Purpose and scope This Fauna Inventory Report forms part of the basic information required to start managing protected land. It should serve as a useful reference for managers, and also the logical basis of management actions. The specific purpose of this document is to: Identify any EPBC-listed animal species that are the targets of conservation measures under the MSA Provide enough information about the distribution of animals on the land to allow management planning to proceed. Fulfil (for the to produce a detailed inventory of the survey area) DELWP’s commitment fauna values within the WGR () Provide a qualitative baseline describing the fauna when the survey area is brought into the WGR This document does not: constitute a management plan, describe the vegetation of the survey area (available in DELWP ()), make any claims about the likely presence or absence of values not recorded. The Survey Area This report covers the Western Grassland Reserve - Mount Cottrell Nature Conservation Reserve (NCR), a rectangular block of land on the west of Troups Rd South, Mount Cottrell (44.3 ha). The survey area is shown in Figure 1. Figure 1. The location of Mount Cottrell NCR. Insert shows the location of Mount Cottrell NCR (red) within the Western Grassland Reserve. Previous survey information This area has not been the subject of any previous fauna surveys. Methods The site was surveyed using the methods described in DELWP (2015c). As this is a small property dominated by grassland not all survey techniques described in DELWP (2015c) were conducted. Figure 2 shows the survey locations. Figure 2. Survey locations at Mount Cottrell NCR by survey type.
Purpose and scope This Fauna Inventory Report forms part of the basic information required to start managing protected land. It should serve as a useful reference for managers, and also the logical basis of management actions. The specific purpose of this document is to: Identify any EPBC-listed animal species that are the targets of conservation measures under the MSA Provide enough information about the distribution of animals on the land to allow management planning to proceed. Fulfil (for the survey area) DELWP’s commitment to produce a detailed inventory of the fauna values within the WGR () Provide a qualitative baseline describing the fauna when the survey area is brought into the WGR This document does not: constitute a management plan, describe the vegetation of the survey area (available in DELWP ()), make any claims about the likely presence or absence of values not recorded. The Survey Area This report covers the Western Grassland Reserve - Mount Cottrell Nature Conservation Reserve (NCR), a rectangular block of land on the west of Troups Rd South, Mount Cottrell (44.3 ha). The survey area is shown in Figure 1. Figure 1. The location of Mount Cottrell NCR. Insert shows the location of Mount Cottrell NCR (red) within the Western Grassland Reserve. Previous survey information This area has not been the subject of any previous fauna surveys. Methods The site was surveyed using the methods described in DELWP (2015c). As this is a small property dominated by grassland not all survey techniques described in DELWP (2015c) were conducted. Figure 2 shows the survey locations. Figure 2. Survey locations at Mount Cottrell NCR by survey type.
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