Conservation Plan Hughes Creek Landscape Zone - Strathbogie ...

4.0 IDENTIFYING PRIORITY SITES
In the Hughes Creek Landscape Zone 1,787 sites have been identified as Biodiversity Action Planning
priority sites for conservation management. These sites are termed BAP sites. They contain remnant
vegetation and vary greatly from a stand of paddock trees, to large forested areas such as the Gobur
Flora Reserve. One hundred of these BAP sites have been ground-truthed and surveyed. A summary of
these results is provided in Section 5.0.
In order to identify the BAP sites, each site was assigned a number that identifies its location and the
associated data. This unique number has been calculated using the map-index (map reference)
number (1:25,000 map) and a site number (eg. 1-1767). An example of the site identification
numbering system (eg. how the site(s) are identified, using the site number system) is illustrated
below (figure 5). An example of the data that is contained in the database (referred to as attribute
table), for each BAP site is detailed below (figure 6). The location of all of the 1767 BAP sites (in map
form) is available, by contacting DSE, Alexandra.
Figure 5 An example of the site identified numbering system
Site Number: 792623_1
Biodiversity Asset Box Ironbark (Section 6.0)
Conservation Status Very High
Management Action Protect
EVC 61 (Section 2.2)
EVC status
E (Endangered)
Focal Species Diamond Firetail (Section 6.1)
Threatened Spp Record Yes (Y) (and name included)
Buffered for Focal Species No (N)
Vegetation Quality Score 16/20 (Section 5.1)
Management
Private
Threats
Pest plants, land clearance
Figure 6 An example of the data contained in the database (attribute table)
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