Biodiversity Assessment Report Contract Area 43: Pound Road ...

Biodiversity Assessment Report: Investigation Area 43
Habitat hectare and Scattered Tree assessments within the contract area
Month Survey date Property Address Property PFI
September
October
15-17/9/2009 1775 Thompsons Rd (Roadside reserve) R636934
15-17/9/2009 1785 Thomspons Rd (Roadside reserve) R636935
15-17/9/2009 1825 Thomspons Rd (Roadside reserve) R636936
15-17/9/2009 1845 Thomspons Rd (Roadside reserve) R636847
15-17/9/2009 1865 Thomspons Rd (Roadside reserve) R636937
15-17/9/2009 1100 Pound Road (Roadside reserve) R208516228
15-17/9/2009 700 Berwick-Cranbourne Rd (Roadside reserve) R208514983
20/10/2009 1100 Pound Road 208516228
20/10/2009 1100 Pound Road 208514974
20/10/2009 1100 Pound Road 206233635
20/10/2009 97R Grices Road 212415393
20/10/2009 97R Grices Road 209204078
21/10/2009 1775 Thompsons Rd 636934
27/10/2009 1845 Thompsons Rd 636847
November n/a n/a n/a
December n/a n/a n/a
January
28/01/2010 1865 Thompsons Rd 636937
28/01/2010 1825 Thomspons Rd 636936
February 7/02/2010 Thomspons Rd - southern roadside reserve unknown
Conservation Significance of habitat zones
All 22 patches of native vegetation recorded within the contract area have been assigned
high conservation significance, as per Appendix 3 of Victoria’s Native Vegetation Framework
DNRE (2002) and in accordance with DSE’s Guide for Assessment of Referred Planning
Permit Applications (DSE 2007b) (Appendix 4; Figure 5).
The high conservation significance determinations within the contract area are due primarily
to the remaining 50% habitat for threatened fauna species determination for all habitat
zones and the Vulnerable and Endangered conservation status of the EVCs recorded within
the contract area. ‘Other site attributes’ have not influenced the overall conservation
significance of any patches (Figure 5).
Vegetation Quality (habitat hectares)
Vegetation quality in terms of habitat scores varies between 0.10 and 0.43 (Appendix 4).
The relatively low habitat scores are a reflection of the highly modified nature of the
agricultural landscape within which the contract area is situated. Landscape scores are ≤10,
which is a reflection of a lack of surrounding native vegetation and large conservation
reserves within 5 kilometres.
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