, Wood Duck) 54. 47909 Cheramoeca leucosterna (White-backed Swallow) 55. 24431 Chrysococcyx basalis (Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo) 56. 25601 Chrysococcyx lucidus (Shining Bronze Cuckoo) 57. 24288 Circus approximans (Swamp Harrier) 58. 24774 Cladorhynchus leucocephalus (Banded Stilt) 59. 25675 Colluricincla harmonica (Grey Shrike-thrush) 60. 24399 Columba livia (Domestic Pigeon) Y 61. 24361 Coracina maxima (Ground Cuckoo-shrike) 62. 25568 Coracina novaehollandiae (Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike) 63. 24416 Corvus bennetti (Little Crow) 64. 25592 Corvus coronoides (Australian Raven) 65. 24671 Coturnix pectoralis (Stubble Quail) 66. 25595 Cracticus tibicen (Australian Magpie) 67. 25596 Cracticus torquatus (Grey Butcherbird) 68. 24322 Cygnus atratus (Black Swan) 69. 30901 Dacelo novaeguineae (Laughing Kookaburra) Y 70. 25673 Daphoenositta chrysoptera (Varied Sittella) 71. 25607 Dicaeum hirundinaceum (Mistletoebird) 72. 24470 Dromaius novaehollandiae (Emu) 73. Egretta novaehollandiae 74. Elanus axillaris 75. 47937 Elseyornis melanops (Black-fronted Dotterel) 76. Eolophus roseicapillus 77. 24651 Eopsaltria australis subsp. griseogularis (Western Yellow Robin) 78. 24652 Eopsaltria georgiana (White-breasted Robin) 79. 24567 Epthianura albifrons (White-fronted Chat) 80. 25621 Falco berigora (Brown Falcon) 81. 25622 Falco cenchroides (Australian Kestrel, Nankeen Kestrel) 82. 25623 Falco longipennis (Australian Hobby) 83. 25624 Falco peregrinus (Peregrine Falcon) S 84. 25727 Fulica atra (Eurasian Coot) 85. 24761 Fulica atra subsp. australis (Eurasian Coot) 86. 24763 Gallinula tenebrosa subsp. tenebrosa (Dusky Moorhen) 87. Gallus gallus 88. 25530 Gerygone fusca (Western Gerygone) 89. 47962 Glyciphila melanops (Tawny-crowned Honeyeater) 90. 24443 Grallina cyanoleuca (Magpie-lark) 91. 24295 Haliastur sphenurus (Whistling Kite) 92. 24296 Hamirostra isura (Square-tailed Kite) 93. 47965 Hieraaetus morphnoides (Little Eagle) 94. 25734 Himantopus himantopus (Black-winged Stilt) 95. 24491 Hirundo neoxena (Welcome Swallow) 96. 25571 Lalage leucomela (Varied Triller) 97. 24367 Lalage tricolor (White-winged Triller) 98. 24557 Leipoa ocellata (Malleefowl) T 99. 25659 Lichenostomus leucotis (White-eared Honeyeater) 100. 25661 Lichmera indistincta (Brown Honeyeater) 101. Lophoictinia isura 102. 25650 Malurus elegans (Red-winged Fairy-wren) 103. 24551 Malurus pulcherrimus (Blue-breasted Fairy-wren) 104. 25654 Malurus splendens (Splendid Fairy-wren) 105. 24552 Malurus splendens subsp. splendens (Splendid Fairy-wren) 106. 47997 Melanodryas cucullata (Hooded Robin)

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Page 2 Name ID Species Name Naturalised Conservation Code 1Endemic To Query Area 107. 25663 Melithreptus brevirostris (Brown-headed Honeyeater) 108. 24587 Melithreptus chloropsis (Western White-naped Honeyeater) 109. 24598 Merops ornatus (Rainbow Bee-eater) IA 110. Microcarbo melanoleucos 111. 25693 Microeca fascinans (Jacky Winter) 112. 25610 Myiagra inquieta (Restless Flycatcher) 113. 24738 Neophema elegans (Elegant Parrot) 114. 25564 Nycticorax caledonicus (Rufous Night Heron) 115. 24742 Nymphicus hollandicus (Cockatiel) 116. 24407 Ocyphaps lophotes (Crested Pigeon) 117. 24618 Oreoica gutturalis (Crested Bellbird) 118. 25680 Pachycephala rufiventris (Rufous Whistler) 119. 25681 Pardalotus punctatus (Spotted Pardalote) 120. 25682 Pardalotus striatus (Striated Pardalote) 121. 24630 Pardalotus striatus subsp. westraliensis (Striated Pardalote) 122. 48060 Petrochelidon ariel (Fairy Martin) 123. 48061 Petrochelidon nigricans (Tree Martin) 124. 48066 Petroica boodang (Scarlet Robin) 125. 24659 Petroica goodenovii (Red-capped Robin) 126. 25697 Phalacrocorax carbo (Great Cormorant) 127. 25698 Phalacrocorax melanoleucos (Little Pied Cormorant) 128. 24667 Phalacrocorax sulcirostris (Little Black Cormorant) 129. 25699 Phalacrocorax varius (Pied Cormorant) 130. 24409 Phaps chalcoptera (Common Bronzewing) 131. 25587 Phaps elegans (Brush Bronzewing) 132. 48071 Phylidonyris niger (White-cheeked Honeyeater) 133. 24596 Phylidonyris novaehollandiae (New Holland Honeyeater) 134. 24841 Platalea flavipes (Yellow-billed Spoonbill) 135. 25720 Platycercus icterotis (Western Rosella) 136. 24745 Platycercus icterotis subsp. icterotis (Western Rosella) 137. 24747 Platycercus spurius (Red-capped Parrot) 138. 25721 Platycercus zonarius (Australian Ringneck, Ring-necked Parrot) 139. 24750 Platycercus zonarius subsp. semitorquatus (Twenty-eight Parrot) 140. 25703 Podargus strigoides (Tawny Frogmouth) 141. 24679 Podargus strigoides subsp. brachypterus (Tawny Frogmouth) 142. 24681 Poliocephalus poliocephalus (Hoary-headed Grebe) 143. 24684 Pomatostomus temporalis subsp. rubeculus (Grey-crowned Babbler) 144. 25731 Porphyrio porphyrio (Purple Swamphen) 145. 24767 Porphyrio porphyrio subsp. bellus (Purple Swamphen) 146. 24769 Porzana fluminea (Australian Spotted Crake) 147. 24771 Porzana tabuensis (Spotless Crake) 148. 48085 Psittacula krameri (Indian Ringnecked Parrot, Rose-ringed Parakeet) Y 149. Purpureicephalus spurius 150. 48096 Rhipidura albiscapa (Grey Fantail) 151. 25614 Rhipidura leucophrys (Willie Wagtail) 152. 25534 Sericornis frontalis (White-browed Scrubwren) 153. 30948 Smicrornis brevirostris (Weebill) 154. 24645 Stagonopleura oculata (Red-eared Firetail) 155. 25597 Strepera versicolor (Grey Currawong) 156. 25589 Streptopelia chinensis (Spotted Turtle-Dove) Y 157. 25590 Streptopelia senegalensis (Laughing Turtle-Dove) Y 158. 25705 Tachybaptus novaehollandiae (Australasian Grebe, Black-throated Grebe) 159. 24682 Tachybaptus novaehollandiae subsp. novaehollandiae (Australasian Grebe, Black- throated Grebe) 160. 24331 Tadorna tadornoides (Australian Shelduck, Mountain Duck) 161. 24845 Threskiornis spinicollis (Straw-necked Ibis) 162. 25549 Todiramphus sanctus (Sacred Kingfisher) 163. 25723 Trichoglossus haematodus (Rainbow Lorikeet) 164. 48147 Turnix varius (Painted Button-quail) 165. 24851 Turnix velox (Little Button-quail) 166. 24852 Tyto alba subsp. delicatula (Barn Owl) 167. 25764 Tyto novaehollandiae (Masked Owl) 168. 25765 Zosterops lateralis (Grey-breasted White-eye, Silvereye) Fish 169. Bostockia porosa 170. Carassius auratus 171. Edelia vittata 172. 34028 Galaxias occidentalis (Western Minnow) 173. Gambusia affinis 174. Gonorynchus greyi

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Page 3 Name ID Species Name Naturalised Conservation Code 1Endemic To Query Area 1014. Genus fc911 sp. fc911 1015. Genus fc916 sp. fc916 1016. Genus fc917 sp. fc917 1017. Genus fc918 sp. fc918 1018. Genus fc919 sp. fc919 1019. Genus fc92 sp. fc92 1020. Genus fc921 sp. fc921 1021. Genus fc923 sp. fc923 1022. Genus fc925 sp. fc925 1023. Genus fc926 sp. fc926 Y 1024. Genus fc931 sp. fc931 Y 1025. Genus fc932 sp. fc932 Y 1026. Genus fc933 sp. fc933 1027. Genus fc936 sp. fc936 1028. Genus fc937 sp. fc937 1029. Genus fc942 sp. fc942 1030. Genus fc943 sp. fc943 1031. Genus fc944 sp. fc944 1032. Genus fc947 sp. fc947 1033. Genus fc949 sp. fc949 Y 1034. Genus fc95 sp. fc95 1035. Genus fc950 sp. fc950 1036. Genus fc954 sp. fc954 1037. Genus fc957 sp. fc957 1038. Genus fc959 sp. fc959 Y 1039. Genus fc96 sp. fc96 1040. Genus fc960 sp. fc960 1041. Genus fc961 sp. fc961 1042. Genus fc962 sp. fc962 1043. Genus fc963 sp. fc963 Y 1044. Genus fc964 sp. fc964 Y 1045. Genus fc965 sp. fc965 Y 1046. Genus fc966 sp. fc966 1047. Genus fc969 sp. fc969 1048. Genus fc97 sp. fc97 1049. Genus fc972 sp. fc972 1050. Genus fc973 sp. fc973 1051. Genus fc975 sp. fc975 Y 1052. Genus fc978 sp. fc978 1053. Genus fc980 sp. fc980 1054. Genus fc983 sp. fc983 1055. Genus fc986 sp. fc986 1056. Genus fc992 sp. fc992 1057. Genus fc996 sp. fc996 1058. Genus fc999 sp. fc999 1059. Geogarypus taylori 1060. Gomphidae sp. 1061. Goniaea opomaloides 1062. Goniaea sp. fc1441 1063. Goniaea sp. fc233 1064. Goniaea sp. fc235 1065. Goniaea sp. fc2682 1066. Goniaea sp. fc272 1067. Goniaea sp. fc304 1068. Goniaea sp. fc871 1069. Goniaea sp. fc872 1070. Goniaea vocans 1071. Goniaoidea sp. fc1261 1072. Gordiidae sp. 1073. Gripopterygidae sp. 1074. Gymnometriocnemus sp. 1 (=V44 = ortho sp. C & R) 1075. Gymnometriocnemus sp. 2 (=V45=spA&B=ortho sp. O) 1076. Gyrinidae sp. 1077. Habronestes bradleyi 1078. Hadrotarsus fulvus 1079. Halacaridae sp. 1080. Haliplidae sp. 1081. Harpobittacus phaeoscius 1082. Harpobittacus similis 1083. Harrisius sp. A (SAP)

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Page 16 Name ID Species Name Naturalised Conservation Code 1Endemic To Query Area 1084. Harrisius sp. B (SFM) 1085. Heliomystis sp. fc663 1086. Hemicordulia tau 1087. Hemicorduliidae sp. 1088. Hemigomphus armiger Y 1089. Hemipauropus clava Y 1090. Henicops dentatus 1091. Heteronyx sp. fc1073 1092. Heteronyx sp. fc1822 1093. Heteronyx sp. fc28 1094. Heteronyx sp. fc347 1095. Heteronyx sp. fc363 1096. Heteronyx sp. fc70 1097. Hierodula sp. fc767 1098. Hirudinea sp. 1099. Hoggicosa storri 1100. Hogna immansueta 1101. Hyborrhinus sp. fc748 Y 1102. Hyborrhinus sp. fc934 Y 1103. Hyderodes sp. 1104. Hydraenidae sp. 1105. Hydrobiosella michaelseni 1106. Hydrobiosella sp. AV16 1107. Hydrobiosidae sp. 1108. Hydrophilidae sp. 1109. Hydrophilus triangulans 1110. Hydropsychidae sp. 1111. Hydroptila losida 1112. Hydroptilidae sp. 1113. Hyocephalus auprugnus 1114. Hypobapta barnardi 1115. Hypobapta sp. fc955 1116. Hypsimetopodidae sp. 1117. Idiommata blackwalli 1118. Indolpium sp. 1119. Iphierga sp. fc1454 1120. Isopeda leishmanni 1121. Juxtapauropus flexus Y 1122. Karaops ellenae 1123. Karaops jarrit 1124. Kiefferulus martini 1125. Lagynochthonius australicus 1126. Lampona ampeinna 1127. Lampona brevipes 1128. Lampona cylindrata 1129. Lampona dwellingup Y 1130. Lancetes lanceolatus 1131. Lancetes sp. 1132. Laperousea blattifera 1133. Laperousea cupidinea Y 1134. Lathrocordulia metallica 1135. Latrodectus hasseltii 1136. Laxta sp. fc2597 1137. Laxta sp. fc27 1138. Lectrides parilis 1139. Lepidoptera (non-pyralid) 1140. Leptoc Genus A sp. AV1 1141. Leptoceridae sp. 1142. Leptoperla australica 1143. Leptophlebiid genus S sp. AV1 1144. Leptophlebiidae sp. 1145. Leptopius maleficus 1146. Leptopius sp. fc709 Y 1147. Lestidae sp. 1148. Libellulidae sp. 1149. Limbodessus inornatus 1150. Limnophyes vestitus (V41) 1151. Lissomma serpentaria 1152. Longepi woodman 1153. Lopescladius? V35 (=SO3 sp. D)

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Page 17 Name ID Species Name Naturalised Conservation Code 1Endemic To Query Area 1154. Lycidas chlorophthalmus 1155. Lycosa ariadnae 1156. Lycosa godeffroyi 1157. Lycosa leuckartii 1158. Lycosura bispinosa Y 1159. Lyncestis melanoschista 1160. Macrogyrus sp. fc440 1161. Maechidius sp. fc287 1162. Mandalotus sp. fc2479 1163. Masasteron maini 1164. Maydenoptila sp. 1165. Megapodagrionidae sp. 1166. Melanotranes roei 1167. Melobasis gloriosa Y 1168. Melobasis sp Y 1169. Melobasis sp. fc1443 Y 1170. Mesostigmata sp. 1171. Metistete sp. fc1104 1172. Metistete sp. fc340 1173. Metistete sp. fc839 1174. Metriolagria sp. fc192 1175. Metriorrhynchus sp. fc2000 1176. Metriorrhynchus sp. fc99 1177. Microctenonyx subitaneus 1178. Miniargiolestes minimus 1179. Missulena granulosa 1180. Mituliodon tarantulinus 1181. Mitzoruga insularis 1182. Moerarchis clathrella 1183. Molycria quadricauda 1184. Muscidae sp. 1185. Muziris carinatus 1186. Myandra bicincta 1187. Myrmecia picticeps 1188. Myrmecia sp. fc2046 1189. Myrmecia sp. fc252 1190. Myrmecia sp. fc281 1191. Myrmecia sp. fc487 1192. Myrmecia sp. fc552 1193. Myrmecia sp. fc945 1194. Myrmecia sp. fc998 1195. Myrmecia vindex 1196. Naididae sp. 1197. Neboissophlebia occidentalis 1198. Necterosoma sp. 1199. Nematoda sp. 1200. Neolucia agricola 1201. Neoniphargidae sp. 1202. Neotemnopteryx sp. fc120 1203. Neotemnopteryx sp. fc591 1204. Nephila edulis 1205. Nerthra sp. fc1567 1206. Nerthra sp. fc2694 1207. Nesogaster sp. fc1113 1208. Nesopauropus postlei Y 1209. Newmanoperla exigua 1210. Newmanoperla sp. 1211. Nicodamus mainae 1212. Notalina nr. sp. AV14 1213. Notalina sp. AV15 (PSW) 1214. Notalina sp. AV16 (SFM) 1215. Notonectidae sp. 1216. Notonomus sp. fc746 1217. Notonomus sp. fc747 Y 1218. Notoperata tenax 1219. Nousia sp. AV16 1220. Nunciella aspera 1221. Nyungara bunni 1222. Occiperipatoides gilesii 1223. Ochrogaster sp. fc10

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Page 18 Name ID Species Name Naturalised Conservation Code 1Endemic To Query Area 1224. Ochrogaster sp. fc2655 1225. Ochrogaster sp. fc7 1226. Oecetis sp. 1227. Oecobius navus 1228. Oectosis sp. fc1307 1229. Oectosis sp. fc711 1230. Oectosis sp. fc778 1231. Oenochroma cerasiplaga 1232. Oenochroma sp. fc31 1233. Oenochroma sp. fc976 Y 1234. Oenochroma vinaria 1235. Oenosandra boisduvalii 1236. Offadens soror (ex genus 1 WA sp. 1) 1237. Oligochaeta sp. 1238. Omorgus sp. fc1097 1239. Omorgus sp. fc825 1240. Omorgus sp. fc848 1241. Omorgus sp. fc935 Y 1242. Oniscidae sp. 1243. Onosandrus sp. fc526 1244. Onthophagus ferox 1245. Onthophagus sp. fc3218 1246. Ophion sp. fc87 1247. Opisthopora sp. 1248. Opodiphthera helena 1249. Oratemnus curtus 1250. Orthocladiinae SO3 sp. A (SAP) 1251. Orthocladiinae sp. 1252. Ostracoda (unident.) 1253. Oxidae sp. 1254. Oxyethira sp. 1255. Oxyops fasciata 1256. Oxyops pictipennis 1257. Ozarchaea harveyi 1258. Pachysaga sp. fc688 1259. Palaemonidae sp. 1260. Pantydia sp. fc329 1261. Pantydia sp. fc388 1262. Pantydia sp. fc5 1263. Paraborniella tonnoiri 1264. Paracladopelma M1 [SFM) 1265. Paracymus sp. 1266. Paralimnophyes pullulus (V42) 1267. Paramelitidae sp. 1268. Paramerina levidensis 1269. Parapriasus sp. fc912 Y 1270. Parastacidae sp. 1271. Paropsis sp. fc1825 1272. Paropsis sp. fc667 1273. Paropsis sp. fc913 1274. Paropsisterna sp. fc463 1275. Paropsisterna sp. fc665 1276. Paropsisterna sp. fc786 1277. Paroster couragei 1278. Pauropus corniculans Y 1279. Pauropus eucalyptus Y 1280. Pauropus lanceolus Y 1281. Pauropus prolixus Y 1282. Pediana occidentalis 1283. Pelororhinus sulcirostris 1284. Pentaneurini genus C 1285. Pentaneurini genus V20 1286. Pentasteron longiconductor 1287. Peripyra sanguinipucta 1288. Periscepta polysticta 1289. Persectania ewingii 1290. Perthiidae sp. 1291. Phallaria ophiusaria 1292. Philophloeus eucalypti 1293. Philopotamidae sp.

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Page 19 Name ID Species Name Naturalised Conservation Code 1Endemic To Query Area 1294. Pholodes sp. fc384 1295. Phonographa graeffei 1296. Phreatoicidae sp. 1297. Phreodrilidae sp. 1298. Phryganoporus candidus 1299. Physidae sp. 1300. Pionidae sp. 1301. Planorbidae sp. 1302. Platycoelus sp. fc2127 1303. Platynectes sp. 1304. Platyzosteria sp. fc1474 1305. Platyzosteria sp. fc219 1306. Platyzosteria sp. fc266 1307. Platyzosteria sp. fc483 1308. Platyzosteria sp. fc507 1309. Platyzosteria sp. fc781 Y 1310. Platyzosteria sp. fc874 1311. Platyzosteria sp. fc899 1312. Platyzosteria sp. fc905 1313. Platyzosteria sp. fc968 1314. Platyzosteria sp. fc971 1315. Podonomopsis sp. 1 1316. Podykipus leptoiuloides 1317. Polistes sp. fc2029 1318. Pollanisus cupreus 1319. Pollanisus sp. fc78 1320. Polycentropodidae sp. 1321. Polypedilum nr. convexum (SAP) 1322. Polypedilum watsoni 1323. Polyphrades aesalon 1324. Polyzosteria mitchelli 1325. Polyzosteria sp. fc592 1326. Porela sp. fc749 1327. Prasinocyma sp. fc393 1328. Prionosternum scutatum 1329. Procladius paludicola 1330. Procordulia affinis 1331. Promecoderus sp. fc253 1332. Proteuxoa pissonephra 1333. Pseudaeolus sp. fc997 1334. Pseudoceneus sp. fc528 1335. Pseudolampona jarrahdale 1336. Psychodidae sp. 1337. Ptomaphila lacrymosa 1338. Ptomaphila sp. fc1656 1339. Pyralidae sp. 1340. Rabaudauropus notialis Y 1341. Raveniella cirrata 1342. Raveniella peckorum 1343. Rebilus sp. fc1427 1344. Rhadinosomus lacordaire 1345. Rhantus sp. 1346. Rhantus suturalis 1347. Rheotanytarsus juliae 1348. Rheotanytarsus trivittatus 1349. Rhinaria sp. fc209 1350. Rhytidoponera sp. fc543 1351. Rhytidoponera sp. fc888 1352. Riekoperla occidentalis 1353. Riethia v4 1354. Riethia v5 1355. Sandalodes scopifer 1356. Sandava scitisigna 1357. Scirtidae sp. 1358. Scolecobrotus sp. fc1041 1359. Scolopendra laeta 1360. Scutigera coleoptrata Y 1361. Sellnickiella biunguiculata 1362. Semanopterus sp. fc1021 1363. Semanopterus sp. fc824

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Page 20 Name ID Species Name Naturalised Conservation Code 1Endemic To Query Area 1364. Simuliidae sp. 1365. Skusella/"V12 ex-WA" (Cranston) 1366. Smicrophylax australis 1367. Sondra aurea 1368. Sorama bicolor 1369. Spilosoma sp. fc445 1370. Staphylinidae sp. 1371. Stempellina sp. 1 (SFM) 1372. Stenoderus suturalis 1373. Sternopriscus browni 1374. Sternopriscus marginatus 1375. Sternopriscus sp. 1376. Stibaroma melanotoxa 1377. Stictocladius occidentalis 1378. Storena formosa 1379. Storosa tetrica 1380. Styloniscidae sp. 1381. Stylopauropoides blastema Y 1382. Stylopauropoides dendrodes Y 1383. Stylopauropoides eximiformis Y 1384. Supunna funerea 1385. Symbiocladius sp. 1 (SFM) Y 1386. Synothele durokoppin 1387. Synothele mullaloo 1388. Synothele rubripes Y 1389. Synsphyronus magnus 1390. Synthemistidae sp. 1391. Talaurinus sp. fc1461 1392. Talaurinus sp. fc817 1393. Talaurinus sp. fc910 Y 1394. Tamopsis marri 1395. Tamopsis perthensis 1396. Tanychilus sp. fc348 1397. Tanypodinae sp. 1398. Tanytarsus aff edwardi 1399. Tanytarsus aff manleyensis 1400. Tanytarsus b1 1401. Tanytarsus fuscithorax/semibarbitarsus 1402. Tanytarsus nr K5 1403. Tanytarsus palmatus 1404. Tanytarsus sp. E (SAP) 1405. Tanytarsus sp. F (SAP) 1406. Tanytarsus sp. I (SAP) 1407. Taschorema pallescens 1408. Tasmanocoenis tillyardi 1409. Teia athlophora 1410. Telephlebiidae sp. 1411. Temnocephalidea sp. 1412. Teyl luculentus 1413. Thalaina clara 1414. Thalamarchella alveola 1415. Thienemanniella sp. (V19) (SAP) 1416. Tipulidae sp. 1417. Trachymela sp. fc1444 1418. Tranes vigorsii 1419. Triplectides sp. 1420. Triplectides sp. AV1 (SFM) 1421. Triplectides sp. AV21 (SFM) 1422. Trissodon sp. fc2084 1423. Trombidioidea sp. 1424. Unionicolidae sp. 1425. Uracanthus triangularis 1426. Uresiphita ornithopteralis 1427. Urodacus hartmeyeri 1428. Urodacus novaehollandiae 1429. Urodacus planimanus 1430. Utetheisa pulchelloides 1431. Vanessa kershawi 1432. Veliidae sp. 1433. Venator immansueta

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Page 21 Name ID Species Name Naturalised Conservation Code 1Endemic To Query Area 1434. Venatrix arenaris 1435. Venatrix pullastra 1436. Venonia micarioides 1437. 34113 Westralunio carteri (Carter's Freshwater Mussel) T 1438. Xanthorhoe sp. fc42 1439. Xanthorhoe sp. fc455 1440. Zachria flavicoma 1441. Zebraplatys fractivittata 1442. Zygoptera sp. 1443. the dart sp. fc322 1444. unidentifiable unidentifiable Mammal 1445. 25449 Antechinus flavipes (Yellow-footed Antechinus) 1446. 24088 Antechinus flavipes subsp. leucogaster (Yellow-footed Antechinus, Mardo) 1447. 24162 Bettongia penicillata subsp. ogilbyi (Woylie, Brush-tailed Bettong) T 1448. 24039 Canis lupus subsp. dingo (Dingo) Y 1449. 24086 Cercartetus concinnus (Western Pygmy-possum, Mundarda) 1450. 24186 Chalinolobus gouldii (Gould's Wattled Bat) 1451. 24187 Chalinolobus morio (Chocolate Wattled Bat) 1452. 24092 Dasyurus geoffroii (Chuditch, Western Quoll) T 1453. 24258 Equus caballus (Horse) Y 1454. 24189 Falsistrellus mackenziei (Western False Pipistrelle, Western Falsistrelle) P4 1455. 24041 Felis catus (Cat) Y 1456. 24215 Hydromys chrysogaster (Water-rat, Rakali) P4 1457. 25478 Isoodon obesulus (Southern Brown Bandicoot) P4 1458. 24153 Isoodon obesulus subsp. fusciventer (Quenda, Southern Brown Bandicoot) P4 1459. 24132 Macropus fuliginosus (Western Grey Kangaroo) 1460. 24133 Macropus irma (Western Brush Wallaby) P4 1461. 24168 Macrotis lagotis (Bilby, Dalgyte) T 1462. 24223 Mus musculus (House Mouse) Y 1463. 24146 Myrmecobius fasciatus (Numbat, Walpurti) T 1464. 24194 Nyctophilus geoffroyi (Lesser Long-eared Bat) 1465. 48027 Nyctophilus geoffroyi subsp. geoffroyi (Lesser Long-eared Bat) 1466. 24195 Nyctophilus gouldi (Gould's Long-eared Bat) 1467. 43366 Nyctophilus major subsp. major (Southwestern Long-eared Bat) 1468. 24085 Oryctolagus cuniculus (Rabbit) Y 1469. 24098 Phascogale calura (Red-tailed Phascogale, Kenngoor) S 1470. 24166 Pseudocheirus occidentalis (Western Ringtail Possum) T 1471. 24245 Rattus rattus (Black Rat) Y 1472. 24145 Setonix brachyurus (Quokka) T 1473. 24111 Sminthopsis gilberti (Gilbert's Dunnart) 1474. 25515 Sminthopsis griseoventer (Grey-bellied Dunnart) 1475. Sminthopsis murina 1476. 24259 Sus scrofa (Pig) Y 1477. 24207 Tachyglossus aculeatus (Short-beaked Echidna) 1478. 24167 Tarsipes rostratus (Honey Possum, Noolbenger) 1479. 25521 Trichosurus vulpecula (Common Brushtail Possum) 1480. 24158 Trichosurus vulpecula subsp. vulpecula (Common Brushtail Possum) 1481. 24069 Tursiops truncatus (Bottlenose Dolphin) 1482. 24206 Vespadelus regulus (Southern Forest Bat) 1483. 24040 Vulpes vulpes (Red Fox) Y Reptile 1484. 42368 Acritoscincus trilineatus (Western Three-lined Skink) 1485. 24990 Aprasia pulchella (Granite Worm-lizard) 1486. 24991 Aprasia repens (Sand-plain Worm-lizard) 1487. 25236 Aspidites ramsayi (Woma) 1488. 42381 Brachyurophis semifasciatus (Southern Shovel-nosed Snake) 1489. 43380 Chelodina colliei (South-western Snake-necked Turtle) 1490. 24980 Christinus marmoratus (Marbled Gecko) 1491. 24918 Crenadactylus ocellatus subsp. ocellatus (Clawless Gecko) 1492. 30893 Cryptoblepharus buchananii 1493. 25020 Cryptoblepharus plagiocephalus 1494. 24883 Ctenophorus ornatus (Ornate Crevice-Dragon) 1495. 25035 Ctenotus delli (Dell's Ctenotus, Darling Range Heath Ctenotus) P4 1496. 25039 Ctenotus fallens 1497. 25047 Ctenotus impar 1498. 25049 Ctenotus labillardieri 1499. 24995 Delma australis 1500. 25766 Delma fraseri (Fraser's Legless Lizard)

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Page 22 Name ID Species Name Naturalised Conservation Code 1Endemic To Query Area 1501. 24929 Diplodactylus granariensis subsp. granariensis 1502. 44654 Diplodactylus lateroides (Speckled Stone Gecko) 1503. 24939 Diplodactylus polyophthalmus 1504. 24896 Diporiphora pindan (Pindan Dragon) 1505. 25096 Egernia kingii (King's Skink) 1506. 25100 Egernia napoleonis 1507. 25250 Elapognathus coronatus (Crowned Snake) 1508. 24959 Gehyra variegata 1509. 30919 Hemiergis gracilipes 1510. 25474 Hemiergis initialis 1511. 25115 Hemiergis initialis subsp. initialis 1512. 25119 Hemiergis quadrilineata 1513. 25131 Lerista distinguenda 1514. 25154 Lerista microtis subsp. microtis 1515. 25005 Lialis burtonis 1516. 41416 Liopholis pulchra subsp. pulchra (South-western Rock Skink, Spectacled Rock Skink) 1517. 42413 Lissolepis luctuosa (Western Swamp Skink) 1518. 25184 Menetia greyii 1519. 25240 Morelia spilota subsp. imbricata (Carpet Python) 1520. 25191 Morethia lineoocellata 1521. 25192 Morethia obscura 1522. 25252 Notechis scutatus (Tiger Snake) 1523. 25253 Parasuta gouldii 1524. 25255 Parasuta nigriceps 1525. 25510 Pogona minor (Dwarf Bearded Dragon) 1526. 24907 Pogona minor subsp. minor (Dwarf Bearded Dragon) 1527. 25261 Pseudechis australis (Mulga Snake) 1528. 25259 Pseudonaja affinis subsp. affinis (Dugite) 1529. 25008 Pygopus lepidopodus (Common Scaly Foot) 1530. 25266 Simoselaps bertholdi (Jan's Banded Snake) 1531. 25519 Tiliqua rugosa 1532. 25206 Tiliqua rugosa subsp. palarra 1533. 25207 Tiliqua rugosa subsp. rugosa 1534. 24983 Underwoodisaurus milii (Barking Gecko) 1535. 25218 Varanus gouldii (Bungarra or Sand Monitor) 1536. 25225 Varanus rosenbergi (Heath Monitor) 1537. 25227 Varanus tristis subsp. tristis (Racehorse Monitor)

Conservation Codes T - Rare or likely to become extinct X - Presumed extinct IA - Protected under international agreement S - Other specially protected fauna 1 - Priority 1 2 - Priority 2 3 - Priority 3 4 - Priority 4 5 - Priority 5

1 For NatureMap's purposes, species flagged as endemic are those whose records are wholely contained within the search area. Note that only those records complying with the search criterion are included in the calculation. For example, if you limit records to those from a specific datasource, only records from that datasource are used to determine if a species is restricted to the query area.

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Page 23 EPBC Act Protected Matters Report

This report provides general guidance on matters of national environmental significance and other matters protected by the EPBC Act in the area you have selected.

Information on the coverage of this report and qualifications on data supporting this report are contained in the caveat at the end of the report.

Information is available about Environment Assessments and the EPBC Act including significance guidelines, forms and application process details.

Report created: 28/03/17 17:03:37

Summary Details Matters of NES Other Matters Protected by the EPBC Act Extra Information Caveat Acknowledgements

Coordinates Buffer: 10.0Km Summary

Matters of National Environmental Significance

This part of the report summarises the matters of national environmental significance that may occur in, or may relate to, the area you nominated. Further information is available in the detail part of the report, which can be accessed by scrolling or following the links below. If you are proposing to undertake an activity that may have a significant impact on one or more matters of national environmental significance then you should consider the Administrative Guidelines on Significance.

World Heritage Properties: None National Heritage Places: None Wetlands of International Importance: 1 Great Barrier Reef Marine Park: None Commonwealth Marine Area: None Listed Threatened Ecological Communities: 1 Listed Threatened Species: 18 Listed Migratory Species: 5

Other Matters Protected by the EPBC Act

This part of the report summarises other matters protected under the Act that may relate to the area you nominated. Approval may be required for a proposed activity that significantly affects the environment on Commonwealth land, when the action is outside the Commonwealth land, or the environment anywhere when the action is taken on Commonwealth land. Approval may also be required for the Commonwealth or Commonwealth agencies proposing to take an action that is likely to have a significant impact on the environment anywhere.

The EPBC Act protects the environment on Commonwealth land, the environment from the actions taken on Commonwealth land, and the environment from actions taken by Commonwealth agencies. As heritage values of a place are part of the 'environment', these aspects of the EPBC Act protect the Commonwealth Heritage values of a Commonwealth Heritage place. Information on the new heritage laws can be found at http://www.environment.gov.au/heritage

A permit may be required for activities in or on a Commonwealth area that may affect a member of a listed threatened species or ecological community, a member of a listed migratory species, whales and other cetaceans, or a member of a listed marine species.

Commonwealth Land: 1 Commonwealth Heritage Places: None Listed Marine Species: 11 Whales and Other Cetaceans: None Critical Habitats: None Commonwealth Reserves Terrestrial: None Commonwealth Reserves Marine: None

Extra Information

This part of the report provides information that may also be relevant to the area you have nominated.

State and Territory Reserves: 3 Regional Forest Agreements: 1 Invasive Species: 23 Nationally Important Wetlands: None Key Ecological Features (Marine) None Details

Matters of National Environmental Significance Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar) [ Resource Information ] Name Proximity Peel-yalgorup system 10 - 20km upstream

Listed Threatened Ecological Communities [ Resource Information ] For threatened ecological communities where the distribution is well known, maps are derived from recovery plans, State vegetation maps, remote sensing imagery and other sources. Where threatened ecological community distributions are less well known, existing vegetation maps and point location data are used to produce indicative distribution maps. Name Status Type of Presence Banksia Woodlands of the Swan Coastal Plain Endangered Community may occur ecological community within area Listed Threatened Species [ Resource Information ] Name Status Type of Presence Birds Atrichornis clamosus Noisy Scrub-bird, Tjimiluk [654] Vulnerable Species or species habitat may occur within area

Calidris ferruginea Curlew Sandpiper [856] Critically Endangered Species or species habitat may occur within area

Calyptorhynchus banksii naso Forest Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo, Karrak [67034] Vulnerable Species or species habitat known to occur within area

Calyptorhynchus baudinii Baudin's Cockatoo, Long-billed Black-Cockatoo [769] Vulnerable Roosting known to occur within area Calyptorhynchus latirostris Carnaby's Cockatoo, Short-billed Black-Cockatoo Endangered Species or species habitat [59523] known to occur within area

Leipoa ocellata Malleefowl [934] Vulnerable Species or species habitat likely to occur within area

Numenius madagascariensis Eastern Curlew, Far Eastern Curlew [847] Critically Endangered Species or species habitat may occur within area

Rostratula australis Australian Painted Snipe [77037] Endangered Species or species habitat may occur within area

Mammals Bettongia penicillata Brush-tailed Bettong, Woylie [213] Endangered Species or species habitat known to occur within area

Dasyurus geoffroii Chuditch, Western Quoll [330] Vulnerable Species or species habitat known to occur within area Name Status Type of Presence Pseudocheirus occidentalis Western Ringtail Possum, Ngwayir, Womp, Woder, Vulnerable Species or species habitat Ngoor, Ngoolangit [25911] may occur within area

Setonix brachyurus Quokka [229] Vulnerable Species or species habitat known to occur within area

Plants Anthocercis gracilis Slender Tailflower [11103] Vulnerable Species or species habitat likely to occur within area

Diuris micrantha Dwarf Bee-orchid [55082] Vulnerable Species or species habitat known to occur within area

Diuris purdiei Purdie's Donkey-orchid [12950] Endangered Species or species habitat may occur within area

Lasiopetalum pterocarpum Wing-fruited Lasiopetalum [64922] Endangered Species or species habitat may occur within area

Thelymitra dedmaniarum Cinnamon Sun Orchid [65105] Endangered Species or species habitat may occur within area

Thelymitra stellata Star Sun-orchid [7060] Endangered Species or species habitat may occur within area

Listed Migratory Species [ Resource Information ] * Species is listed under a different scientific name on the EPBC Act - Threatened Species list. Name Threatened Type of Presence Migratory Marine Birds Apus pacificus Fork-tailed Swift [678] Species or species habitat likely to occur within area

Migratory Terrestrial Species Motacilla cinerea Grey Wagtail [642] Species or species habitat may occur within area

Migratory Wetlands Species Calidris ferruginea Curlew Sandpiper [856] Critically Endangered Species or species habitat may occur within area

Numenius madagascariensis Eastern Curlew, Far Eastern Curlew [847] Critically Endangered Species or species habitat may occur within area

Pandion haliaetus Osprey [952] Species or species habitat likely to occur within area Other Matters Protected by the EPBC Act Commonwealth Land [ Resource Information ] The Commonwealth area listed below may indicate the presence of Commonwealth land in this vicinity. Due to the unreliability of the data source, all proposals should be checked as to whether it impacts on a Commonwealth area, before making a definitive decision. Contact the State or Territory government land department for further information. Name Commonwealth Land -

Listed Marine Species [ Resource Information ] * Species is listed under a different scientific name on the EPBC Act - Threatened Species list. Name Threatened Type of Presence Birds Apus pacificus Fork-tailed Swift [678] Species or species habitat likely to occur within area

Ardea alba Great Egret, White Egret [59541] Species or species habitat likely to occur within area

Ardea ibis Cattle Egret [59542] Species or species habitat may occur within area

Calidris ferruginea Curlew Sandpiper [856] Critically Endangered Species or species habitat may occur within area

Haliaeetus leucogaster White-bellied Sea-Eagle [943] Species or species habitat may occur within area

Merops ornatus Rainbow Bee-eater [670] Species or species habitat may occur within area

Motacilla cinerea Grey Wagtail [642] Species or species habitat may occur within area

Numenius madagascariensis Eastern Curlew, Far Eastern Curlew [847] Critically Endangered Species or species habitat may occur within area

Pandion haliaetus Osprey [952] Species or species habitat likely to occur within area

Rostratula benghalensis (sensu lato) Painted Snipe [889] Endangered* Species or species habitat may occur within area

Thinornis rubricollis Hooded Plover [59510] Species or species habitat may occur within area Extra Information State and Territory Reserves [ Resource Information ] Name State Lane Poole Reserve WA Lane Poole Reserve WA Unnamed WA04596 WA

Regional Forest Agreements [ Resource Information ] Note that all areas with completed RFAs have been included. Name State South West WA RFA Western Australia

Invasive Species [ Resource Information ] Weeds reported here are the 20 species of national significance (WoNS), along with other introduced plants that are considered by the States and Territories to pose a particularly significant threat to biodiversity. The following feral animals are reported: Goat, Red Fox, Cat, Rabbit, Pig, Water Buffalo and Cane Toad. Maps from Landscape Health Project, National Land and Water Resouces Audit, 2001.

Name Status Type of Presence Birds Anas platyrhynchos Mallard [974] Species or species habitat likely to occur within area

Columba livia Rock Pigeon, Rock Dove, Domestic Pigeon [803] Species or species habitat likely to occur within area

Passer domesticus House Sparrow [405] Species or species habitat likely to occur within area

Passer montanus Eurasian Tree Sparrow [406] Species or species habitat likely to occur within area

Streptopelia chinensis Spotted Turtle-Dove [780] Species or species habitat likely to occur within area

Streptopelia senegalensis Laughing Turtle-dove, Laughing Dove [781] Species or species habitat likely to occur within area

Mammals Canis lupus familiaris Domestic Dog [82654] Species or species habitat likely to occur within area

Felis catus Cat, House Cat, Domestic Cat [19] Species or species habitat likely to occur within area

Feral deer Feral deer species in Australia [85733] Species or species habitat likely to occur within area

Mus musculus House Mouse [120] Species or species habitat likely to occur within area

Oryctolagus cuniculus Rabbit, European Rabbit [128] Species or species habitat likely to occur within area

Rattus rattus Black Rat, Ship Rat [84] Species or species habitat likely to occur within area Name Status Type of Presence Sus scrofa Pig [6] Species or species habitat likely to occur within area

Vulpes vulpes Red Fox, Fox [18] Species or species habitat likely to occur within area

Plants Asparagus asparagoides Bridal Creeper, Bridal Veil Creeper, Smilax, Florist's Species or species habitat Smilax, Smilax Asparagus [22473] likely to occur within area

Chrysanthemoides monilifera Bitou Bush, Boneseed [18983] Species or species habitat may occur within area

Chrysanthemoides monilifera subsp. monilifera Boneseed [16905] Species or species habitat likely to occur within area

Eichhornia crassipes Water Hyacinth, Water Orchid, Nile Lily [13466] Species or species habitat likely to occur within area

Genista sp. X Genista monspessulana Broom [67538] Species or species habitat may occur within area

Lantana camara Lantana, Common Lantana, Kamara Lantana, Large- Species or species habitat leaf Lantana, Pink Flowered Lantana, Red Flowered likely to occur within area Lantana, Red-Flowered Sage, White Sage, Wild Sage [10892] Lycium ferocissimum African Boxthorn, Boxthorn [19235] Species or species habitat likely to occur within area

Pinus radiata Radiata Pine Monterey Pine, Insignis Pine, Wilding Species or species habitat Pine [20780] may occur within area

Rubus fruticosus aggregate Blackberry, European Blackberry [68406] Species or species habitat likely to occur within area Caveat The information presented in this report has been provided by a range of data sources as acknowledged at the end of the report.

This report is designed to assist in identifying the locations of places which may be relevant in determining obligations under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. It holds mapped locations of World and National Heritage properties, Wetlands of International and National Importance, Commonwealth and State/Territory reserves, listed threatened, migratory and marine species and listed threatened ecological communities. Mapping of Commonwealth land is not complete at this stage. Maps have been collated from a range of sources at various resolutions.

Not all species listed under the EPBC Act have been mapped (see below) and therefore a report is a general guide only. Where available data supports mapping, the type of presence that can be determined from the data is indicated in general terms. People using this information in making a referral may need to consider the qualifications below and may need to seek and consider other information sources.

For threatened ecological communities where the distribution is well known, maps are derived from recovery plans, State vegetation maps, remote sensing imagery and other sources. Where threatened ecological community distributions are less well known, existing vegetation maps and point location data are used to produce indicative distribution maps.

Threatened, migratory and marine species distributions have been derived through a variety of methods. Where distributions are well known and if time permits, maps are derived using either thematic spatial data (i.e. vegetation, soils, geology, elevation, aspect, terrain, etc) together with point locations and described habitat; or environmental modelling (MAXENT or BIOCLIM habitat modelling) using point locations and environmental data layers.

Where very little information is available for species or large number of maps are required in a short time-frame, maps are derived either from 0.04 or 0.02 decimal degree cells; by an automated process using polygon capture techniques (static two kilometre grid cells, alpha-hull and convex hull); or captured manually or by using topographic features (national park boundaries, islands, etc). In the early stages of the distribution mapping process (1999-early 2000s) distributions were defined by degree blocks, 100K or 250K map sheets to rapidly create distribution maps. More reliable distribution mapping methods are used to update these distributions as time permits.

Only selected species covered by the following provisions of the EPBC Act have been mapped: - migratory and - marine The following species and ecological communities have not been mapped and do not appear in reports produced from this database:

- threatened species listed as extinct or considered as vagrants - some species and ecological communities that have only recently been listed - some terrestrial species that overfly the Commonwealth marine area - migratory species that are very widespread, vagrant, or only occur in small numbers The following groups have been mapped, but may not cover the complete distribution of the species: - non-threatened seabirds which have only been mapped for recorded breeding sites - seals which have only been mapped for breeding sites near the Australian continent Such breeding sites may be important for the protection of the Commonwealth Marine environment.

Coordinates

-32.715299 116.066476,-32.716454 116.081239,-32.747357 116.116258,-32.743025 116.146127,-32.756885 116.167756,-32.782867 116.188356,-32.784021 116.198999 Acknowledgements This database has been compiled from a range of data sources. The department acknowledges the following custodians who have contributed valuable data and advice: -Office of Environment and Heritage, New South Wales -Department of Environment and Primary Industries, Victoria -Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment, Tasmania -Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources, South Australia -Department of Land and Resource Management, Northern Territory -Department of Environmental and Heritage Protection, Queensland -Department of Parks and Wildlife, Western Australia -Environment and Planning Directorate, ACT -Birdlife Australia -Australian Bird and Bat Banding Scheme -Australian National Wildlife Collection -Natural history museums of Australia -Museum Victoria -Australian Museum -South Australian Museum -Queensland Museum -Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums -Queensland Herbarium -National Herbarium of NSW -Royal Botanic Gardens and National Herbarium of Victoria -Tasmanian Herbarium -State Herbarium of South Australia -Northern Territory Herbarium -Western Australian Herbarium -Australian National Herbarium, Canberra -University of New England -Ocean Biogeographic Information System -Australian Government, Department of Defence Forestry Corporation, NSW -Geoscience Australia -CSIRO -Australian Tropical Herbarium, Cairns -eBird Australia -Australian Government – Australian Antarctic Data Centre -Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory -Australian Government National Environmental Science Program -Australian Institute of Marine Science -Reef Life Survey Australia -American Museum of Natural History -Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Inveresk, Tasmania -Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania -Other groups and individuals

The Department is extremely grateful to the many organisations and individuals who provided expert advice and information on numerous draft distributions.

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APPENDIX D

HABITAT TREE DETAILS

Habitat Trees with Hollows

Potential Number Hollow Hollow Hollow Hollow Hollow Waypoint Sideof Tree DBH Cockatoo Zone mE mN TreeSpecies of HollowType1 Size1 HollowType2 Size2 HollowType3 Size3 HollowType4 Size4 HollowType5 Size5 Occupancy ChewMarks Comments Number Road Height(m) (cm) Nest Hollows (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) Hollow wpt003 50H 416407 6377202 S DeadUnknown 20+ >50 5+ Branch 5Ͳ10 Branch 10 Ͳ20 Branch 5Ͳ10 Branch 10Ͳ20 Branch 5Ͳ10 NoSigns NoSigns No wpt004a 50H 405069 6380824 S UnknownEuc 15Ͳ20 >50 5+ Branch 5Ͳ10 Branch 10Ͳ20 Branch 5Ͳ10 Branch 10Ͳ20 Branch 5Ͳ10 NoSigns NoSigns No wpt005 50H 428070 6370838 S Jarrah 20+ >50 2 Fissure 10Ͳ20 Branch 10Ͳ20 NoSigns NoSigns No wpt006a 50H 404994 6380872 S DeadUnknown 15Ͳ20 >50 5+ Branch 5Ͳ10 Branch 10Ͳ20 Branch 5Ͳ10 Branch 10Ͳ20 Branch 5Ͳ10 NoSigns NoSigns No wpt007a 50H 404999 6380841 S UnknownEuc 15Ͳ20 >50 3 KnotHole 5Ͳ10 Branch 5Ͳ10 Branch 5Ͳ10 NoSigns NoSigns No wpt008 50H 428843 6370435 S Jarrah 10Ͳ15 >50 1 SpoutTrunk 20+ NoSigns NoSigns No wpt008a 50H 405287 6380854 S Jarrah 15Ͳ20 >50 4 Branch 5Ͳ10 Branch 10Ͳ20 Branch 5Ͳ10 Branch 10Ͳ20 SpoutTrunk 20+ NoSigns No Signs Yes Depthofhollowunknown wpt010 50H 418152 6376435 S Jarrah 20+ >50 5+ Branch 5Ͳ10 Branch 5Ͳ10 Branch 5Ͳ10 Branch 5Ͳ10 Branch 5Ͳ10 NoSigns NoSigns No wpt011 50H 418105 6376436 S DeadUnknown 15Ͳ20 >50 5+ Branch 10Ͳ20 Branch 10Ͳ20 Branch 10Ͳ20 Branch 10Ͳ20 SpoutBranch 10Ͳ20 NoSigns NoSigns Yes Depthofhollowunknown wpt012 50H 422456 6374789 S Jarrah 10Ͳ15 >50 1 SpoutTrunk 20+ NoSigns NoSigns No wpt012a 50H 409875 6379452 S Jarrah 20+ >50 4 KnotHole 20+ KnotHole 20+ KnotHole 20+ SpoutBranch 10Ͳ20 SpoutBranch 10Ͳ20 NoSigns NoSigns Yes Depthofhollowunknown wpt013 50H 422986 6373806 S Marri 20+ >50 ? NoSigns NoSigns No wpt013a 50H 409955 6379466 N Jarrah 20+ >50 5+ KnotHole 5Ͳ10 KnotHole 10Ͳ20 KnotHole 5Ͳ10 KnotHole 10Ͳ20 KnotHole 5Ͳ10 NoSigns NoSigns No wpt014 50H 423009 6373788 S Jarrah 15Ͳ20 >50 2 KnotHole 5Ͳ10 KnotHole 5Ͳ10 Branch 5Ͳ10 NoSigns NoSigns No wpt014a 50H 409890 6379471 S Marri 20+ >50 3 KnotHole 10Ͳ20 KnotHole 10Ͳ20 SpoutBranch 20+ NoSigns NoSigns No wpt015 50H 423200 6373596 S Jarrah 20+ >50 1 SpoutBranch 10Ͳ20 NoSigns NoSigns Yes Depthofhollowunknown wpt015a 50H 409670 6379508 S Jarrah 15Ͳ20 >50 5+ KnotHole 5Ͳ10 KnotHole 5Ͳ10 KnotHole 5Ͳ10 Branch <5 Branch <5 NoSigns NoSigns No wpt016 50H 423573 6372961 N Blackbutt 15Ͳ20 >50 1 SpoutBranch 20+ NoSigns NoSigns No wpt016a 50H 409634 6379499 S Jarrah 10Ͳ15 >50 1 SpoutTrunk 20+ NoSigns NoSigns Yes Depthofhollowunknown wpt017 50H 423566 6372977 N Blackbutt 15Ͳ20 >50 3 Branch 5Ͳ10 Branch 5Ͳ10 Branch 10Ͳ20 NoSigns NoSigns No wpt018 50H 424455 6372496 S Jarrah 15Ͳ20 >50 5+ KnotHole 5Ͳ10 SpoutBranch 5Ͳ10 Branch 5Ͳ10 Branch 5Ͳ10 Branch 5Ͳ10 NoSigns NoSigns No wpt018a 50H 409516 6379473 S Jarrah 10Ͳ15 >50 5+ KnotHole 5Ͳ10 KnotHole 5Ͳ10 Branch 5Ͳ10 Branch 5Ͳ10 Branch 5Ͳ10 NoSigns NoSigns No wpt019 50H 424812 6372424 S Jarrah 15Ͳ20 >50 1 KnotHole 10Ͳ20 NoSigns NoSigns No wpt020 50H 425003 6372372 N DeadMarri 15Ͳ20 >50 5+ Branch 5Ͳ10 Branch 10Ͳ20 Branch 5Ͳ10 Branch 10Ͳ20 SpoutBranch 10Ͳ20 NoSigns NoSigns No wpt020a 50H 409436 6379515 S Jarrah 20+ >50 2 SpoutTrunk 20+ SpoutBranch 20+ No Signs NoSigns Yes Depthofhollowunknown wpt021a 50H 409409 6379487 S Jarrah 20+ >50 1 KnotHole 20+ NoSigns NoSigns Yes Depthofhollowunknown wpt022 50H 425674 6372127 S Jarrah 15Ͳ20 >50 1 SpoutTrunk 20+ NoSigns NoSigns Yes Depthofhollowunknown wpt022a 50H 409374 6379516 S Jarrah 20+ >50 5+ KnotHole 5Ͳ10 KnotHole 5Ͳ10 Branch 5Ͳ10 Branch 5Ͳ10 Branch 5Ͳ10 NoSigns NoSigns No wpt023 50H 425673 6372144 N Jarrah 15Ͳ20 >50 5+ KnotHole 5Ͳ10 Branch 5Ͳ10 Branch 5Ͳ10 Branch 5Ͳ10 SpoutBranch 10Ͳ20 NoSigns NoSigns No wpt023a 50H 409263 6379509 S Jarrah 20+ >50 2 Branch 5Ͳ10 Branch 10Ͳ20 NoSigns NoSigns No wpt024 50H 425866 6372084 N Jarrah 15Ͳ20 >50 1 SpoutBranch 20+ NoSigns NoSigns Yes Depthofhollowunknown wpt024a 50H 409286 6379473 S Jarrah 20+ >50 5+ Branch 10Ͳ20 Branch 10Ͳ20 Branch 10Ͳ20 Branch 10Ͳ20 SpoutBranch 10Ͳ20 NoSigns NoSigns No wpt025 50H 425958 6372070 N Jarrah 15Ͳ20 >50 2 Branch 10Ͳ20 Branch 10Ͳ20 NoSigns NoSigns No wpt025a 50H 409243 6379447 S Jarrah 20+ >50 5+ KnotHole <5 KnotHole 5Ͳ10 KnotHole 10Ͳ20 Branch 10Ͳ20 Branch 10Ͳ20 NoSigns NoSigns Yes Depthofhollowunknown wpt026 50H 425976 6372061 N Jarrah 20+ >50 2 KnotHole <5 SpoutBranch 5Ͳ10 NoSigns NoSigns No wpt026a 50H 409234 6379508 S DeadJarrah 20+ >50 5+ Branch 5Ͳ10 Branch 10Ͳ20 Branch 5Ͳ10 Branch 10Ͳ20 KnotHole 20+ NoSigns NoSigns Yes Depthofhollowunknown wpt027 50H 426109 6371997 S Blackbutt 20+ >50 2 Branch 5Ͳ10 Branch 5Ͳ10 NoSigns NoSigns No wpt027a 50H 409209 6379489 S Jarrah 20+ >50 5+ KnotHole 5Ͳ10 KnotHole 5Ͳ10 Branch 5Ͳ10 Branch 5Ͳ10 Branch 5Ͳ10 NoSigns NoSigns No wpt028 50H 426890 6371722 S Jarrah 20+ >50 1 SpoutBranch 20+ NoSigns NoSigns Yes Depthofhollowunknown wpt028a 50H 409187 6379515 S Jarrah 15Ͳ20 >50 1 SpoutTrunk 20+ NoSigns NoSigns Yes Depthofhollowunknown wpt029 50H 427631 6371226 S Jarrah 20+ >50 5+ Branch 5Ͳ10 Branch 10Ͳ20 Branch 5Ͳ10 Branch 10Ͳ20 Branch 5Ͳ10 NoSigns NoSigns No wpt029a 50H 409156 6379479 S Jarrah 20+ >50 5+ SpoutTrunk 20+ Branch 5Ͳ10 Branch 10Ͳ20 Branch 5Ͳ10 Branch 10Ͳ20 NoSigns NoSigns Yes Depthofhollowunknown wpt030 50H 427617 6371248 S Jarrah 20+ >50 1 Fissure 5Ͳ10 NoSigns NoSigns No wpt030a 50H 409078 6379552 S Jarrah 15Ͳ20 >50 2 KnotHole 20+ SpoutBranch 20+ NoSigns NoSigns Yes Depthofhollowunknown wpt031 50H 427506 6371306 S Jarrah 20+ >50 1 KnotHole 10Ͳ20 NoSigns NoSigns No wpt031a 50H 408947 6379583 S Jarrah 15Ͳ20 >50 4 KnotHole 5Ͳ10 KnotHole 20+ Branch 10Ͳ20 Branch 20+ NoSigns NoSigns Yes Depthofhollowunknown wpt032 50H 427796 6371070 S DeadJarrah 20+ >50 5+ Branch 5Ͳ10 Branch 10Ͳ20 Branch 5Ͳ10 Branch 10Ͳ20 Branch 5Ͳ10 NoSigns NoSigns No wpt033 50H 427832 6371041 S Jarrah 20+ >50 5+ Branch 5Ͳ10 Branch 5Ͳ10 Branch 5Ͳ10 Branch 5Ͳ10 Branch 5Ͳ10 NoSigns NoSigns No wpt033a 50H 409354 6379429 S Jarrah 15Ͳ20 >50 2 Branch 5Ͳ10 Branch 10Ͳ20 NoSigns NoSigns No wpt034 50H 427866 6370995 S Jarrah 20+ >50 2 Fissure 20+ SpoutBranch 10Ͳ20 NoSigns NoSigns Yes Depthofhollowunknown Potential Number Hollow Hollow Hollow Hollow Hollow Waypoint Sideof Tree DBH Cockatoo Zone mE mN TreeSpecies of HollowType1 Size1 HollowType2 Size2 HollowType3 Size3 HollowType4 Size4 HollowType5 Size5 Occupancy ChewMarks Comments Number Road Height(m) (cm) Nest Hollows (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) Hollow wpt034a 50H 409411 6379407 S Jarrah 15Ͳ20 >50 1 SpoutTrunk 20+ NoSigns NoSigns Yes Depthofhollowunknown wpt035 50H 429062 6370418 N Jarrah 20+ >50 1 SpoutBranch 20+ NoSigns NoSigns Yes Depthofhollowunknown wpt036 50H 429334 6370345 S Jarrah 15Ͳ20 >50 5+ Branch 10Ͳ20 Branch 5Ͳ10 Branch 5Ͳ10 Branch 10Ͳ20 SpoutBranch 10Ͳ20 NoSigns NoSigns No wpt037 50H 429340 6370345 S Jarrah 20+ >50 5+ Branch 5Ͳ10 Branch 10Ͳ20 Branch 5Ͳ10 Branch 10Ͳ20 Branch 5Ͳ10 NoSigns NoSigns No wpt038 50H 429303 6370371 N Jarrah 20+ >50 2 Branch 5Ͳ10 Branch 5Ͳ10 NoSigns NoSigns No wpt039 50H 429410 6370331 S Blackbutt 20+ >50 1 KnotHole 5Ͳ10 NoSigns NoSigns No wpt040 50H 429534 6370309 S Blackbutt 10Ͳ15 >50 1 SpoutBranch 10Ͳ20 NoSigns NoSigns No wpt041 50H 429806 6370259 S Jarrah 20+ >50 5+ Branch 5Ͳ10 Branch 10Ͳ20 Branch 5 Ͳ10 Branch 10Ͳ20 Branch 5Ͳ10 NoSigns NoSigns No wpt042 50H 429933 6370267 N Jarrah 20+ >50 1 Branch 5Ͳ10 NoSigns NoSigns No wpt043 50H 430676 6370026 N Marri 15Ͳ20 >50 2 Branch 5Ͳ10 Branch 10Ͳ20 NoSigns NoSigns No wpt044 50H 430586 6370086 N Blackbutt 15Ͳ20 >50 1 KnotHole <5 NoSigns NoSigns No wpt045 50H 430580 6370074 S Blackbutt 15Ͳ20 >50 2 KnotHole 5Ͳ10 SpoutBranch 10Ͳ20 Bees NoSigns No wpt046 50H 430729 6369974 S Jarrah 15Ͳ20 >50 1 SpoutBranch 10Ͳ20 NoSigns NoSigns No wpt047 50H 430705 6370011 N DeadJarrah 20+ >50 3 SpoutBranch 10Ͳ20 SpoutBranch 10Ͳ20 SpoutBranch 10Ͳ20 NoSigns NoSigns No Depthofhollowunknown wpt048 50H 430794 6369956 N Jarrah 20+ >50 1 KnotHole 5Ͳ10 NoSigns NoSigns No wpt049 50H 431502 6369568 S Jarrah 20+ >50 5+ KnotHole <5 KnotHole <5 NoSigns NoSigns No wpt050 50H 431605 6369521 N Jarrah 15Ͳ20 >50 1 KnotHole 20+ NoSigns NoSigns No wpt051 50H 431662 6369484 N Marri 15Ͳ20 >50 5+ Branch 5Ͳ10 Branch 10Ͳ20 Branch 5Ͳ10 Branch 10Ͳ20 Branch 5Ͳ10 NoSigns NoSigns No wpt052 50H 431766 6369387 S Marri 20+ >50 1 Branch 5Ͳ10 Bees NoSigns No wpt053 50H 431870 6369322 N Jarrah 15Ͳ20 >50 5+ Branch 5Ͳ10 Branch 10Ͳ20 Branch 5Ͳ10 SpoutBranch 10Ͳ20 SpoutBranch 5Ͳ10 NoSigns NoSigns No wpt054 50H 431975 6369263 N Jarrah 15Ͳ20 >50 2 SpoutBranch 10Ͳ20 SpoutBranch 10Ͳ20 NoSigns NoSigns No wpt055 50H 432117 6369164 N Jarrah 15Ͳ20 >50 2 KnotHole 5Ͳ10 SpoutBranch 10Ͳ20 NoSigns NoSigns No wpt057 50H 432480 6368942 N Jarrah 20+ >50 5+ KnotHole 5Ͳ10 Branch 10Ͳ20 Branch 5Ͳ10 Branch 10Ͳ 20 Branch 5Ͳ10 NoSigns NoSigns No wpt058 50H 432558 6368878 S Jarrah 15Ͳ20 >50 5+ Branch 5Ͳ10 Branch 5Ͳ10 Branch 5Ͳ10 Branch 5Ͳ10 Branch 5Ͳ10 NoSigns NoSigns No wpt059 50H 432614 6368893 N Jarrah 20+ >50 5+ KnotHole 5Ͳ10 KnotHole 5Ͳ10 KnotHole 5Ͳ10 Branch 5Ͳ10 Branch 10Ͳ20 NoSigns NoSigns No wpt060 50H 432871 6368743 N Marri 15Ͳ20 >50 5+ Branch 5Ͳ10 Branch 10Ͳ20 Branch 5Ͳ10 Branch 10Ͳ20 Branch 10Ͳ20 NoSigns NoSigns No wpt061 50H 432886 6368714 S DeadUnknown 15Ͳ20 >50 2 SpoutBranch 5Ͳ10 SpoutBranch 5Ͳ10 NoSigns NoSigns No wpt062 50H 432966 6368648 S Jarrah 20+ >50 1 KnotHole 5Ͳ10 NoSigns NoSigns No wpt063 50H 433197 6368474 N Marri 20+ >50 5+ KnotHole 5Ͳ10 SpoutBranch 10Ͳ20 SpoutBranch 10Ͳ20 SpoutTrunk 10Ͳ20 Branch 5Ͳ10 NoSigns NoSigns Yes Depthofhollowunknown wpt064 50H 433391 6368311 S Jarrah 20+ >50 1 SpoutBranch 5Ͳ10 NoSigns NoSigns No wpt065 50H 433453 6368247 S Jarrah 15Ͳ20 >50 2 KnotHole 5Ͳ10 Branch 5Ͳ10 NoSigns NoSigns No wpt066 50H 433555 6368155 S Jarrah 20+ >50 5+ Branch 5Ͳ10 Branch 10Ͳ20 SpoutBranch 10Ͳ20 SpoutBranch 5Ͳ10 SpoutTrunk 20+ NoSigns NoSigns Yes Depthofhollowunknown wpt067 50H 433679 6368061 S Jarrah 15Ͳ20 >50 4 KnotHole 5Ͳ10 Branch 5Ͳ10 Branch 5Ͳ10 Branch 5Ͳ10 Branch 5Ͳ10 NoSigns NoSigns No wpt068 50H 433713 6368067 N Jarrah 20+ >50 2 KnotHole 5Ͳ10 Branch 5Ͳ10 Branch 5Ͳ10 NoSigns NoSigns No wpt069 50H 433944 6367948 S Jarrah 20+ >50 2 Branch 5 Ͳ10 SpoutBranch 20+ NoSigns NoSigns Yes Depthofhollowunknown wpt070 50H 434175 6367836 N Marri 15Ͳ20 >50 4 KnotHole 10Ͳ20 KnotHole 10Ͳ20 KnotHole 10Ͳ20 KnotHole 10Ͳ20 KnotHole 10Ͳ20 NoSigns NoSigns Yes Depthofhollowunknown wpt071 50H 434404 6367558 N DeadUnknown 5Ͳ10 >50 2 Branch 5Ͳ10 SpoutBranch 20+ NoSigns NoSigns Yes Depthofhollowunknown wpt072 50H 435261 6366948 N Jarrah 15Ͳ20 >50 1 KnotHole 10Ͳ20 NoSigns NoSigns No wpt073 50H 435301 6366910 S Jarrah 20+ >50 2 Fissure 10Ͳ20 Fissure 10Ͳ20 NoSigns NoSigns No wpt074 50H 435355 6366888 S Marri 15Ͳ20 >50 1 SpoutTrunk 20+ NoSigns NoSigns Yes Depthofhollowunknown wpt075 50H 435596 6366808 S Jarrah 20+ >50 1 SpoutBranch 10Ͳ20 NoSigns NoSigns No wpt076 50H 435720 6366788 S Jarrah 20+ >50 3 Branch 5Ͳ10 Branch 5Ͳ10 Branch 5Ͳ10 NoSigns NoSigns No wpt077 50H 435719 6366785 S Jarrah 15Ͳ20 >50 5+ Branch 5Ͳ10 Branch 5Ͳ10 Branch 5Ͳ10 Branch 5Ͳ10 SpoutBranch 10Ͳ20 NoSigns NoSigns No wpt078 50H 435720 6366785 S Jarrah 20+ >50 1 Branch 5Ͳ10 NoSigns NoSigns No wpt079 50H 437726 6365666 S Jarrah 20+ >50 5+ KnotHole 5Ͳ10 KnotHole 5Ͳ10 KnotHole 5Ͳ10 Branch 5Ͳ10 Branch 10Ͳ20 NoSigns NoSigns No wpt080 50H 439101 6364615 N DeadUnknown 15Ͳ20 >50 5+ Branch 5Ͳ10 Branch 5Ͳ10 Branch 5Ͳ10 Branch 5Ͳ10 Branch 5Ͳ10 NoSigns NoSigns No wpt081 50H 439459 6364572 N Jarrah 20+ >50 1 Branch 5Ͳ10 NoSigns NoSigns No wpt082 50H 439641 6364467 S Dead Jarrah 15Ͳ20 >50 3 KnotHole 5Ͳ10 KnotHole 5Ͳ10 KnotHole 5Ͳ10 NoSigns NoSigns No wpt083 50H 439965 6364311 S Jarrah 20+ >50 1 KnotHole 5Ͳ10 NoSigns NoSigns No wpt084 50H 439985 6364320 N Jarrah 20+ >50 2 KnotHole 5Ͳ10 KnotHole 5Ͳ10 NoSigns NoSigns No wpt085 50H 440077 6364253 S Jarrah 15Ͳ20 >50 5+ Branch 5Ͳ10 Branch 5Ͳ10 Branch 5Ͳ10 Branch 5Ͳ10 SpoutBranch 10Ͳ20 NoSigns NoSigns No wpt086 50H 440777 6363930 N DeadJarrah 15Ͳ20 >50 1 SpoutTrunk 20+ NoSigns NoSigns Yes Depthofhollowunknown wpt087 50H 440748 6363934 S DeadUnknown 15Ͳ20 >50 5+ Branch <5 Branch 5Ͳ10 Branch 5Ͳ10 Branch 5Ͳ10 Branch 5Ͳ10 NoSigns NoSigns No wpt088 50H 441002 6363822 S Jarrah 20+ >50 4 KnotHole 5 Ͳ10 KnotHole 5Ͳ10 Branch 5Ͳ10 Branch 5Ͳ10 Branch 5Ͳ10 NoSigns NoSigns No Potential Number Hollow Hollow Hollow Hollow Hollow Waypoint Sideof Tree DBH Cockatoo Zone mE mN TreeSpecies of HollowType1 Size1 HollowType2 Size2 HollowType3 Size3 HollowType4 Size4 HollowType5 Size5 Occupancy ChewMarks Comments Number Road Height(m) (cm) Nest Hollows (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) Hollow wpt089 50H 441649 6363772 S Jarrah 15Ͳ20 >50 5+ KnotHole 10Ͳ20 KnotHole 20+ KnotHole 5Ͳ10 Branch 5Ͳ10 Branch 10Ͳ20 NoSigns NoSigns Yes Depthofhollowunknown wpt090 50H 441839 6363743 N Jarrah 20+ >50 1 KnotHole <5 NoSigns NoSigns No wpt091 50H 441994 6363712 N Wandoo 15Ͳ20 >50 1 Branch 10Ͳ20 NoSigns NoSigns No wpt092 50H 441839 6363736 S Jarrah 15Ͳ20 >50 1 SpoutTrunk 20+ NoSigns NoSigns Yes wpt093 50H 442041 6363688 S Wandoo 20+ >50 5+ Branch 5Ͳ10 Branch 10Ͳ20 Branch 5Ͳ10 Branch 10Ͳ20 Branch 5Ͳ10 NoSigns NoSigns No wpt094 50H 442208 6363658 N Wandoo 15Ͳ20 >50 5+ Branch 5Ͳ10 Branch 10Ͳ20 Branch 5Ͳ10 Branch 10Ͳ20 Branch 5Ͳ10 NoSigns NoSigns No wpt095 50H 444619 6363392 S Jarrah 20+ >50 2 KnotHole 5Ͳ10 Branch 5Ͳ10 NoSigns NoSigns No wpt096 50H 444925 6363321 N DeadUnknown 20+ >50 5+ KnotHole 10Ͳ20 Branch 10Ͳ20 Branch 10Ͳ20 Branch 10Ͳ20 Branch 10Ͳ20 NoSigns NoSigns No wpt097 50H 445434 6363192 N Jarrah 20+ >50 1 KnotHole 5Ͳ10 NoSigns NoSigns No wpt098 50H 445722 6363168 S Jarrah 20+ >50 1 SpoutTrunk 10Ͳ20 NoSigns NoSigns No wpt099 50H 445869 6363146 S Jarrah 15Ͳ20 >50 5+ Branch 5Ͳ10 Branch 5Ͳ10 Branch 5Ͳ10 Branch 10Ͳ20 Branch 5Ͳ10 NoSigns NoSigns No wpt100 50H 446138 6363122 S Jarrah 20+ >50 2 KnotHole 5Ͳ10 SpoutTrunk 5Ͳ10 NoSigns NoSigns No wpt101 50H 446304 6363139 S DeadJarrah 15Ͳ20 >50 3 Fissure 20+ Branch 10Ͳ20 Branch 10Ͳ20 NoSigns NoSigns Yes Depthofhollowunknown PINJARRA - WILLIAMS ROAD (SLK 14.0 – 67.0) – FAUNA ASSESSMENT – APRIL 2017 – V4

APPENDIX E

SIGNIFICANT SPECIES PROFILES

PINJARRA – WILLIAMS ROAD (SLK 14.0 – 67.0) – FAUNA ASSESSMENT – APRIL 2017 – V4

Unnamed scorpionfly Austromerope poultoni

Status and Distribution: Listed as Priority 2 by DPaW. Distribution is poorly documented. NatureMap database contains widely scattered records from Eneabba to Walpole (DPaW 2017b).

Habitat: Occurs predominantly in dense understorey vegetation in high rainfall forest where it has been collected from beneath forest debris (logs, rocks) and in pitfall traps. Most NatureMap records are in the Jarrah forest belt.

Likely presence in study area: Status in the study area difficult to determine. The majority of the study area appears unsuitable for this species as dense understory vegetation is typically absent.

Potential impact of proposed development: Loss of a small area of potential habitat. It is however unlikely that any part of the study area that contains native vegetation would represent an area of significance for this species given the extent of similar habitat in surrounding areas.

Carter’s Freshwater Mussel Westralunio carteri

Status and Distribution: Listed as Schedule 3 under the WC Act. Carter’s freshwater mussel is the only freshwater mussel species endemic to south-western WA, ranging from the Moore River to the south coast, west of Esperance (Morgan et al. 2011).

Habitat: Freshwater mussels seem to prefer inland rivers and streams with sandy bottoms and flowing water, although habitat preferences have not been precisely determined (Morgan et al. 2011).

Likely presence in study area: There are no NatureMap database records within the main rivers or its tributaries upstream of the Darling Scarp in the immediate vicinity of the study area and it therefore seems unlikely that this species is present.

Potential impact of proposed development: No impact on this species or its preferred habitat is considered likely.

Darling Range Heath Ctenotus Ctenotus delli

Status and Distribution: Listed as Priority 4 by DPAW. Main distribution is in the Darling Range from the Darlington/Mundaring area to near Collie (Storr et al. 1999).

Habitat: Humid zone, mainly laterite and clays (Storr et al. 1999) supporting jarrah/marri woodland with a shrub dominated understorey, sheltering in dense vegetation, inside grass trees and beneath rocks, sometimes in burrows (Nevill 2005). Occasionally found on granite outcrops (Bush 2007). PINJARRA – WILLIAMS ROAD (SLK 14.0 – 67.0) – FAUNA ASSESSMENT – APRIL 2017 – V4

Likely presence in study area: Potentially present in less disturbed areas and granite outcrops.

Potential impact of proposed development: Localised loss/modification of small areas of habitat.

Great Egret Ardea modesta

Status and Distribution: This species of egret is listed as Schedule 5 under the WC Act and as Migratory under the EPBC Act and under international agreements to which Australia is a signatory. The great egret is common and very widespread in any suitable permanent or temporary habitat (Morcombe 2004).

Habitat: Wetlands, flooded pasture, dams, estuarine mudflats, mangroves and reefs (Morcombe 2004).

Likely presence in study area: May frequent Hotham River and seasonally flooded creek lines, manmade dams and low lying paddock areas during wetter months of the year in low numbers. Would not breed within the study area.

Potential impact of proposed development: No impact on this species is anticipated. Areas that may be affected by road works are already degraded and the species will continue to utilise the area to the same extent it does now despite any road works.

Cattle Egret Ardea ibis

Status and Distribution: This species of egret is listed as Schedule 5 under the WC Act and as Migratory under the EPBC Act and under international agreements to which Australia is a signatory. The cattle egret is common in the north sections of its range but is an irregular visitor to the better watered parts of the state (Johnstone and Storr 1998). The population is expanding (Morcombe 2004).

Habitat: Moist pastures with tall grasses, shallow open wetlands and margins, mudflats (Morcombe 2004).

Hooded Plover (western) Thinornis rubricollis tregellasi

Status and Distribution: The western subspecies of the hooded plover is listed as Priority 4 by DPaW and as Vulnerable C1 by the IUCN. Breeds on south-west Western Australian coast, from Cape Naturaliste to Eyre, and on inland lakes as far PINJARRA – WILLIAMS ROAD (SLK 14.0 – 67.0) – FAUNA ASSESSMENT – APRIL 2017 – V4 north-east as L. Cowan and L. Moore and north-west to Yalgorup Lakes, south of Perth.

Habitat: Broad sandy ocean beaches and bays, coastal and inland salt lakes (Pizzey & Knight 2012).

Likely presence in study area: No suitable habitat. Not listed as a potential species.

Potential impact of proposed development: No impact on this species or its preferred habitat will occur.

Painted Snipe Rostratula benghalensis

Status and Distribution: This species is listed as Schedule 2 under the WC Act and as Endangered and Migratory under the EPBC Act. Sparsely distributed in better watered regions: Kimberley, North West and South Western divisions. Also, eastern Australia and Tasmanian (Johnstone and Storr 1998).

Habitat: Well vegetated shallows and margins of wetlands, dams, sewerage ponds, wet pastures, marshy areas, irrigation systems, lignum, tea tree scrub, open timber. Requires dense low cover (Morcombe 2004).

Likely presence in study area: No suitable habitat. Not listed as a potential species.

Potential impact of proposed development: No significant impact on this species or its preferred habitat will occur.

White-bellied Sea Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster

Status and Distribution: This species is listed as Marine under the EPBC Act and under international agreements to which Australia is a signatory. White-bellied sea eagles are moderately common to common on Kimberley and Pilbara islands, coasts and estuaries, on Bernier, Dorre and Dirk Hartog Is., in Houtman Abrolhos and in the Archipelago of the Recherche; rare to uncommon elsewhere (Johnstone and Storr 1998). Also found in New Guinea, Indonesia, China, southeast Asia and India. Scarce near major coastal cities (Morcombe 2004).

Habitat: They nest and forage usually near the coast over islands, reefs, headlands, beaches, bays, estuaries, mangroves, but will also live near seasonally flooded inland swamps, lagoons and floodplains, often far inland on large pools of major rivers. Established pairs usually sedentary, immatures dispersive (Morcombe 2004). White-bellied sea-eagles build a large stick nest, which is used for many seasons in succession.

Likely presence in study area: This species is very unlikely to frequent the area.

Potential impact of proposed development: No impact on this species is anticipated. PINJARRA – WILLIAMS ROAD (SLK 14.0 – 67.0) – FAUNA ASSESSMENT – APRIL 2017 – V4

Osprey Pandion haliaetus

Status and Distribution: This species is listed as Schedule 5 under the WC Act and as Migratory under the EPBC Act and under international agreements to which Australia is a signatory. Moderately common to very common in sheltered seas around the north and west coast islands south to 31°S; uncommon to common on mainland coasts, estuaries and large rivers north of tropic, rare to uncommon elsewhere (Johnstone and Storr 1998).

Habitat: Coasts, estuaries, bays, inlets, islands, and surrounding waters, coral atolls, reefs, lagoons, rock cliffs and stacks. Ascends larger rivers (Pizzey & Knight 2012). Construct nests on prominent headland, large trees, communication towers (Simpson & Day 2010).

Likely presence in study area: This species is very unlikely to frequent the area.

Potential impact of proposed development: No impact on this species is anticipated.

Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus

Status and Distribution: This species is listed as Schedule 7 under the WC Act. Individuals of this species are uncommon/rare but wide ranging across Australia. Moderately common at higher levels of the Stirling Range, uncommon in hilly, north west Kimberley, Hamersley and Darling Ranges; rare or scarce elsewhere (Johnstone and Storr 1998).

Habitat: Diverse from rainforest to arid shrublands, from coastal heath to alpine (Morcombe 2004). Mainly about cliffs along coasts, rivers and ranges and about wooded watercourses and lakes (Johnstone and Storr 1998). The species utilises the ledges, cliff faces and large hollows/broken spouts of trees for nesting. It will also occasionally use the abandoned nests of other birds of prey.

Likely presence in study area: Individuals of this species potentially utilises some sections of the study area as part of a much larger home range. No potential nest sites observed.

Potential impact of proposed development: No impact on this species is anticipated.

Malleefowl Leipoa ocellata

Status and Distribution: This species is listed as Schedule 3 under the WC Act and as Vulnerable under the EPBC Act. Originally common, but now generally rare to uncommon and patchily distributed.

Current distribution mainly southern arid and semi-arid zones, north to Shark Bay, Jingemarra, Colga Downs and Yeelirrie, east to Earnest Giles Range, Yeo Lake, lower Ponton Creek and to Eucla and west and south to Cockleshell Gully, the PINJARRA – WILLIAMS ROAD (SLK 14.0 – 67.0) – FAUNA ASSESSMENT – APRIL 2017 – V4

Wongan Hills, Stirling Range, Beaufort Inlet, Hatters Hill, Mt Ragged and Point Malcolm (Johnstone and Storr 1998).

Habitat: Mainly scrubs and thickets of mallee Eucalyptus spp., boree Melaleuca lanceolata and bowgada Acacia linophylla, also dense litter forming shrublands.

Likely presence in study area: This species is locally extinct and would not under normal circumstance occur in the area.

Potential impact of proposed development: No impact on this species or its preferred habitat will occur as a consequence of this project proceeding.

Migratory Shorebirds/Wetland Species

A number of species of migratory shorebirds, resident shorebirds and wetland species are listed within various databases and publications as potential inhabitants or visitors to the general area.

Status and Distribution: Most are the listed species are listed as Migratory under the EPBC Act and under international agreements to which Australia is a signatory. Some are also listed under Schedule 3 of the WC Act. All species are either widespread summer migrants to Australia or residents. Actual conservation status varies between species.

Habitat: Varies between species but includes beaches and permanent/temporary wetlands varying from billabongs, swamps, lakes, floodplains, sewerage farms, saltwork ponds, estuaries, lagoons, mudflats, sandbars, pastures, airfields, sports fields and lawns.

Likely presence in study area: Most of the habitats present are unsuitable for migratory shorebirds birds to utilise. Some species (e.g. common sandpiper) may very occasionally utilise the degraded rivers and dams but the frequency of occurrence and degree of utilisation would be very low and hence none are listed as potential species.

Potential impact of proposed development: No impact on migratory shorebirds/wetland species or their preferred habitat will occur as a consequence of this project proceeding.

Forest Red-tailed Black Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus banksii naso

Status and Distribution: Listed as Scheduled 3 under the WC Act and as Vulnerable under the EPBC Act. Found in the humid and subhumid south west, mainly hilly interior, north to Gingin and east to Mt Helena, Christmas Tree Well, North Bannister, Mt Saddleback, Rock Gully and the upper King River (Johnstone and Storr 1998).

Habitat: Eucalypt forests, feeds on Marri, Jarrah, Blackbutt, Karri, Sheoak and Snottygobble. The Forest red-tailed black cockatoo nests in the large hollows of Marri, Jarrah and Karri (Johnstone and Kirkby 1999). In Marri, the nest hollows of PINJARRA – WILLIAMS ROAD (SLK 14.0 – 67.0) – FAUNA ASSESSMENT – APRIL 2017 – V4 the Forest Red-tailed Black Cockatoo range from 8-14m above ground, the entrance is 12 – 41cm in diameter and the depth is one to five metres (Johnstone and Storr 1998).

Breeding commences in winter/spring. There are few records of breeding in the Forest Red-tailed Black Cockatoo (Johnstone and Storr 1998), but eggs are laid in October and November (Johnstone 1997; Johnstone and Storr 1998). Recent data however indicates that breeding in all months of the year occurs with peaks in spring and autumn–winter (Ron Johnstone pers comms). Incubation period 29 – 31 days. Young fledge at 8 to 9 weeks (Simpson and Day 2004).

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Likely presence in study area: Individual of this species seen and foraging evidence attributed to this species found within the study area (chewed Marri and Jarrah fruits). All Marri, Jarrah and Sheoak trees within the study area represents potential foraging habitat for this species. Larger trees (>50cm DBH) can be considered potential breeding habitat. This species may also roost on site on occasions though no roost trees observed.

Potential impact of proposed development: Loss of foraging, breeding and roosting opportunities.

Baudin’s Black- Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus baudinii

Status and Distribution: Listed as Scheduled 2 under the WC Act and as Vulnerable under the EPBC Act. Confined to the south-west of Western Australia, north to Gidgegannup, east to Mt Helena, Wandering, Quindanning, Kojonup, Frankland and King River and west to the eastern strip of the Swan Coastal Plain including West Midland, Byford, Nth Dandalup, Yarloop, Wokalup and Bunbury (Johnstone and Storr 1998). On the southern Swan Coastal Plain this cockatoo is in some areas resident but mainly a migrant moving from the deep south-west to the central and northern Darling Range. Between March and September most flocks move north and are concentrated in the northern parts of the Darling Range. During this period birds forage well out onto the southern Swan Coastal Plain to areas such as Harvey, Myalup, Bunbury, Capel, Dunsborough and Meelup. While generally more common in the Darling Range this species can also be common on parts of the southern Swan Coastal Plain especially in mid-August – September when flocks begin to return to their breeding quarters (Johnstone 2008).

Habitat: Mainly eucalypt forests where it feeds primarily on the Marri seeds, (Morcombe 2004), Banksia, Hakeas and Erodium sp. Also strips bark from trees in search of beetle larvae (Johnstone and Storr 1998). This species of cockatoo nests in large tree hollows, 30–40 cm in diameter and more than 30 cm deep (Saunders 1974). PINJARRA – WILLIAMS ROAD (SLK 14.0 – 67.0) – FAUNA ASSESSMENT – APRIL 2017 – V4

Baudin's Black-Cockatoo breeds in late winter and spring, from August to November or December (Gould 1972; Johnstone 1997; Saunders 1974; Saunders et al. 1985). Eggs laid in October (Johnstone and Storr 1998). Based on observations at currently known nest sites breeding mainly occurs within the October-December period (Ron Johnstone pers comms). Incubation is 28 – 30 days. Young fledge at 8 to 9 weeks (Simpson and Day 2004).

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Likely presence in study area: Foraging evidence attributed to this species found within the study area (chewed Marri fruits). All Marri and Banksia trees within the study area represents potential foraging habitat for this species. Larger trees (>50cm DBH) can be considered potential breeding habitat. This species may also roost on site on occasions though no roost trees observed.

Potential impact of proposed development: Loss of foraging, breeding and roosting opportunities.

Carnaby’s Black- Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus latirostris

Status and Distribution: Carnaby’s Black Cockatoo is listed as Scheduled 2 under the WC Act and as Endangered under the EPBC Act. Confined to the south-west of Western Australia, north to the lower Murchison River and east to Nabawa, Wilroy, Waddi Forest, Nugadong, Manmanning, Durokoppin, Noongar (Moorine Rock), Lake Cronin, Ravensthorpe Range, head of Oldfield River, 20 km ESE of Condingup and Cape Arid; also casual on Rottnest Island (Johnstone and Storr 1998).

Habitat: Forests, woodlands, heathlands, farms; feeds on Banksia, Hakeas and Marri. Carnaby’s Cockatoo has specific nesting site requirements. Nests are mostly in smoothed-barked eucalypts with the nest hollows ranging from 2.5 to 12m above the ground, an entrance from 23-30cm diameter and a depth of 0.1-2.5m (Johnstone and Storr, 1998).

Breeding occurs in winter/spring mainly in eastern forest and wheatbelt where they can find mature hollow bearing trees to nest in (Morcombe 2004). Judging from records in the Storr-Johnstone Bird Data Bank, this species is currently expanding its breeding range westward and south into the Jarrah – Marri forest of the Darling Scarp and into the Tuart forests of the Swan Coastal Plain including the region between Mandurah and Bunbury. Carnaby’s Black Cockatoo has been known to breed close to the town of Mandurah, as well as at Dawesville, Lake Clifton and Baldivis (pers. comm., Ron Johnstone, WA Museum) and there are small resident populations on the southern Swan Coastal Plain near Mandurah, Lake Clifton and near Bunbury. At each of these sites the birds forage in remnant vegetation and adjacent pine plantations (Johnstone 2008). PINJARRA – WILLIAMS ROAD (SLK 14.0 – 67.0) – FAUNA ASSESSMENT – APRIL 2017 – V4

Carnaby's Black-Cockatoo lays eggs from July or August to October or November, with most clutches being laid in August and September (Saunders 1986). Birds in inland regions may begin laying up to three weeks earlier than those in coastal areas (Saunders 1977). The female incubates the eggs over a period of 28-29 days. The young depart the nest 10–12 weeks after hatching (Saunders 1977; Smith & Saunders 1986).

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Likely presence in study area: Foraging evidence attributed to this species found within the study area (chewed Marri and Jarrah fruits and Pine cones). All Marri, Jarrah and Banksia trees within the study area represents potential foraging habitat for this species. Larger trees (>50cm DBH) can be considered potential breeding habitat. This species may also roost on site on occasions though no roost trees observed.

Potential impact of proposed development: Loss of foraging, breeding and roosting opportunities.

Barking Owl Ninox connivens connivens

Status and Distribution: Listed as Priority 2 by DPAW. Found north to Perth (formerly) and east to Northam, Katanning and nearly to Bremer Bay. Declining in south west (Johnstone and Storr 1998).

Habitat: Dense vegetation, especially forest and thickets of waterside vegetation such as melaleucas (Johnstone and Storr 1998). Roosts in tree hollows.

Likely presence in study area: Status within the study area and in the general area difficult to determine. May frequent the area at times.

Potential impact of proposed development: No significant impact on this species is anticipated as it is only likely to be present rarely and the area of potential habitat that may be affected is very small.

Masked Owl Tyto novaehollandae novaehollandae

Status and Distribution: Listed as Priority 3 by DPAW. Found north to Yanchep and east to Yealering, Gnowangerup and Albany, casual further north. Locally common in south west but generally uncommon (Johnstone and Storr 1998).

Habitat: Roosts and nests in heavy forest, hunts over open woodlands and farmlands (Morcombe 2004). Probably breeding in forested deep south west with some autumn–winter wanderings northwards (Johnstone and Storr 1998). PINJARRA – WILLIAMS ROAD (SLK 14.0 – 67.0) – FAUNA ASSESSMENT – APRIL 2017 – V4

Likely presence in study area: Status within the study area and in the general area difficult to determine. May frequent the area at times.

Fork-tailed Swift Apus pacificus

Status and Distribution: The Fork-tailed Swift is listed as Schedule 5 under the WC Act and as Migratory under the EPBC Act and under international agreements to which Australia is a signatory. It is a summer migrant (Oct-Apr) to Australia (Morcombe 2004).

Habitat: Low to very high airspace over varied habitat from rainforest to semi desert (Morcombe 2004).

Likely presence in study area: It is potentially a very occasional summer visitor to the study area but is entirely aerial and largely independent of terrestrial habitats.

Potential impact of proposed development: No impact on this species is anticipated.

Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus

Status and Distribution: This species is listed as Schedule 5 under the WC Act and as migratory under the EPBC Act and under international agreements to which Australia is a signatory. The Rainbow Bee-eater is a common summer migrant to southern Australia but in the north they are resident (Morcombe 2003).

Habitat: Open Country, of woodlands, open forest, semi arid scrub, grasslands, clearings in heavier forest, farmlands (Morcombe 2004). Breeds underground in areas of suitable soft soil firm enough to support tunnel building.

Likely presence in study area: Common seasonal visitor to south west. Potentially breeds in some areas where ground conditions permit (e.g. sandy areas or river banks).

Potential impact of proposed development: Modification and/or loss of some habitat but impact will not be significant. This species can be expected to continue to utilise the area, as it does now, despite any future road works.

Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea

Status and Distribution: The grey wagtail is listed as Schedule 3 under the WC Act and as Migratory under the EPBC Act including international agreements to which Australia is a signatory. A rarely recorded, accidental vagrant that has on a few occasions been recorded on widely separated parts of the Australian coastline (Pizzey & Knight 2012). PINJARRA – WILLIAMS ROAD (SLK 14.0 – 67.0) – FAUNA ASSESSMENT – APRIL 2017 – V4

Habitat: In Australia, near running water in disused quarries, sandy, rocky streams in escarpments and rainforest, sewerage ponds, ploughed fields and airfields (Pizzey & Knight 2012).

Likely presence in study area: There is no habitat suitable for these species within the subject site.

Potential impact of proposed development: No significant impact on these species or their preferred habitat will occur.

Noisy Scrub-bird Atrichornis clamosus

Status and Distribution: Listed as Scheduled 2 under the WC Act and as Vulnerable under the EPBC Act. The noisy scrub-bird mainly occurs at two locations in south-western Western Australia; on the mainland in coastal areas from Two Peoples Bay Nature Reserve to Cheyne Beach; and on Bald Island, which lies close to the coast off Cheyne Beach. From 1983 to 2006 a translocation program moved a total of 214 birds to sites at the Darling Range, Walpole- Nornalup National Park, Quarram Nature Reserve, Torndirrup National Park, Porongurup National Park, Mount Taylor, Mount Manypeaks, Mermaid Point and Bald Island.

Habitat: Dense thickets of stunted eucalypts, tea-tree, banksia, sheoak, rush, saw sedge and tall grasses. Mainly occurs in low closed forests with dense understorey or lower stratum of sedges and shrubs, a dense accumulation of leaf litter and an abundant population of litter-dwelling invertebrates, typically in steep wet gullies, drainage lines and margins of freshwater lakes.

Likely presence in study area: No suitable habitat. Darling Range translocation sites are well away from the study area.

Potential impact of proposed development: No impact on this species will occur.

Chuditch Dasyurus geoffroii

Status and Distribution: Listed as Scheduled 3 under the WC Act and as Vulnerable under the EPBC Act. Formerly occurred over nearly 70 per cent of Australia. The Chuditch now has a patchy distribution throughout the Jarrah forest and mixed Karri/Marri/Jarrah forest of southwest Western Australia. Also occurs in very low numbers in the Midwest, Wheatbelt and South Coast Regions with records from Moora to the north, Yellowdine to the east and south to Hopetoun.

Habitat: Chuditch are known to have occupied a wide range of habitats from woodlands, dry sclerophyll (leafy) forests, riparian vegetation, beaches and deserts. Riparian vegetation appears to support higher densities of Chuditch, possibly because food supply is better or more reliable and better cover is offered by dense vegetation. Chuditch appear to utilise native vegetation along road sides in the wheatbelt (CALM 1994). The estimated home range of a male Chuditch is over 15 km2 whilst that for females is 3-4 km2 (Sorena and Soderquist 1995). PINJARRA – WILLIAMS ROAD (SLK 14.0 – 67.0) – FAUNA ASSESSMENT – APRIL 2017 – V4

Likely presence in study area: This species is known to persist in state forest areas in the vicinity of Dwellingup and it may pass through sections of the study area at times.

Potential impact of proposed development: Loss of some potential habitat.

Numbat Myrmecobius fasciatus

Status and Distribution: Listed as Scheduled 3 under the WC Act and as Vulnerable under the EPBC Act. Once occurred across much of arid and semi arid southern Australia, now restricted to a few remnant forests of Wandoo, Powderbark Wandoo or jarrah in South west WA (Menkhorst & Knight 2011). Rare, scattered. Found only at Dryandra, Perup and six other translocation sites (Van Dyck & Strahan 2008).

Habitat: Generally dominated by eucalypts that provide hollow logs and branches for shelter and termites for food (Van Dyck & Strahan 2008).

Likely presence in study area: Available evidence suggests this species is locally and regionally extinct.

Potential impact of proposed development: No impact on this species is anticipated.

Red-tailed Phascogale Phascogale calura

Status and Distribution: Listed as Scheduled 6 under the WC Act and as Vulnerable under the EPBC Act. This species was recorded across much of arid and semi-arid Australia, from western NSW, to central Australia (Tennant Creek), Great Sandy Desert, southwest Western Australia, and parts of southern South Australia. Populations are currently known from several isolated nature reserves in the south-west of Western Australia, from the wheatbelt to the south coast, such as Tutanning, Boyagin, Dryandra, Dongolocking, and Parkeyerring, as well as remnant vegetation on private property. Red-tailed phascogales have also been recorded on the south coast near Ravensthorpe (DPAW information pamphlet).

Habitat: The red-tailed phascogale inhabits wandoo (Eucalyptus wandoo) and sheoak (Allocasuarina huegeliana) woodland associations, with populations being most dense in the latter vegetation type. They show a preference for long unburnt habitat with a continuous canopy and tree hollows (DPAW information pamphlet).

Wandoo trees provide excellent nesting sites in the form of hollow logs and limbs, which they line with grass and feathers. Nest sites occur in highly flammable areas, and may often be in dead sheoaks, skirts of live (or stumps of dead) grass trees (Xanthorrhoea spp.) (DPAW information pamphlet).

Young are born from mid June to mid August. Weening is completed after about 90 days (Van Dyck and Strahan 2008). Young are independent at about 4 months (Menkhorst and Knight 2001). PINJARRA – WILLIAMS ROAD (SLK 14.0 – 67.0) – FAUNA ASSESSMENT – APRIL 2017 – V4

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Likely presence in study area: Lack of records in the area suggests this species does not frequent the study area. Favoured habitat lacking.

Potential impact of proposed development: No impact on this species is anticipated as it is unlikely to be present.

South-western Brush-tailed Phascogale Phascogale tapoatafa wambenger

Status and Distribution: Listed as Scheduled 6 under the WC Act. Present distribution is believed to have been reduced to approximately 50 per cent of its former range. Current document distribution is form Perth and south to Albany, west of Albany Highway. Occurs at low densities in the northern Jarrah forest. Highest densities occur in the Perup/Kingston area, Collie River valley, and near Margaret River and Busselton (DPAW information pamphlet). Records are less common from wetter forests.

Habitat: This subspecies has been observed in dry sclerophyll forests and open woodlands that contain hollow-bearing trees but a sparse ground cover. A nocturnal carnivore relying on tree hollows as nest sites. The home range for a female Brush-tailed Phascogale is estimated at between 20 and 70 ha, whilst that for males is given as twice that of females. In addition, they tend to utilise a large number (approximately 20) of different nest sites throughout their range (Soderquist 1995).

Likely presence in study area: This species is known to persist in state forest areas surrounding the study area and therefore it may frequent the study site.

Potential impact of proposed development: Loss of some potential habitat. Some possibility that individuals maybe killed or injured during clearing operations.

Quenda Isoodon obesulus fusciventer

Status and Distribution: Listed as Priority 4 by DPAW. Widely distributed in the south west from near Cervantes north of Perth to east of Esperance, patchy distribution through the Jarrah and Karri forest and on the Swan Coastal Plain, and inland as far as Hyden. Has been translocated to Julimar State Forest, Hills Forest Mundaring, Tutanning Nature Reserve, Boyagin Nature Reserve, Dongolocking Nature Reserve, Leschenault Conservation Park, and Karakamia and Paruna Sanctuaries (DPAW information pamphlet) and Nambung National Park (DPAW pers. coms.)

Habitat: Dense scrubby, often swampy, vegetation with dense cover up to one metre high, often feeds in adjacent forest and woodland that is burnt on a regular basis and in areas of pasture and cropland lying close to dense cover. Populations PINJARRA – WILLIAMS ROAD (SLK 14.0 – 67.0) – FAUNA ASSESSMENT – APRIL 2017 – V4 inhabiting Jarrah and Wandoo forests are usually associated with watercourses. Quendas can thrive in more open habitat subject to exotic predator control (DPAW information pamphlet).

Likely presence in study area: This species may persist at locations where native vegetation provides sufficient cover.

Potential impact of proposed development: Loss of some potential habitat. Some possibility that individuals maybe killed or injured during clearing operations.

Bilby Macrotis lagotis

Status and Distribution: The Bilby is listed as Schedule 3 under the WC Act and as Vulnerable under the EPBC Act. Current distribution in suitable habitat from Tanami Desert west to near Broome and south to Warburton. Former distribution extended south to Margaret River, though apparently absent from the coastal plain (Burbidge 2004).

Habitat: Current habitat included Acacia shrublands, spinifex and hummock grassland (Menkhorst & Knight 2011).

Likely presence in study area: Regionally extinct.

Potential impact of proposed development: No impact on this species or its preferred habitat is considered likely.

Western Ringtail Possum Pseudocheirus occidentalis

Status and Distribution: Listed as Scheduled 1 under the WC Act and as Vulnerable under the EPBC Act. Common in suitable habitat (de Tores 2008). The highest densities of this species are recorded in peppermint habitat near Busselton area; relatively high densities are found in Jarrah/Marri forest at Perup (de Tores 2008).

The western ringtail possum (WRP) has a restricted distribution in south-western Western Australia. Most known populations (natural and translocated) are now restricted to near coastal areas of the south west from the Dawesville area to the Waychinicup National Park. Inland, it is also known to be relatively common in a small part of the lower Collie River valley, the Perup Nature Reserve and surrounding forest blocks near Manjimup. It has also been recorded in stands of Peppermint near the Harvey River and in Jarrah/Marri forest near Collie; however, the long term persistence of the species in these areas is not confirmed (de Tores et al 2004). The Western Ringtail was formerly more widespread: in the 1970s it was known from Casuarina woodlands in the wheatbelt near Pingelly (south-east of Perth), and it is thought to have once occurred throughout much of south-western Western Australia (but not necessarily continuously distributed) (Maxwell et al. 1996; de Tores 2008).

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(G. Harewood per. obs.). The most northern known natural coastal population is centred on the Binningup townsite.

This species has been translocated to a number of locations including Lane Poole Reserve south of Dwellingup.

Habitat: The Western Ringtail Possum was once located in a variety of habitats including Coastal Peppermint, Coastal Peppermint-Tuart, Jarrah-Marri associations, Sheoak woodland, and eucalypt woodland and mallee. Coastal populations mostly inhabit Peppermint-Tuart associations with highest densities in habitats with dense, relatively lush vegetation. In these areas the main determinants of suitable habitat for WRPs appears to be the presence of Agonis flexuosa either as the dominant tree or as an understorey component of Eucalypt forest or woodland (Jones et al. 1994a). Inland, the largest known populations occur in the Upper Warren area east of Manjimup (Wayne et al. 2005). In this area the peppermint tree is naturally absent and jarrah-marri associations constitute the species refuge and foraging habitat. In areas where Peppermint is absent or rare WRPs have been observed feeding predominately on young Jarrah, Nuytsia floribunda and Allocasuarina fraseriana (G Harewood pers. obs.).

Likely presence in study area: This species has been translocated to some state forest areas south of Dwellingup but it is unlikely to be present in the study area.

Potential impact of proposed development: No impact on this species will occur.

Quokka Setonix brachyurus

Status and Distribution: Listed as Scheduled 3 under the WC Act and as Vulnerable under the EPBC Act. Rare and restricted in south west W.A. from south of Perth to Two Peoples Bay. The distribution of the Quokka includes Rottnest and Bald Islands, and at least 25 known sites on the mainland, including Two Peoples Bay Nature Reserve, Torndirrup National Park, Mt Manypeaks National Park, Walpole-Nornalup National Park, and various swamp areas through the south-west forests from Jarrahdale to Walpole. As of 2008 there were nine known quokka populations in the Wellington National Park area (DEC 2008). One population, north of the Collie River, is considered to be the largest in the northern jarrah forest, although numbers appear to be declining (DEC 2008).

Habitat: Mainland populations of this species are currently restricted to densely vegetated coastal heaths, swamps, riverine habitats including tea-tree thickets on sandy soils along creek systems where they are less vulnerable to predation. The species is nocturnal.

Likely presence in study area: There is no suitable habitat for this species within the study area.

Potential impact of proposed development: No impact on this species will occur.

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Woylie Bettongia penicillata ogibyi

Status and Distribution: Listed as Schedule 1 under the WC Act and as Endangered under the EPBC Act. Restricted to remnant habitat patches in south west WA where populations are managed by way of fox control and reintroduction programs (e.g. Batalling State forest, Avon Valley, Walyunga National Park and Paruna Sanctuary). Woylie populations have declined by about 80% since 2001. The declines of affected populations in Western Australia and South Australia have been rapid, substantial (>90% lost) and apparently biased toward the largest and most important populations. The declines are continuing in some areas and as yet there have been no clear signs of a sustained post decline recovery. Most of the remaining unaffected populations are small (<300 individuals), isolated and inherently vulnerable (DEC 2009).

Habitat: Open forest and woodland with a low, dense, understorey of tussock grasses or woody scrub. Formerly occurred in a wider range of habitats including spinifex hummock grasslands.

Likely presence in study area: Status in the general area difficult to assess. Very few recent records, most being relocations/releases of captive animals several years ago. May frequent some of the more densely vegetated areas in adjoin areas but the study area general lacks sufficient understory required for this species to persist. Not listed as a potential species.

Potential impact of proposed development: No impact on this species or its preferred habitat anticpated.

Western Brush Wallaby Macropus irma

Status and Distribution: Listed as Priority 4 by DPAW. The Western Brush Wallaby is distributed across the south-west of Western Australia from north of Kalbarri to Cape Arid (DPAW information pamphlet nd).

Habitat: The species optimum habitat is open forest or woodland, particularly favouring open, seasonally wet flats with low grasses and open scrubby thickets. It is also found in some areas of mallee and heathland, and is uncommon in karri forest (DPAW information pamphlet nd).

Likely presence in study area: This species is relatively common in the Dwellingup area and a dead individual (road kill was observed during the field survey.

Potential impact of proposed development: Loss of a small areas of potential habitat.

Western False Pipistrelle Falsistrellus mackenziei

Status and Distribution: Listed as Priority 4 by DPAW. Listed as vulnerable by the ICUN. Confined to south west W.A. south of Perth and east to the wheat belt. Most records from Karri forests but also recorded in wetter stands of jarrah and PINJARRA – WILLIAMS ROAD (SLK 14.0 – 67.0) – FAUNA ASSESSMENT – APRIL 2017 – V4 tuart and woodlands on the Swan Coastal Plain (Menkhorst and Knight 2011). Range appears to be contracting southwards, presumably due to drying climate.

Habitat: This species of bat occurs in high forest and coastal woodlands. It roosts in small colonies in tree hollows and forages at canopy level and in the cathedral- like spaces between trees.

Likely presence in study area: Potentially present with the study area when it is likely to forage and possibly roost given presence of suitable tree hollows.

Potential impact of proposed development: Loss/modification of foraging habitat and loss of potential roosting habitat.

Water Rat Hydromys chrysogaster

Status and Distribution: Listed as Priority 4 by DPAW. The water rat is widely distributed around Australia and its offshore islands, New Guinea and some adjacent islands. It occurs in fresh brackish water habitats in the south-west of Western Australia, but occurs in marine environments along the Pilbara coastline and offshore islands. Previous survey work in the south west suggested this species was relatively common and widespread though difficult to capture (Christensen et al 1985, How et al 1987).

Habitat: The water rat occupies habitat in the vicinity of permanent water, fresh, brackish or marine. Likely to occur in all major rivers and most of the larger streams as well as bodies of permanent water in the lower south west (Christensen et al 1985).

Likely presence in study area: Potentially utilises the Hotham River.

Potential impact of proposed development: Modification of a small area of marginal (degraded) habitat. PINJARRA - WILLIAMS ROAD (SLK 14.0 – 67.0) – FAUNA ASSESSMENT – APRIL 2017 – V4

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