Conservation Plan Hughes Creek Landscape Zone - Strathbogie ...

CONTENTS
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3
CONTENTS 4
1.0 BACKGROUND 5
1.1 INTRODUCTION 5
1.2 OBJECTIVES 5
1.3 CONTEXT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF
THE HUGHES CREEK CONSERVATION PLAN 6
2.0 THE STUDY AREA 8
2.1 LANDSCAPE 9
2.2 VEGETATION 10
2.3 SIGNIFICAN FLORA AND FAUNA 14
2.3.1 FLORA 14
2.3.2 FAUNA 15
3.0 PREPARING A CONSERVATION PLAN 16
3.1 METHODOLOGY 16
4.0 IDNTIFYING PRIORITY SITES 18
5.0 SUMMARY OF PRIORITY SITE SURVEYING 19
5.1 VEGETATION QULAITY ASSESSMENTS 19
5.2 BIRD SURVEYS 19
5.3CONSERVATION THREATS 20
6.0 CONSERVATION ASSETS 22
6.1 FOCAL SPECIES 22
6.2 KEY BIDIVERSITY ASSETS 24
7.0 PRIORITY ACTIONS FOR KEY BIODIVERSITY ASSETS 28
8.0 FURTHER INFORMATION 47
9.0 LANDOWNER ASSISTANCE 48
10.0 MONITORING 50
11.0 REFERENCES 53
12.0 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 55
13.0 APPENDICES 57
APPENDIX 1 VICTORIAN BIOREGIONS 58
APPENDIX 2 VICTORIAN LANDSCAPE ZONES 59
APPENDIX 3 GOULBURN BROKEN CATCHMENT TARGETS 60
APPENDIX 4 THREATENED FLORA 61
APPENDIX 5 THREATENED FAUNA 62
APPENDIX 6 SITE PRIORITISATION METHOD 63
APPENDIX 7 VEGETATION QUALITY ANALYSIS ASSESSMENT FORM 64
APPENDIX 8 LANDSCAPE CONTEXT MODEL 65
APPENDIX 9 VEGETATION QUALITY ASSESSMENT RESULTS 66
APPENDIX 10 BIRD LIST 67
APPENDIX 11 PRIORITY SITE INFORMATION (MAPPING) 68
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