Rickards Road Castlereagh – Central Lot Vegetation Management Plan Prepared for Enviro Waste Services Group Pty Ltd August 2017 Rickards Road Vegetation Management Plan DOCUMENT TRACKING Item Detail Project Name Rickards Road VMP – Central Lot Project Number 17WOL-6848 Jack Talbert Project Manager (02) 4021 2211 Level 2, Suite 204, 62 Moore Street Austinmer NSW 2515 Prepared by Rebecca Dwyer, Jack Talbert, Paul Price Reviewed by Andrew Whitford Approved by Andrew Whitford Status DRAFT Version Number 1 Last saved on 7 August 2017 Right: Cooks River Castlereagh Ironbark Forest within the VMP area, Top left: Dillwynia Cover photo tenuifolia, bottom right: Grevillea juniperina subsp. juniperina. Photos taken by Rebecca Dwyer March 2017 This report should be cited as ‘Eco Logical Australia 2017. Rickards Road – Central Lot Vegetation Management Plan. Prepared for Enviro Waste Services Group Pty Ltd. 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Template 29/9/2015 © ECO LOGICAL AUSTRALIA PTY LTD ii Rickards Road Vegetation Management Plan Contents 1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................. 1 1.1 Background................................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Commonwealth request for preliminary documentation conditions.............................................. 1 1.3 Scope and objectives of VMP....................................................................................................... 2 1.4 Key terms ...................................................................................................................................... 2 2 Description of the environment ................................................................................................ 2 2.1 Location ........................................................................................................................................ 2 2.2 Management history & usage ....................................................................................................... 2 2.3 Drainage and hydrology ............................................................................................................... 2 2.4 Geology / landscape ..................................................................................................................... 2 2.5 Vegetation communities ............................................................................................................... 2 2.6 Flora .............................................................................................................................................. 4 2.7 Fauna ............................................................................................................................................ 6 2.7.1 Habitat .......................................................................................................................................... 6 2.7.2 Fauna species .............................................................................................................................. 6 3 Management works .................................................................................................................... 8 3.1 Protection and management of the VMP area ............................................................................. 8 3.2 Brush matting and biomass collection .......................................................................................... 8 3.3 Fencing and signage .................................................................................................................... 8 3.4 Retention of regrowth and remnant native vegetation ................................................................. 8 3.5 Vegetation management zones .................................................................................................... 9 3.5.1 Zone 1: Core Bushland ................................................................................................................. 9 3.5.2 Zone 2: APZ / Buffer ..................................................................................................................... 9 3.6 Maintenance ............................................................................................................................... 11 4 Monitoring and reporting ......................................................................................................... 14 4.1 Audit and monitoring reports ...................................................................................................... 14 4.2 Performance criteria ................................................................................................................... 15 5 Implementation schedule and performance criteria ............................................................. 17 5.1 Implementation schedule ............................................................................................................ 17 5.1 Adaptive management ................................................................................................................ 17 6 Costs .......................................................................................................................................... 18 6.1 Preliminary works ....................................................................................................................... 18 6.1.1 Fencing ....................................................................................................................................... 18 © ECO LOGICAL AUSTRALIA PTY LTD iii Rickards Road Vegetation Management Plan 6.2 Brush collection and distribution ................................................................................................. 18 6.2.1 Vertebrate pest management ..................................................................................................... 18 6.3 Weed control treatments ............................................................................................................ 18 6.4 Monitoring and reporting ............................................................................................................. 18 References ............................................................................................................................................. 20 Appendix A Flora species recorded at subject site ........................................................................... 21 Appendix B Techniques and specifications ....................................................................................... 24 Appendix C Sewer works ..................................................................................................................... 29 Appendix D Fencing specifications .................................................................................................... 31 List of figures Figure 1: Location of the subject site ......................................................................................................... 3 Figure 2: Location of VMP .......................................................................................................................... 1 Figure 3: Vegetation communities and threatened flora species within the subject site............................ 5 Figure 4 Site layout .................................................................................................................................. 12 Figure 5: Proposed management actions ................................................................................................ 13 Figure 6 : Weed fence specifications (source http://www.catchmentsandcreeks.com.au) ...................... 31 List of tables Table 1: EPBC Act condition thresholds for CRCIF ................................................................................... 3 Table 2: Noxious and WoNS within the subject site................................................................................... 4 Table 3: Key fauna habitat features present across the study area ........................................................... 6 Table 4: Fauna species recorded at the study area ................................................................................... 6 Table 5: Performance criteria ..................................................................................................................