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Detailed Field Surveys
- Vegetation surveys completed by two qualified Botanists over a five-day period between 6 and 10
June 2016, a three-day period between 19 and 21 March 2018, a five-day period between 10 and 14 October 2018;
- Terrestrial fauna surveys completed by two qualified Zoologists over a five-day period between
24 and 28 October 2016 (excluding the subsequent collection of deployed remote cameras on 11 November 2016), a three-day period between 19 and 21 March 2018, and a five-day period between 10 and 14 October 2018;
- Targeted flora surveys and updated vegetation mapping completed by two qualified Botanists
- ver a two five-day survey events between 24 and 28 October 2016, and 7 and 11 November
2016;
- Targeted Giant Burrowing Frog and additional nocturnal surveys were undertaken over 4 days
between 27 and 30 November 2018;
- Aquatic ecology assessment completed by a qualified Aquatic Ecologist over a three-day period
between 6 and 8 June 2016, and targeted aquatic surveys for the nationally threatened Australian Grayling. Dwarf Galaxias and other aquatic species were undertaken between 27 and 29 November 2018;
- Additional flora and fauna assessments completed by two qualified Botanists at the proposed
Fanning’s rail siding and the road upgrade at Racecourse Road roundabout on 11 January 2019; and
- Groundwater Dependent Ecosystem modelling and risk assessment.
The above surveys were undertaken across over 2,000 ha, encompassing areas of public land (road reserves), Kalbar owned land and private property where landowners had granted access.
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