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8 February 2013

Department of Planning and Infrastructure

GPO Box 39
SYDNEY NSW 2001

Attention: David Kitto - Director, Mining and Industry Projects

Dear David

RE: MOOLARBEN COAL PROJECT STAGE 2 – BIODIVERSITY OFFSET STRATEGY

Introduction

The biodiversity offset strategy proposed as part of Moolarben Coal Project Stage 2 provides high quality flora
and fauna habitats that are equivalent to, or better than, the areas to be disturbed and therefore provides a
“maintain or improve” outcome in the medium to long term.

The locations of the offset properties included in the strategy would add value to the existing NSW reserve
system by enhancing its size, biodiversity, connectivity and opportunity for wildlife movement corridors. The
rehabilitation of disturbance areas and existing cleared areas within the proposed offset properties would also
provide improved regional and local connectivity and wildlife movement corridors, as well as delivering a medium
to long term net gain of woodland/forest vegetation.

Moolarben Coal Mines Pty Ltd (MCM) would protect the offset properties in perpetuity via any reasonable
mechanism to the satisfaction of the Director-General of the Department of Planning and Infrastructure. Such
mechanisms may include Biobanking Agreements, Voluntary Conservation Agreements, Property Vegetation
Plans, incorporation into adjoining reserves etc.

MCM considers that Moolarben Coal Project Stage 2 provides a comprehensive offset package that:

- Fulfills the offset principles of the Office of Environment and Heritage and the Department of Sustainability,
Environment, Water, Population and Communities.
- Complies with various relevant recovery plans for key threatened species and communities, e.g. Swift Parrot,
Regent Honeyeater, Greater Long-eared Bat and White Box Yellow Box Blakely’s Red Gum Woodland.
- Provides large patches of remnant vegetation (of a similar scale to nearby conservation areas – e.g. Clandulla
State Forest, Kandos State Forest, Dungeree State Forest, Tuckland State Forest, Goodim Community
Conservation Area and Yarrobil National Park [Figure 1.1]) with high “area to edge” ratios, thus providing
remnant vegetation with a high resilience to edge effects and greater opportunity for long term biodiversity
enhancement and conservation (Dun Dun East and Dun Dun West).
- Increases the size of the Avisford Nature Reserve (Avisford 1 and Avisford 2).
- Provides large patches of remnant vegetation that mostly adjoin other large patches of remnant vegetation
(i.e. they are not in isolation and therefore conserve habitat connectivity) (all offset properties).

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- Improves and conserves (in perpetuity) remnant vegetation contiguous with the Goulburn River National
Park (Old Bobadeen).
- Improves and conserves (in perpetuity) remnant vegetation adjoining the Munghorn Gap Nature Reserve
(on-site offset).
- Provides Long term biodiversity gains, including:
o an immediate net gain of approximately 3,633 ha of woodland/forest to conservation tenure;
o immediate protection of approximately 1,161 ha of derived native grassland to be regenerated to
woodland;
o total conservation of 4,794 ha, compared with a disturbance area of 1,534 ha;
o an immediate net gain of approximately 1,182 ha of White Box Yellow Box Blakely’s Red Gum Woodland
EEC, compared to 123 ha of disturbance;
o improving biodiversity values of the region in the medium to long term;
o the conservation of good quality micro-habitats (such as creeks, dams, gullies, ridges, valley floor etc)
which provide varied habitats for fauna species;
o securing vegetation types which are in addition to those being disturbed, providing greater diversity;
o an improvement to the quality of vegetation and habitat through destocking and active management of
weeds and feral animals; and
o the creation of corridors to improve connectivity between existing reserves and remnant vegetation.

Biodiversity Offset Properties

Several properties form the proposed biodiversity offset. The location of these properties is shown on Figure 1.1
(Enclosure 1) and include:

- Avisford 1 (Property 17).

- Avisford 2.
- Dun Dun East (Property 9E).
- Dun Dun West (Property 9W).
- Ulan (Property 18).
- Libertus (Property 20).
- Old Bobadeen (Ex Williams).
- On-site Offset (remnant vegetation adjacent to the Project disturbance area).

Each of the offset properties would be secured in perpetuity for long term biodiversity conservation. MCM is
committed to conserving these areas and would implement any reasonable protection mechanism supported by
the Director-General of the Department of Planning & Infrastructure.

Other than Avisford 2, these properties are either wholly owned by MCM or have option agreements. MCM is
currently negotiating with the owner of Avisford 2 for a freehold purchase.

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As shown in Table 1, Avisford 2 is a small component of the proposed offset, providing approximately 4% of the
total offset area. If this property were removed, the total offset area would reduce from approximately 4,794 ha
to 4,586 ha. Regarding endangered ecological communities, removal of this property would result in a reduction
from approximately 1,182 ha to 1,143 ha (Table 2). Note that even without Avisford 2, the proposed biodiversity
offset provides for the long term enhancement and conservation of more than nine times the area of endangered
ecological community compared to the area proposed to be disturbed.

Should acquisition negotiations regarding Avisford 2 be unsuccessful, the proposed biodiversity offset would still
provide a “maintain or improve” outcome and would still provide a significant gain for the endangered ecological
community. Notwithstanding, to provide certainty for the biodiversity offset proposal, in the circumstance where
negotiations for freehold purchase of Avisford 2 cannot be finalised, MCM commits to providing an equivalent
property (with equal or better biodiversity value to the satisfaction of the Director-General of the Department).

Vegetation Mapping

Individual figures showing vegetation mapping for each of the offset properties are provided in Enclosure 1.
Table 1 provides the relevant areas of vegetation for each of the properties offered as part of the proposed
biodiversity offset along with the Moolarben Coal Project Stage 2 disturbance area.

Table 2 is a subset of Table 1 and provides the relevant areas of the threatened White Box Yellow Box Blakely’s
Red Gum Woodland ecological community within each of these properties and that proposed to be disturbed as
part of the Moolarben Coal Project Stage 2.

Table 3 provides a comparison of the disturbance area and offset areas by individual vegetation types. A detailed
breakdown of the areas of each vegetation community per property is provided in Enclosure 2.

Table 4 provides a comparison of the disturbance area and offset areas by vegetation formation.

As shown in Table 3, one BioBanking Vegetation Type being disturbed by the Project (approximately 27 ha) is not
represented in the offset properties (i.e. Grey Box – Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby woodland on hills of the
Hunter Valley, North Coast and Sydney Basin). However, as shown in Table 4, this vegetation type forms part of
the Grassy Woodlands Vegetation Formation, of which there is approximately 151 ha to be disturbed and
approximately 1,182 ha represented in the proposed biodiversity offset. Also as shown in Tables 3 and 4, the
proposed biodiversity offset includes several vegetation types that are not proposed for disturbance at all. These
additional vegetation types provide for the enhancement and conservation of additional floristic diversity beyond
the diversity proposed to be impacted. In addition, Grey Box – Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby woodland on hills
of the Hunter Valley, North Coast and Sydney Basin is not a threatened ecological community, nor does it provide
unique fauna habitat opportunities.

The offset properties contain areas which have historically been cleared for agriculture. These areas would be
revegetated to native woodland/forest communities as part of the offset strategy (including progressive de-
stocking, therefore providing local and regional gains in woodland and forest vegetation. The area within the
offset area to be revegetated also includes areas mapped as grassy woodland that have a sparse overstorey
and/or midstorey (Table 4). Individual property vegetation management plans (or equivalent) would be
developed for each of the offset properties (in accordance with the agreed protection mechanism) to guide
revegetation.

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 Table 1
Approximate Areas of Disturbance and Offset for Each Key Vegetation Type

Moolarben Offset Properties

Coal Project
Avisford 1 (inc On-site Total Offset
Vegetation Type Stage 2 Avisford 2 Dun Dun Dun Dun West Old Bobadeen Libertus Ratio
20% reduction) Ulan (ha) Offset (ha)
Disturbance (ha) East (ha) (ha) (ha) (ha)
(ha) (ha) (ha)

Derived Native
631.5 0 0 86.7 343.9 155.2 385.6 0 189.1 1160.5 1.8:1
Grassland
Woodland/Forest 902.3 402.0 207.7 1,689.1 615.4 183.4 104.7 178.0 252.9 3633.2 4.0:1
TOTAL (ha) 1,533.8 402.0 207.7 1,775.8 959.3 338.6 490.3 178.0 442.0 4,793.7 3.1:1
Note: Areas are based on values stated in Enclosure 2 prepared by Cumberland Ecology (15 November 2012). Total areas exclude cleared/exotic areas and freshwater wetland/farm dams (approximately 12ha at the Project site
and 117 ha on the offset properties).

Table 2
Approximate Areas of Disturbance and Offset for Threatened Ecological Communities (Subset of Table 1)

Moolarben Offset Properties

Threatened Coal Project
Ecological Stage 2 Avisford 1 (inc Ratio
Avisford 2 Dun Dun East Dun Dun West Old Bobadeen Libertus On-site
Community Disturbance 20% reduction) Ulan (ha)
(ha) (ha) (ha) (ha) (ha) Offset (ha)
Area (ha) (ha)

White Box Yellow

Box Blakely’s Red
123.3 101.5 39.3 407.8 111.2 48.4 406.0 15.0 52.7
Gum Woodland – 9.6:1
EEC
TOTAL (ha) 123.3 1,181.9
Note: Areas are based on values stated in Enclosure 2 prepared by Cumberland Ecology (15 November 2012). Areas are a subset of those presented in Table 1.

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 Table 3
Comparison of Vegetation Communities within the Disturbance Area and Offset Areas

Threatened
Disturbance Offset
BioBanking Vegetation Type (OEH, 2012) Ecological
Area (ha) Area/s (ha)
Community
Blakely’s Red Gum – Yellow Box grassy open forest or woodland of the New England White Box Yellow 115.4 38.2
Tablelands^ Box Blakely’s Red
Gum Woodland -
White Box – Yellow Box grassy woodland on basalt slopes in the upper Hunter 7.9 801.6
EEC
Valley, Brigalow Belt South
Yellow Box – Blakely’s Red Gum grassy woodland of the Nandewar Bioregion 0 302.8
White Box – Rough-barked Apple alluvial woodland on the NSW western slopes 0 34.6
White Box grassy woodland of the Nandewar and Brigalow Belt South Bioregions 0 4.7
TOTAL 123.3 1,181.9
Grey Gum – Narrow-leaved Stringybark – Ironbark woodland on ridges of the Upper - 314.5 144.4
Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin***
Rough-barked Apple – Coast Banksia shrubby woodland on Warkworth Sands of the - 244.1 1.9
central Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin**/^^
Slaty Box – Grey Gum shrubby woodland on footslopes of the upper Hunter Valley, - 101.5 46.6
Brigalow Belt South***
Scribbly Gum – Brown Bloodwood woodland of the southern Brigalow Belt - 83.9 4.0
South**/***
Grey Box – Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby woodland on hills of the Hunter Valley, - 27.4 0
North Coast and Sydney Basin***
White Box – Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby open forest on hills of the central - 7.6 3.5
Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin***
Derived grasslands of the slopes on the Merriwa Plateau - 631.5 189.1
Red Stringybark – Scribbly Gum – Red Box – Long-leaved Box shrub – tussock grass - 0 2,073.3
open forest the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby open forest on hills of the central Hunter Valley, - 0 225.7
Sydney Basin
Red Stringybark woodland of the dry slopes of the South Western Slopes Bioregion - 0 168.2
Dwyer’s Red Gum woodland on siliceous substrates in the Brigalow Belt South - 0 61.7
Bioregion
Black Cypress Pine shrubby woodland of the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion - 0 31.7
Heathy shrublands on rocky outcrops of the western slopes - 0 31.8
White Box – Red Stringybark shrubby woodlands on basalt slopes of the Nandewar - 0 27.5
and Brigalow Belt South Bioregions
River Oak riparian woodland of the Brigalow Belt South and Nandewar Bioregions - 0 16.6
N/A - Low Diversity Derived Native Grasslandª - 0 585.8
TOTAL (excluding the threatened ecological community) 1,410.5 3,611.8
COMBINED TOTAL 1,533.8 4,793.7
Note: Areas are based on values stated in Enclosure 2 prepared by Cumberland Ecology (15 November 2012). Total areas exclude cleared/exotic areas and freshwater
wetland/farm dams (approximately 12ha at the Project site and 117 ha on the offset properties).
** Murragamba Sands Woodland in PPR.
*** Western Slopes Dry Sclerophyll Forest in PPR.
^ Amalgamation of three vegetation classifications from naming used in PPR.
^^ Note the vegetation type is NOT Warkworth Sands, but HU600 does represent the closest matching BioBanking vegetation community.
ª Does not have equivalent BioBanking vegetation type.

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 Table 4
Comparison of Vegetation Formation within the Disturbance Area and Offset Areas
Disturbance Offset Area/s
Vegetation Formation (OEH, 2012) BioBanking Vegetation Type (OEH, 2012)*
Area (ha) (ha)
White Box – Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby open forest on hills of the central Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin

Rough-barked Apple – Coast Banksia shrubby woodland on Warkworth Sands of the central Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin

Grey Gum – Narrow-leaved Stringybark – Ironbark woodland on ridges of the Upper Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin
Dry Sclerophyll Forests (Shrubby subformation) Slaty Box – Grey Gum shrubby woodland on footslopes of the upper Hunter Valley, Brigalow Belt South 751.6 293.8

Scribbly Gum – Brown Bloodwood woodland of the southern Brigalow Belt South
Black Cypress Pine shrubby woodland of the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
Dwyer’s Red Gum woodland on siliceous substrates in the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
Grey Box – Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby woodland on hills of the Hunter Valley, North Coast and Sydney Basin
Blakely’s Red Gum – Yellow Box grassy open forest or woodland of the New England Tablelands
White Box – Yellow Box grassy woodland on basalt slopes in the upper Hunter Valley, Brigalow Belt South
Grassy Woodlands 150.7 1,181.9
Yellow Box – Blakely’s Red Gum grassy woodland of the Nandewar Bioregion
White Box – Rough-barked Apple alluvial woodland on the NSW western slopes
White Box grassy woodland of the Nandewar and Brigalow Belt South Bioregions
Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby open forest on hills of the central Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin
White Box – Red Stringybark shrubby woodlands on basalt slopes of the Nandewar and Brigalow Belt South Bioregions
Dry Sclerophyll Forests (Shrub/grass subformation) Red Stringybark – Scribbly Gum – Red Box – Long-leaved Box shrub – tussock grass open forest the NSW South Western 0 2,494.7
Slopes Bioregion
Red Stringybark woodland of the dry slopes of the South Western Slopes Bioregion
Forested Wetlands River Oak riparian woodland of the Brigalow Belt South and Nandewar Bioregions 0 16.6
Grasslands Derived grasslands of the slopes on the Merriwa Plateau 631.5 189.1
Heathlands Heathy shrublands on rocky outcrops of the western slopes 0 31.8
N/A N/A - Low Diversity Derived Native Grassland 0 585.8

TOTAL 1,533.8 4,793.7

* See Table 3 for footnotes on vegetation types.

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Merits of the Proposed Offset

The Avisford 1 (Property 17) and Avisford 2 properties adjoin the Avisford Nature Reserve (Figure 1.1). The Office
of Environment and Heritage has indicated support for these offset properties being included in the Avisford
Nature Reserve. MCM would progress this mechanism with the Office of Environment and Heritage to secure this
component of the offset if the Project was approved. As previously discussed, the areas presented in this letter
allow for the 20% discount applied to Avisford 1 (Property 17) due to the existing covenant on title.

Dun Dun East and Dun Dun West are properties of significant scale, with the ability to offer stand-alone offsets of
conservation significance. The sizes of these properties are consistent with existing nearby conservation areas
(e.g. Clandulla State Forest, Kandos State Forest, Dungeree State Forest, Tuckland State Forest, Goodim
Community Conservation Area and Yarrobil National Park [Figure 1.1]).

This is a unique opportunity to protect large areas of vegetation and fauna habitat in a precinct which is otherwise
either cleared or un-conserved. Over time, the potential exists for these areas to be extended and/or for the
creation of conserved fauna movement corridors between these areas and the other conservation areas already
established within the region.

Dun Dun East provides approximately 1,689 ha of woodland/forest habitat and approximately 87 ha of derived
native grassland suitable for revegetation. Approximately 293 ha of grassy woodland within this property also has
the potential for revegetation due to its sparse overstorey and/or midstorey. The 1,689 ha of woodland/forest
habitat within this property forms a contiguous patch of vegetation that provides habitat for a wide variety of
native flora and fauna, including threatened species (Enclosure 3). The additional vegetation types present on the
property (i.e. in addition to those being disturbed by the Project) also increase the diversity of available flora and
fauna habitats included in the offset package.

We note that the Office of Environment and Heritage has previously indicated that the majority of Dun Dun East
(Property 9E) is not a match for the vegetation communities being disturbed by the Moolarben Coal Project Stage
2 and should therefore be removed from the offset package. However, on the basis of scale and vegetation type,
Dun Dun East has been retained in the offset package (with commitments for revegetation of cleared and thinned
areas, re-instatement of a woodland corridor from the riparian vegetation to the existing remnant vegetation and
protection in perpetuity) as a valuable component to achieving a “maintain or improve” outcome in the medium
to long term.

Ulan is an offset property with clear merit given that it contains both threatened ecological communities, derived
native grassland and woodland/forest. In addition, it is located in close proximity to existing Stage 1 offsets and
immediately adjacent to remnant woodland.

Likewise, Libertus contains both EEC and woodland/forest, and is also located in close proximity to existing
Stage 1 offsets and immediately adjacent to other remnant woodland.

Old Bobadeen is a property of scale (490 ha) and contains a significant area (406 ha) of White Box Yellow Box
Blakely’s Red Gum Woodland EEC. In addition, it is connected to the Goulburn River National Park via contiguous
remnant vegetation.

The on-site offset adjoins the Munghorn Gap Nature Reserve. Enhancing and conserving this land would increase
the area of protected vegetation associated with Munghorn Gap Nature Reserve.

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Rehabilitation: As described in the section above, in addition to the 4,794 ha included in the biodiversity offset,
the Moolarben Coal Project Stage 2 would provide for the rehabilitation of 1,502 ha to a mosaic of woodland and
forest.

Revegetation of Offset Properties: Some portions of the offset properties have either been historically cleared
(i.e. derived grasslands) or have been subject to partial clearing and/or grazing (i.e. some areas of grassy
woodland). These areas would be revegetated as part of the offset strategy to improve the biodiversity values of
the offset properties. Approximately 1,531 ha of land within the offset properties would be revegetated as part of
this program (Table 5).

Table 5
Areas to be Revegetated within the Offset Areas1

Offset Property Area Proposed to be Revegetated to Forest/Woodland (ha)

Avisford 1 – Property 17 9.6
Avisford 2 0.0
Dun Dun East – Property 9E 379.9
Dun Dun West – Property 9W 343.9
Ulan – Property 18 177.5
Old Bobadeen – Ex Williams* 409.1
Libertus – Property 20** 22.1
On-site Offset 189.1
TOTAL 1,531.2
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Areas may be different to the derived native grassland areas listed in Table 1 as area to be revegetated also includes areas mapped as grassy
woodland that have a sparse overstorey and/or midstorey.
* Includes 23.5 ha of exotic grassland to be revegetated.
** Includes 22 ha of exotic grassland to be revegetated.

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Fauna Habitat

Table 6 provides a comparison of the area of potential threatened fauna species habitat to be cleared by the
Project against the cumulative area represented on the offset properties. This table has been generated based on
the vegetation types listed in the relevant OEH threatened species profiles as providing potential habitat as well
as any vegetation type in which a threatened species was recorded by the Project surveys. A breakdown of areas
of potential habitat occurring on each individual offset property for each threatened fauna species is provided in
Enclosure 3. Enclosure 3 also provides a table listing the vegetation types considered to be potential habitat
(based on the approach described above) for each threatened fauna species.

The threatened species profiles do not list communities or vegetation types (as potential habitat) that are outside
of the Biobanking vegetation classification system which results in the 586 ha of low diversity derived native
grassland community (that occurs across the offset properties) not being included in the offset column of Table 6.
However, the written description component of the relevant threatened species profiles often includes grassland
areas as potential habitat (for example for the Flame Robin and Spotted Harrier). The areas presented in the
offset column of Table 6 are therefore conservative as many of the species listed in Table 6 would use this
additional 586 ha to some extent.

Evaluations of the offset properties have identified either records or suitable habitat for all threatened fauna
species with known or potential habitat proposed to be disturbed (Table 6). Suitable habitat has been determined
by reviewing each of the threatened species ecological requirements against the habitats present at each offset
property, known range of the species and regional records.

Revegetation of the offset properties would focus on returning vegetation to a woodland/forest system.
However, it would also target establishment of suitable habitat for threatened fauna species with reduced
existing habitat opportunities on the offset properties (i.e. Spotted Harrier, White-fronted Chat, Yellow-bellied
Glider and Eastern Freetail-bat).

Evaluations of the offset properties have identified various key flora and fauna values, including:

- The offset properties provide known or potential habitat for the majority of threatened species either
recorded in the vicinity of the disturbance area or considered potential occurrences.
- The offset properties contain bird and bat species not recorded in the Project disturbance area.
- The offset properties contain appropriate vegetation communities in good condition, comparable to or in
better condition than the vegetation proposed to be disturbed.
- The offset properties contain a large diversity of good quality micro-habitats (such as creeks, dams, gullies,
ridges, valley floor etc) which provide varied habitats for fauna species.
- The offset properties have historic and existing disturbance pressures (clearing and stocking) that would be
removed.
- The offset properties secure corridors and connectivity between existing reserves and remnant vegetation.
- Several of the offset properties adjoin existing reserves.

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 Table 6
Threatened Species Known or Likely to Occur within the Impact and/or Offset Areas

Conservation
Status Area of Habitat Area of Habitat
Common Name Scientific Name
1 1 Disturbed (ha) Offset (ha)
EPBC TSC

Birds

Square-tailed Kite Lophoictinia isura V 801 1,621

Spotted Harrier Circus assimilis V 632 221

Little Eagle Hieraaetus morphnoides V 1,233 1,963

Bush Stone-curlew Burhinus grallarius E 1,317 3,425

Glossy Black-cockatoo Calyptorhynchus lathami V 787 1,381

Gang-gang Cockatoo Callocephalon fimbriatum V 760 1,267

Little Lorikeet Glossopsitta pusilla V 685 1,751

Turquoise Parrot Neophema pulchella V 1,405 1,914

Swift Parrot Lathamus discolor E E 685 1,746

Superb Parrot Polytelis swainsonii V V 0 506

Masked Owl Tyto novaehollandiae V 1,317 1,935

Powerful Owl Ninox strenua V 787 1,715

Barking Owl Ninox connivens V 793 1,560

Brown Treecreeper (eastern
Climacteris picumnus victoriae V 779 1,634
subspecies)
Speckled Warbler Chthonicola sagittata V 515 1,853
Black-chinned Honeyeater
Melithreptus gularis gularis V 678 1,490
(eastern subspecies)
Regent Honeyeater Anthochaera phrygia E CE 685 1,744

Painted Honeyeater Grantiella picta V 902 1,892

White-fronted Chat Epthianura albifrons V 632 189

Hooded Robin Melanodryas cucullata cucullata V 1,317 1,940

Flame Robin Petroica phoenicea V 0 540

Scarlet Robin Petroica boodang V 1,065 1,676

Grey-crowned Babbler Pomatostomus temporalis
V 685 1,583
(eastern subspecies) temporalis
Varied Sittella Daphoenositta chrysoptera V 685 1,778

Gilbert's Whistler Pachycephala inornata V 8 1,143

Diamond Firetail Stagonopleura guttata V 1,147 2,019

Mammals

Spotted-tailed Quoll Dasyurus maculatus E V 1,418 1,920

Koala Phascolarctos cinereus V 543 1,795

Eastern Pygmy-possum Cercartetus nanus V 787 1,287

Yellow-bellied Glider Petaurus australis V 252 231

Squirrel Glider Petaurus norfolcensi V 508 927

Grey-headed Flying-fox Pteropus poliocephalus V V 787 1,829

Yellow-bellied Sheathtail-bat Saccolaimus flaviventris V 787 1,829

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 Table 6 (Continued)
Threatened Species Known or Likely to Occur within the Impact and/or Offset Areas

Conservation
Status Area of Habitat Area of Habitat
Common Name Scientific Name
Disturbed (ha) Offset (ha)
EPBC1 TSC1

Mammals (Continued)

Eastern Freetail-bat Mormopterus norfolkensis V 387 40

Eastern Bentwing-bat Miniopterus schreibersii oceanensis V 787 1,228

Greater Long-eared Bat (south
Nyctophilus corbeni V 760 1,629
eastern form)
Large-eared Pied Bat Chalinolobus dwyeri V V 787 1,690

Little Pied Bat Chalinolobus picatus V 8 1,202

Eastern False Pipistrelle Falsistrellus tasmaniensis V 787 1,228

Greater Broad-nosed Bat Scoteanax rueppellii V 787 1,228

Eastern Cave Bat Vespadelus troughtoni V 787 1,228

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Threatened fauna species status under the NSW Threatened Species Conservation Act, 1995 (TSC Act) and/or the Commonwealth Environment Protection
and Biodiversity Conservation Act, 1999 (EPBC Act) (Cumberland Ecology, 2012) (current at 29 November 2012).
V = Vulnerable; E = Endangered; CE = Critically Endangered.

Additional Measures

In addition to direct offsets, the proposed Moolarben Coal Project Stage 2 would improve biodiversity values of
the surrounding region in the medium to long term by including a combination of the following:

- Impact Avoidance.
- Impact Mitigation.
- Impact Management.
- On-site Rehabilitation and Revegetation.

Further detail on each of the above listed components is provided below.

Impact Avoidance

The Project has been designed to avoid impacts where practicable. For example, no mining is proposed within
1 km of the Goulburn River National Park, which is also separated from the Project by Wilpinjong Creek and its
associated riparian vegetation, the Ulan-Wollar Road and the Gulgong-Sandy Hollow rail line.

In addition, setbacks (averaging between 200 and 250 m) from the Munghorn Gap Nature Reserve have been
designed to avoid direct subsidence impacts on the Munghorn Gap Nature Reserve.

These and other design parameters have been used to maximize coal recovery while minimizing potential
biodiversity impacts.

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Impact Mitigation and Management

Unavoidable biodiversity impacts are proposed to be mitigated and/or managed to a practicable minimum and to
avoid additional biodiversity impacts. Examples of such measures include:

- Enhancing ecological values of retained aquatic ecological resources, native vegetation cover and associated
habitats.
- Fauna monitoring during operations and within reinstated post mining landscapes.
- Removing current disturbance processes and fauna movement restrictions such as stock and fences.
- Taking all reasonable steps to prevent, control and eradicate listed environmental and noxious weeds from
the Stage 2 area, particularly known troublesome species of rehabilitated landscapes such as Galena, Rhodes
Grass and Coolati Grass.
- Developing a series of management plans to guide biodiversity management, restoration and establishment.
- Supporting research that would have direct benefits for the rehabilitation of the Stage 2 Project Area.

On-site Rehabilitation and Revegetation

Rehabilitation would be undertaken progressively throughout the life of the Moolarben Coal Project Stage 2 to
restrict active disturbance areas to a practicable minimum and to maximize time for biodiversity values to be
established. As with the offset properties, the on-site rehabilitation would be secured in perpetuity for long term
biodiversity conservation

Areas proposed for rehabilitation/revegetation include those directly disturbed by the Moolarben Coal Project
Stage 2 as well as surrounding agricultural areas not directly disturbed. This approach aims to improve habitat
availability and increase connectivity between existing remnants.

Rehabilitation and revegetation would incorporate the following targets/strategies:

- Use of salvaged material from disturbance areas including habitat features (such as hollows), seed and well
managed topsoil resources.
- Establishment, restoration and reinstatement of functional aquatic, terrestrial and riparian corridors.
- Enhancement of fauna habitats in rehabilitation areas through managed salvage and compensatory works
(including retention of large woody debris for use in creek diversion and rehabilitation activities).
- Establishment and enhancement of wildlife connectivity between existing conservation reserves and
adjoining unreserved remnant vegetation.
- Restoration of key ecological function in rehabilitation (e.g. grassy woodland mosaic).
- Progressive rehabilitation of mine disturbance areas and adjoining agricultural lands.

Revegetation would also target flora species typical of the threatened White Box Yellow Box Blakely’s Red Gum
Woodland ecological community.

In total, the entire 1,502 ha to be disturbed by the Moolarben Coal Project Stage 2 (excluding the final void)
would be rehabilitated to a mosaic of woodland and forest. This includes the 643 ha of land currently cleared and
heavily degraded by historic agricultural clearing and stocking.

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Conclusion

The offset properties provide high quality flora and fauna habitats that are considered equivalent or better than
the areas to be disturbed. Their locations add value to the existing reserve system and provide for security of
biodiversity connectivity and wildlife movement corridors. The rehabilitation of disturbance areas and existing
cleared areas would also provide improved regional and local connectivity and wildlife movement corridors, as
well as resulting in a net gain of woodland/forest vegetation.

MCM would protect the offset properties in perpetuity via any reasonable mechanism to the satisfaction of the
Director-General of the Department of Planning and Infrastructure. Such mechanisms may include Biobanking
Agreements, Voluntary Conservation Agreements, Voluntary Planning Agreement, Property Vegetation Plans,
incorporation into adjoining reserves etc.

MCM considers that this offset proposal would deliver a comprehensive offset package for the Moolarben Coal
Project Stage 2 that:

- Fulfills the offset principles of the Office of Environment and Heritage and the Department of Sustainability,
Environment, Water, Population and Communities.
- Complies with various relevant recovery plans for key threatened species and communities, e.g. Swift Parrot,
Regent Honeyeater, Greater Long-eared Bat and White Box Yellow Box Blakely’s Red Gum Woodland.
- Provides large patches of remnant vegetation (of a similar scale to nearby conservation areas – e.g. Clandulla
State Forest, Kandos State Forest, Dungeree State Forest, Tuckland State Forest, Goodim Community
Conservation Area and Yarrobil National Park [Figure 1.1]) with high “area to edge” ratios, thus providing
remnant vegetation with a high resilience to edge effects and greater opportunity for long term biodiversity
enhancement and conservation (Dun Dun East and Dun Dun West).
- Increases the size of the Avisford Nature Reserve (Avisford 1 and Avisford 2).
- Provides large patches of remnant vegetation that mostly adjoin other large patches of remnant vegetation
(i.e. they are not in isolation and therefore conserve habitat connectivity) (all offset properties).
- Improves and conserves (in perpetuity) remnant vegetation contiguous with the Goulburn River National
Park (Old Bobadeen).
- Improves and conserves (in perpetuity) remnant vegetation adjoining the Munghorn Gap Nature Reserve
(on-site offset).
- Provides Long term biodiversity gains, including:
o an immediate net gain of approximately 3,633 ha of woodland/forest to conservation tenure;
o immediate protection of approximately 1,161 ha of derived native grassland to be regenerated to
woodland;
o total conservation of 4,794 ha, compared with a disturbance area of 1,534 ha;
o an immediate net gain of approximately 1,182 ha of White Box Yellow Box Blakely’s Red Gum Woodland
EEC, compared to 123 ha of disturbance;
o improving biodiversity values of the region in the medium to long term;
o the conservation of good quality micro-habitats (such as creeks, dams, gullies, ridges, valley floor etc)
which provide varied habitats for fauna species;
o securing vegetation types which are in addition to those being disturbed, providing greater diversity;
o an improvement to the quality of vegetation and habitat through destocking and active management of
weeds and feral animals; and
o the creation of corridors to improve connectivity between existing reserves and remnant vegetation.

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Yours sincerely,

Mark Jacobs
General Manager, Environment, Approvals & Community Relations

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 Enclosure 1
Biodiversity Offset Properties
 Coordinate System: MGA Zone 55 (GDA 94)

Legend

Grid North
Disturbance Boundary
Moolarben Coal Project Stage 2

Disturbance Boundary
Moolarben Coal Project Stage 1

Biodiversity Offset
Moolarben Coal Project Stage 1

Proposed Biodiversity Offset

Moolarben Coal Project Stage 2

Biodiversity Offset
Ulan Coal Project

Biodiversity Offset
W ilpinjong Coal Project

NSW State Forest

NSW NPW S Estate

Mining Tenement

River

Town

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Image Source:
Image © 2011 Sinclair Knight Merz

Data Source Mining Tenements:

MinView Database,
NSW Department of Primary Industries,
downloaded 09/03/2011

Figure 1.1 Moolarben Coal Stage 2 Biodiversity Offset Strategy 5 0 5 10 15 20 km

 Coordinate System: MGA Zone 55 (GDA 94)

Legend

Grid North
Offset Boundary

Disturbance Boundary

Project Boundary

NSW NPWS Estate

NSW State Forest

Vegetation Community
Blakely's Red Gum - Yellow Box grassy
open forest or woodland of the New
England Tablelands CEEC (HU515) *

White Box - Yellow Box grassy woodland

on basalt slopes in the upper Hunter
Valley, Brigalow Belt South CEEC
(HU654)

Rough-barked Apple / Scribbly Gum

Woodland Complex (HU600 & HU608) **

Footslopes Rough-barked Apple /

Grey Gum / Slaty Box Woodland
Complex (HU551, HU552, HU608,
HU618 & HU653) ***

Derived grasslands of the slopes on

the Merriwa Plateau (HU671)

* Amalgamation of three vegetation classifications

from naming used in PPR

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** Murragamba Sands Woodland in PPR
*** Western Slopes Dry Sclerophyll Forest in PPR

Image Source:
Image © 2010 Geo Eye
© 2010 Cnes/Spot Image
Image © 2010 Digital Globe

Vegetation Data Source:

Ecological Impact Assessment,
Stage 2 Moolarben Coal Project,
by Ecovision Consulting,
dated 5/12/2008

Figure 2.7 Vegetation Communities used as Offset within Project Boundary 0.5 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 km
 Enclosure 2
Biodiversity Offset Properties – Vegetation Areas

This enclosure provides detailed tables prepared by Cumberland Ecology (15 November 2012).
Tables 1, 2 and 3 in the covering letter provide a summary of these detailed tables.
 Dun Dun
Table 6 Vegetation Communities and Areas of the Impact Area and Offset Properties Property Name, Ulan Avisford Avisford Ulan Ulan Ulan Ulan
Dun Dun
Location

Hunter / Central

Hunter / Central

Hunter / Central

Hunter / Central

Hunter / Central
Central West

Central West

Central West

Central West
Rivers CMA

Rivers CMA

Rivers CMA

Rivers CMA

Rivers CMA
CMA

CMA

CMA

CMA
CMA

Offset 9 West (ha)

Offset 9 East (ha)
Avisford 2 Offset

Offset (Part) (ha)

Impact Area (ha)

LOT 7 DP47521
BioBanking

Old Bobadeen
Vegetation

Offset 17 (ha)

Offset 18 (ha)

Onsite Offset
MCM (ha)
Vegetation

Code
BioBanking Vegetation

(ha)
Community (EIA, Vegetation Description BioBanking Vegetation Type EEC / Size
Formation
Fanning, Dec 2008)

Western Slopes Grassy Blakely's Redgum - Yellow
Woodland Box - Apple WL
Western Slopes Grassy Blakely's Redgum - Rough-
Woodland barked Apple WL
Western Slopes Grassy Lowland Box - Redgum WL
Woodland
Western Slopes Grassy Grey Box - Narrow-leaved
Woodland Ironbark Forest
Western Slopes Grassy Grassy White Box WL
Woodland
Blakely's Red Gum - Apple
Riparian Woodland
White Box-Yellow Box- The main tree species
Blakely's Red Gum present include Angophora
Woodland (CEEC) floribunda (Rough-barked
Apple), Eucalyptus blakelyi
(Blakelys Red Gum),
Eucalyptus microcarpa
(Inland Grey Box) and
Eucalyptus melliodora (Yellow
Box)
Grassy Woodlands Blakely's Red Gum - Yellow Box HU515 White Box Yellow Box 49.00 14.76
grassy open forest or woodland of Blakely's Red Gum
the New England Tablelands Woodland
Grassy Woodlands Blakely's Red Gum - Yellow Box HU515 White Box Yellow Box 36.8 4.01
grassy open forest or woodland of Blakely's Red Gum
the New England Tablelands Woodland
Grassy Woodlands Blakely's Red Gum - Yellow Box HU515 White Box Yellow Box 29.6 12.96
grassy open forest or woodland of Blakely's Red Gum
the New England Tablelands Woodland
Grassy Woodlands Grey Box - Narrow-leaved Ironbark HU551 No 27.45
shrubby woodland on hills of the
Hunter Valley, North Coast and
Sydney Basin
Grassy Woodlands White Box - Yellow Box grassy HU654 White Box Yellow Box 7.90 21.0
woodland on basalt slopes in the Blakely's Red Gum
upper Hunter Valley, Brigalow Belt Woodland
South
Grassy Woodlands Blakely's Red Gum - Yellow Box White Box Yellow Box 6.49
grassy open forest or woodland of Blakely's Red Gum
the New England Tablelands Woodland
Grassy Woodlands White Box - Yellow Box grassy HU654 White Box Yellow Box 91.9 114.6 111.2 48.4 15.0
woodland on basalt slopes in the Blakely's Red Gum
upper Hunter Valley, Brigalow Belt Woodland
South (HCRCMA)/ Yellow Box -
Blakely's Red Gum grassy
woodland of the Nandewar
Bioregion (CWCMA)

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 Dun Dun
Table 6 Vegetation Communities and Areas of the Impact Area and Offset Properties Property Name, Ulan Avisford Avisford Ulan Ulan Ulan Ulan
Dun Dun
Location

Hunter / Central

Hunter / Central

Hunter / Central

Hunter / Central

Hunter / Central
Central West

Central West

Central West

Central West
Rivers CMA

Rivers CMA

Rivers CMA

Rivers CMA

Rivers CMA
CMA

CMA

CMA

CMA
CMA

Offset 9 West (ha)

Offset 9 East (ha)
Avisford 2 Offset

Offset (Part) (ha)

Impact Area (ha)

LOT 7 DP47521
BioBanking

Old Bobadeen
Vegetation

Offset 17 (ha)

Offset 18 (ha)

Onsite Offset
MCM (ha)
Vegetation

Code
BioBanking Vegetation

(ha)
Community (EIA, Vegetation Description BioBanking Vegetation Type EEC / Size
Formation
Fanning, Dec 2008)

White Box-Yellow Box-
Blakely's Red Gum
Derived Native Grassland
(C/EEC)
Ironbark Open Forest
The main tree species
present include Angophora
floribunda (Rough-barked
Apple), Eucalyptus blakelyi
(Blakelys Red Gum),
Eucalyptus microcarpa
(Inland Grey Box) and
Eucalyptus melliodora (Yellow
Box)
White Box - Rough-barked
Apple Alluvial Open Forest
White Box Open Forest on
Dry slopes
White Box - Grey Box Grassy
Open Woodland
White Box - Grey Box Grassy
Open Woodland Derived
Native Grassland
Narrow-leaved Ironbark Open
Forest
The tree canopy is dominated
by E. crebra. Small
proportions of other canopy
trees included: Callitris
endlicheri, Eucalyptus
macroryncha, Eucalyptus
Grassy Woodlands Yellow Box - Blakely's Red Gum CW225 White Box Yellow Box 9.6 293.2
grassy woodland of the Nandewar Blakely's Red Gum
Bioregion Woodland
Grassy Woodlands White Box - Rough-barked Apple CW211 White Box Yellow Box 34.56
alluvial woodland on the NSW Blakely's Red Gum
western slopes (Benson 274) Woodland
Grassy Woodlands White Box grassy woodland of the CW215 White Box Yellow Box 4.72
Nandewar and Brigalow Belt South Blakely's Red Gum
Bioregions Woodland
Grassy Woodlands White Box - Yellow Box grassy HU654 White Box Yellow Box 13.91
woodland on basalt slopes in the Blakely's Red Gum
upper Hunter Valley, Brigalow Belt Woodland
South
White Box - Yellow Box grassy HU654 White Box Yellow Box 385.55
woodland on basalt slopes in the Blakely's Red Gum
upper Hunter Valley, Brigalow Belt Woodland
South
Dry Sclerophyll Forests Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby HU575 84.32
(Shrub/grass subformation) open forest on hills of the central
Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin
Dry Sclerophyll Forests Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby HU575 No 118.0 23.4
(Shrub/grass subformation) open forest on hills of the central
Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin

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Table 6 Vegetation Communities and Areas of the Impact Area and Offset Properties Property Name, Ulan Avisford Avisford Ulan Ulan Ulan Ulan
Dun Dun
Location

Hunter / Central

Hunter / Central

Hunter / Central

Hunter / Central

Hunter / Central
Central West

Central West

Central West

Central West
Rivers CMA

Rivers CMA

Rivers CMA

Rivers CMA

Rivers CMA
CMA

CMA

CMA

CMA
CMA

Offset 9 West (ha)

Offset 9 East (ha)
Avisford 2 Offset

Offset (Part) (ha)

Impact Area (ha)

LOT 7 DP47521
BioBanking

Old Bobadeen
Vegetation

Offset 17 (ha)

Offset 18 (ha)

Onsite Offset
MCM (ha)
Vegetation

Code
BioBanking Vegetation

(ha)
Community (EIA, Vegetation Description BioBanking Vegetation Type EEC / Size
Formation
Fanning, Dec 2008)

racemosa ssp rossii (Inland

Scribbly Gum), Eucalyptus
dealbata (Tumbledown Red
Gum) and Eucalyptus
melliodora.

Red Stringybark / Red Box Eucalyptus macrorhyncha Dry Sclerophyll Forests Red Stringybark - Scribbly Gum - CW176 No 95.7
Woodland and Eucalyptus polyanthemos (Shrub/grass subformation) Red Box - Longleaved Box shrub -
(Red Box) are generally [CW] tussock grass open forest the NSW
dominant. Small proportions South Western Slopes Bioregion
of other canopy trees include:
Eucalyptus racemosa ssp
rossii (Inland Scribbly Gum),
Eucalyptus melliodora,
Eucalyptus bridgesiana and
occasional Eucalyptus dives
(Broad-leaved Peppermint).
Scribbly Gum / Red Eucalyptus racemosa ssp Dry Sclerophyll Forests Red Stringybark - Scribbly Gum - CW176 No 23.9
Stringybark Woodland rossii is the dominant canopy (Shrub/grass subformation) Red Box - Longleaved Box shrub -
species in these patches. [CW] tussock grass open forest the NSW
Eucalyptus macrorhyncha is South Western Slopes Bioregion
generally less common but
occurs throughout the stands.
Other species occur in small
numbers, including
Eucalyptus polyanthemos and
Eucalyptus dives.
Shrubby Box Gum Typical tree species include: Dry Sclerophyll Forests White Box - Red Stringybark CW210 No 27.5
Woodland Eucalyptus blakelyi, (Shrub/grass subformation) shrubby woodlands on basalt
Eucalyptus melliodora, [CW] slopes of the Nandewar and
Eucalyptus macroryncha, Brigalow Belt South Bioregions
Angophora floribunda and
Callitris enlicheri.

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Table 6 Vegetation Communities and Areas of the Impact Area and Offset Properties Property Name, Ulan Avisford Avisford Ulan Ulan Ulan Ulan
Dun Dun
Location

Hunter / Central

Hunter / Central

Hunter / Central

Hunter / Central

Hunter / Central
Central West

Central West

Central West

Central West
Rivers CMA

Rivers CMA

Rivers CMA

Rivers CMA

Rivers CMA
CMA

CMA

CMA

CMA
CMA

Offset 9 West (ha)

Offset 9 East (ha)
Avisford 2 Offset

Offset (Part) (ha)

Impact Area (ha)

LOT 7 DP47521
BioBanking

Old Bobadeen
Vegetation

Offset 17 (ha)

Offset 18 (ha)

Onsite Offset
MCM (ha)
Vegetation

Code
BioBanking Vegetation

(ha)
Community (EIA, Vegetation Description BioBanking Vegetation Type EEC / Size
Formation
Fanning, Dec 2008)

Stringybark Open Forest
Complex
Inland Scribbly Gum
Murragamba Sands Rough-barked Apple -
Woodland Banksia WL
Murragamba Sands Hardcap Scribbly Gum -
Woodland Ironbark WL
Red Stringybark / Scribbly Dominated by Scribbly Gum
Gum / Peppermint Open (Eucalyptus rossii), Broad-
Forest leaved Peppermint
(Eucalyptus dives), Red
Stringybark (Eucalyptus
macrorhyncha), with the
occasional Snappy Gum
(Eucalyptus racemosa ssp
rossii) and Red Box
(Eucalyptus polyanthemos).
Western Slopes Dry Footslope Ironbark - Gum
Sclerophyll Forest Box
Dry Sclerophyll Forests Red Stringybark woodland of the CW177 No 168.21
(Shrub/grass subformation) dry slopes of the South Western
[CW] Slopes Bioregion
Dry Sclerophyll Forests Red Stringybark - Scribbly Gum - CW101 No 0.29
(Shrub/grass subformation) Red Box - Long-leaved Box shrub -
[CW] tussock grass open forest the NSW
South Western Slopes Bioregion
(Benson 290)
Dry Sclerophyll Forests Rough-barked Apple - Coast HU600 No 244.09 1.9
(Shrubby subformation) Banksia shrubby woodland on
Warkworth Sands of the central
Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin
Dry Sclerophyll Forests Scribbly Gum - Brown Bloodwood HU608 No 76.41 0.6
(Shrubby subformation) woodland of the southern Brigalow
Belt South
Dry Sclerophyll Forests Red Stringybark - Scribbly Gum - CW101 No 300.5 1,281.3 371.9
(Shrubby subformation) [CW] Red Box - Long-leaved Box shrub -
tussock grass open forest the NSW
South Western Slopes Bioregion
(Benson 290)
Dry Sclerophyll Forests Slaty Box - Grey Gum shrubby HU618 No 101.49 46.6
(Shrubby subformation) woodland on footslopes of the
[HCR] upper Hunter Valley, Brigalow Belt
South

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Table 6 Vegetation Communities and Areas of the Impact Area and Offset Properties Property Name, Ulan Avisford Avisford Ulan Ulan Ulan Ulan
Dun Dun
Location

Hunter / Central

Hunter / Central

Hunter / Central

Hunter / Central

Hunter / Central
Central West

Central West

Central West

Central West
Rivers CMA

Rivers CMA

Rivers CMA

Rivers CMA

Rivers CMA
CMA

CMA

CMA

CMA
CMA

Offset 9 West (ha)

Offset 9 East (ha)
Avisford 2 Offset

Offset (Part) (ha)

Impact Area (ha)

LOT 7 DP47521
BioBanking

Old Bobadeen
Vegetation

Offset 17 (ha)

Offset 18 (ha)

Onsite Offset
MCM (ha)
Vegetation

Code
BioBanking Vegetation

(ha)
Community (EIA, Vegetation Description BioBanking Vegetation Type EEC / Size
Formation
Fanning, Dec 2008)

Western Slopes Dry Broad-leaved Ironbark Grey Dry Sclerophyll Forests Grey Gum - Narrow-leaved HU552 No 181.01 83.1
Sclerophyll Forest Gum Forest (Shrubby subformation) Stringybark - Ironbark woodland on
[HCR] ridges of the Upper Hunter Valley,
Sydney Basin
Western Slopes Dry Ridgetop Broad-leaved Dry Sclerophyll Forests Grey Gum - Narrow-leaved HU552 No 107.78 49.5
Sclerophyll Forest Ironbark - Black Cypress Pine (Shrubby subformation) Stringybark - Ironbark woodland on
on shallow sands [HCR] ridges of the Upper Hunter Valley,
Sydney Basin
Western Slopes Dry Scribbly Gum Narrow-leaved Dry Sclerophyll Forests Scribbly Gum - Brown Bloodwood HU608 No 7.48 3.4
Sclerophyll Forest Ironbark Black Cypress Pine (Shrubby subformation) woodland of the southern Brigalow
[HCR] Belt South
Western Slopes Dry Lowland Ironbark Forest Dry Sclerophyll Forests Grey Gum - Narrow-leaved HU552 No 25.73 11.8
Sclerophyll Forest (Shrubby subformation) Stringybark - Ironbark woodland on
[HCR] ridges of the Upper Hunter Valley,
Sydney Basin
Western Slopes Dry Shrubby White Box Forest Dry Sclerophyll Forests White Box - Narrow-leaved HU653 No 7.56 3.5
Sclerophyll Forest (Shrubby subformation) Ironbark shrubby open forest on
[HCR] hills of the central Hunter Valley,
Sydney Basin
Cypress Pine / Scribbly Callitris endlicheri and Dry Sclerophyll Forests Black Cypress Pine shrubby CW108 No 3.8
Gum Woodland Eucalyptus racemosa ssp (Shrubby subformation) [CW] woodland of the Brigalow Belt
rossii are clearly dominant South Bioregion
canopy species, however,
other species occur in small
numbers, including
Eucalyptus crebra,
Eucalyptus melliodora,
Angophora floribunda and
Eucalyptus macroryncha.

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Table 6 Vegetation Communities and Areas of the Impact Area and Offset Properties Property Name, Ulan Avisford Avisford Ulan Ulan Ulan Ulan
Dun Dun
Location

Hunter / Central

Hunter / Central

Hunter / Central

Hunter / Central

Hunter / Central
Central West

Central West

Central West

Central West
Rivers CMA

Rivers CMA

Rivers CMA

Rivers CMA

Rivers CMA
CMA

CMA

CMA

CMA
CMA

Offset 9 West (ha)

Offset 9 East (ha)
Avisford 2 Offset

Offset (Part) (ha)

Impact Area (ha)

LOT 7 DP47521
BioBanking

Old Bobadeen
Vegetation

Offset 17 (ha)

Offset 18 (ha)

Onsite Offset
MCM (ha)
Vegetation

Code
BioBanking Vegetation

(ha)
Community (EIA, Vegetation Description BioBanking Vegetation Type EEC / Size
Formation
Fanning, Dec 2008)

Stringybark / Red Gum /
Apple / Cypress Pine
Complex
Dwyers / Tumbledown
Red Gum Low Woodland
River Oak Riparian Forest
Secondary Grassland and
Shrublands
Canopy tree species mainly Dry Sclerophyll Forests Black Cypress Pine shrubby CW108 No 27.9
include: Eucalyptus (Shrubby subformation) [CW] woodland of the Brigalow Belt
macroryncha and Callitris South Bioregion
endlicheri, with localised
occurrences of Angophora
floribunda, Eucalyptus
racemosa ssp rossii,
Eucalyptus blakelyi,
Eucalyptus melliodora and
Eucalyptus crebra.
Typical trees in this Dry Sclerophyll Forests Dwyer's Red Gum woodland on CW136 No 61.7
community are: Eucalyptus (Shrubby subformation) [CW] siliceous substrates in the Brigalow
dealbata, Eucalyptus dwyeri Belt South Bioregion
(Dwyers Red Gum), Acacia
sp. and scattered Callitris
endlicheri. Eucalyptus
macroryncha is rare in this
community.
Casuarina cunninghamiana Forested Wetlands [CW] River Oak riparian woodland of the CW180 No 12.7 3.9
(River Oak) is the dominant Brigalow Belt South and Nandewar
canopy species, sometimes Bioregions (Benson 84)
forming monospecific stands.
Associated trees are E.
camaldulensis, E. blakelyi, E.
melliodora, E. viminalis and
Angophora floribunda.
Cleared forest and woodland Grasslands [CW] Derived grasslands of the slopes HU671 No 631.50 189.1
communities, predominantly on the Merriwa Plateau
of box - redgum - ironbark
origin. Includes areas of early
regrowth and regenerating
shrublands with simplistic

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Table 6 Vegetation Communities and Areas of the Impact Area and Offset Properties Property Name, Ulan Avisford Avisford Ulan Ulan Ulan Ulan
Dun Dun
Location

Hunter / Central

Hunter / Central

Hunter / Central

Hunter / Central

Hunter / Central
Central West

Central West

Central West

Central West
Rivers CMA

Rivers CMA

Rivers CMA

Rivers CMA

Rivers CMA
CMA

CMA

CMA

CMA
CMA

Offset 9 West (ha)

Offset 9 East (ha)
Avisford 2 Offset

Offset (Part) (ha)

Impact Area (ha)

LOT 7 DP47521
BioBanking

Old Bobadeen
Vegetation

Offset 17 (ha)

Offset 18 (ha)

Onsite Offset
MCM (ha)
Vegetation

Code
BioBanking Vegetation

(ha)
Community (EIA, Vegetation Description BioBanking Vegetation Type EEC / Size
Formation
Fanning, Dec 2008)

flora characteristics.

Acacia / Kunzea Shrubs The canopy in these patches Heathlands [CW] Heathy shrublands on rocky CW143 No 13.1 18.2
is dominated by Kunzea outcrops of the western slopes
ambigua and Acacia
linearifolia with a few
scattered Eucalyptus dwyeri.
The lower shrub stratum
generally comprises: Calytrix
tetragona. The groundcover
mainly consists of native
herbs such as Pomax
umbellata and Cheilanthes
sieberi.
Granite Heath It has similarities to the Heathlands [CW] Heathy shrublands on rocky CW143 No 0.5
Acacia/Kunzea Shrubs outcrops of the western slopes
community but lacks small
tree cover and contains some
species not recorded
elsewhere. Calytrix tetragona
is the main shrub species,
and other less common
shrubs recorded include:
Baeckea sp. and Dodonaea
boroniifolia.
Cleared N/A N/A N/A N/A No 11.8 41.26 3.9 2.7
Exotic N/A N/A N/A N/A No 22.3 22.1 23.52
Freshwater Wetland / N/A N/A N/A N/A No 0.6 0.5
Farm Dam

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Table 6 Vegetation Communities and Areas of the Impact Area and Offset Properties Property Name, Ulan Avisford Avisford Ulan Ulan Ulan Ulan
Dun Dun
Location

Hunter / Central

Hunter / Central

Hunter / Central

Hunter / Central

Hunter / Central
Central West

Central West

Central West

Central West
Rivers CMA

Rivers CMA

Rivers CMA

Rivers CMA

Rivers CMA
CMA

CMA

CMA

CMA
CMA

Offset 9 West (ha)

Offset 9 East (ha)
Avisford 2 Offset

Offset (Part) (ha)

Impact Area (ha)

LOT 7 DP47521
BioBanking

Old Bobadeen
Vegetation

Offset 17 (ha)

Offset 18 (ha)

Onsite Offset
MCM (ha)
Vegetation

Code
BioBanking Vegetation

(ha)
Community (EIA, Vegetation Description BioBanking Vegetation Type EEC / Size
Formation
Fanning, Dec 2008)

Low Diversity Derived N/A N/A N/A No 86.7 343.9 155.2

Native Grassland
Total 1,545.6 402.0 249.04 1,775.8 959.3 365.4 442.3 203.3 513.79

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 Enclosure 3
Threatened Fauna Species Potential Habitat
 Enclosure 3A
Area of Potential Habitat within the Disturbance and Individual Offset Areas for Known or Likely to Occur Threatened Fauna Species

Offset Properties

Disturbance Area
Conservation
Status

Onsite Offset
(ha)

reduction)
Avisford 1

Avisford 2

Bobadeen
Dun Dun

Dun Dun
(inc 20%

Libertus
Common Name Scientific Name Total Area of

West

Ulan
East
(ha)

(ha)

(ha)

(ha)

(ha)

(ha)

(ha)

(ha)
Old
Potential
EPBC TSC Habitat –
Act1 Act1 Offset Areas

Birds
Square-tailed Kite Lophoictinia isura V 801 102 39 408 111 166 207 98 490 1,621
Spotted Harrier Circus assimilis V 632 0 0 0 0 0 189 32 0 221
Little Eagle Hieraaetus morphnoides V 1,233 102 203 407 111 179 364 116 483 1,963
Bush Stone-curlew Burhinus grallarius E 1,317 392 208 1,396 603 48 364 15 399 3,425
Glossy Black-cockatoo Calyptorhynchus lathami V 787 92 0 115 111 180 221 178 484 1,381
Gang-gang Cockatoo Callocephalon fimbriatum V 760 92 203 115 111 48 221 77 400 1,267
Little Lorikeet Glossopsitta pusilla V 685 102 207 408 111 166 175 98 484 1,751
Turquoise Parrot Neophema pulchella V 1,405 102 203 408 111 166 396 38 490 1,914
Swift Parrot Lathamus discolor E E 685 102 203 408 111 166 175 98 484 1,746
Superb Parrot Polytelis swainsonii V V 0 10 203 293 0 0 0 0 0 506
Masked Owl Tyto novaehollandiae V 1,317 102 203 408 111 166 364 98 484 1,935
Powerful Owl Ninox strenua V 787 102 203 408 111 166 175 66 484 1,715
Barking Owl Ninox connivens V 793 102 208 408 111 48 203 74 406 1,560
Brown Treecreeper Climacteris picumnus victoriae V 779 102 208 408 111 48 221 136 400 1,634
(eastern subspecies)
Speckled Warbler Chthonicola sagittata V 515 102 203 408 111 166 220 159 484 1,853
Black-chinned Melithreptus gularis gularis V 678 102 208 408 111 48 171 43 400 1,490
Honeyeater
(eastern subspecies)
Regent Honeyeater Anthochaera phrygia E CE 685 102 203 408 111 166 173 98 484 1,744
Painted Honeyeater Grantiella picta V 902 102 203 408 111 166 253 159 490 1,892
White-fronted Chat Epthianura albifrons V 632 0 0 0 0 0 189 0 0 189
Hooded Robin Melanodryas cucullata V 1,317 102 207 408 111 166 364 98 484 1,940
cucullata

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 Enclosure 3A (Continued)
Area of Potential Habitat within the Disturbance and Individual Offset Areas for Known or Likely to Occur Threatened Fauna Species

Offset Properties

Disturbance Area
Conservation
Status

Onsite Offset
(ha)

Avisford 1

reduction)

Avisford 2

Bobadeen
Dun Dun

Dun Dun
(inc 20%

Libertus
Common Name Scientific Name Total Area of

West

Ulan
East
(ha)

(ha)

(ha)

(ha)

(ha)

(ha)

(ha)

(ha)
Old
Potential
EPBC TSC Habitat –
Act1 Act1 Offset Areas

Birds (Continued)
Flame Robin Petroica phoenicea V 0 0 203 0 0 0 338 0 0 540

Scarlet Robin Petroica boodang V 1,065 102 203 408 111 48 359 47 400 1,676

Grey-crowned Babbler Pomatostomus temporalis V 685 102 39 408 111 166 175 98 484 1,583
(eastern subspecies) temporalis
Varied Sittella Daphoenositta chrysoptera V 685 102 203 408 111 180 175 116 484 1,778

Gilbert's Whistler Pachycephala inornata V 8 102 0 408 111 48 53 15 406 1,143

Diamond Firetail Stagonopleura guttata V 1,147 102 207 408 111 166 409 132 484 2,019

Mammals

Spotted-tailed Quoll Dasyurus maculatus E V 1,418 102 173 408 111 166 411 66 484 1,920

Koala Phascolarctos cinereus V 543 102 208 408 111 166 220 98 484 1,795

Eastern Pygmy-possum Cercartetus nanus V 787 92 0 115 111 166 221 98 484 1,287

Yellow-bellied Glider Petaurus australis V 252 0 0 0 0 118 5 23 84 231

Squirrel Glider Petaurus norfolcensi V 508 10 173 293 0 118 199 51 84 927

Grey-headed Flying-fox Pteropus poliocephalus V V 787 102 208 408 111 180 221 116 484 1,829

Yellow-bellied Saccolaimus flaviventris V 787 102 207 408 111 180 221 116 484 1,829
Sheathtail-bat
Eastern Freetail-bat Mormopterus norfolkensis V 387 0 0 0 0 0 34 0 7 40

Eastern Bentwing-bat Miniopterus schreibersii V 787 92 0 115 111 166 221 38 484 1,228
oceanensis

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 Enclosure 3A (Continued)
Area of Potential Habitat within the Disturbance and Individual Offset Areas for Known or Likely to Occur Threatened Fauna Species

Offset Properties

Disturbance Area
Conservation
Status

Onsite Offset
(ha)

reduction)
Avisford 1

Avisford 2

Bobadeen
Dun Dun

Dun Dun
(inc 20%

Libertus
Common Name Scientific Name Total Area of

West

Ulan
East
(ha)

(ha)

(ha)

(ha)

(ha)

(ha)

(ha)

(ha)
Old
Potential
EPBC TSC Habitat –
Act1 Act1 Offset Areas

Mammals (Continued)
Greater Long-eared Bat Nyctophilus corbeni V 760 102 39 408 111 166 221 98 484 1,629
(south eastern form)
Large-eared Pied Bat Chalinolobus dwyeri V V 787 102 39 408 111 166 221 159 484 1,690

Little Pied Bat Chalinolobus picatus V 8 102 39 408 111 48 21 74 399 1,202

Eastern False Pipistrelle Falsistrellus tasmaniensis V 787 92 0 115 111 166 221 38 484 1,228

Greater Broad-nosed Scoteanax rueppellii V 787 92 0 115 111 166 221 38 484 1,228
Bat
Eastern Cave Bat Vespadelus troughtoni V 787 92 0 115 111 166 221 38 484 1,228
1
Threatened fauna species status under the NSW Threatened Species Conservation Act, 1995 (TSC Act) and/or the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act, 1999 (EPBC Act) (Cumberland
Ecology, 2012) (current at 29 November 2012).
V = Vulnerable; E = Endangered; CE = Critically Endangered.

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 Enclosure 3B
Vegetation Types Considered Potential Habitat for Threatened Fauna Species
Conservation
Common Name Scientific Name Status Vegetation Types Considered Potential Habitat2
EPBC1 TSC1

Birds

• Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby open forest on hills of the central Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
• White Box – Red Stringybark shrubby woodlands on basalt slopes of the Nandewar and Brigalow Belt South Bioregions;
• White Box – Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby open forest on hills of the central Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
• Rough-barked Apple – Coast Banksia shrubby woodland on Warkworth Sands of the central Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
• Grey Gum – Narrow-leaved Stringybark – Ironbark woodland on ridges of the Upper Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
• Scribbly Gum – Brown Bloodwood woodland of the southern Brigalow Belt South;
Square-tailed Kite Lophoictinia isura V • Black Cypress Pine shrubby woodland of the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion;
• Grey Box – Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby woodland on hills of the Hunter Valley, North Coast and Sydney Basin;
• Blakely’s Red Gum – Yellow Box grassy open forest or woodland of the New England Tablelands;
• White Box – Yellow Box grassy woodland on basalt slopes in the upper Hunter Valley, Brigalow Belt South;
• Yellow Box – Blakely’s Red Gum grassy woodland of the Nandewar Bioregion;
• White Box – Rough-barked Apple alluvial woodland on the NSW western slopes; and
• White Box grassy woodland of the Nandewar and Brigalow Belt South Bioregions.
• Black Cypress Pine shrubby woodland of the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion; and
Spotted Harrier Circus assimilis V
• Derived grasslands of the slopes on the Merriwa Plateau.
• Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby open forest on hills of the central Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
• White Box – Red Stringybark shrubby woodlands on basalt slopes of the Nandewar and Brigalow Belt South Bioregions;
• Red Stringybark woodland of the dry slopes of the South Western Slopes Bioregion;
• White Box – Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby open forest on hills of the central Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
• Rough-barked Apple – Coast Banksia shrubby woodland on Warkworth Sands of the central Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
• Grey Gum – Narrow-leaved Stringybark – Ironbark woodland on ridges of the Upper Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
Hieraaetus
Little Eagle V • Black Cypress Pine shrubby woodland of the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion;
morphnoides
• Derived grasslands of the slopes on the Merriwa Plateau;
• Grey Box – Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby woodland on hills of the Hunter Valley, North Coast and Sydney Basin;
• White Box – Yellow Box grassy woodland on basalt slopes in the upper Hunter Valley, Brigalow Belt South;
• Yellow Box – Blakely’s Red Gum grassy woodland of the Nandewar Bioregion;
• White Box – Rough-barked Apple alluvial woodland on the NSW western slopes; and
• Heathy shrublands on rocky outcrops of the western slopes.

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 Enclosure 3B (Continued)
Vegetation Types Considered Potential Habitat for Threatened Fauna Species

Conservation
Common Name Scientific Name Status Vegetation Types Considered Potential Habitat2
1 1
EPBC TSC

Birds (Continued)

• Red Stringybark – Scribbly Gum – Red Box – Long-leaved Box shrub – tussock grass open forest the NSW South Western Slopes
Bioregion;
• Red Stringybark woodland of the dry slopes of the South Western Slopes Bioregion;
• White Box – Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby open forest on hills of the central Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
• Rough-barked Apple – Coast Banksia shrubby woodland on Warkworth Sands of the central Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
• Grey Gum – Narrow-leaved Stringybark – Ironbark woodland on ridges of the Upper Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
Burhinus
Bush Stone-curlew E
grallarius • Scribbly Gum – Brown Bloodwood woodland of the southern Brigalow Belt South;
• Derived grasslands of the slopes on the Merriwa Plateau;
• Grey Box – Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby woodland on hills of the Hunter Valley, North Coast and Sydney Basin;
• White Box – Yellow Box grassy woodland on basalt slopes in the upper Hunter Valley, Brigalow Belt South;
• White Box – Rough-barked Apple alluvial woodland on the NSW western slopes; and
• White Box grassy woodland of the Nandewar and Brigalow Belt South Bioregions.
• Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby open forest on hills of the central Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
• White Box – Red Stringybark shrubby woodlands on basalt slopes of the Nandewar and Brigalow Belt South Bioregions;
• White Box – Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby open forest on hills of the central Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
• Rough-barked Apple – Coast Banksia shrubby woodland on Warkworth Sands of the central Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
• Grey Gum – Narrow-leaved Stringybark – Ironbark woodland on ridges of the Upper Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;

Calyptorhynchus • Slaty Box – Grey Gum shrubby woodland on footslopes of the upper Hunter Valley, Brigalow Belt South;
Glossy Black-cockatoo V
lathami • Scribbly Gum – Brown Bloodwood woodland of the southern Brigalow Belt South;
• Black Cypress Pine shrubby woodland of the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion;
• Dwyer’s Red Gum woodland on siliceous substrates in the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion;
• Grey Box – Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby woodland on hills of the Hunter Valley, North Coast and Sydney Basin;
• White Box – Yellow Box grassy woodland on basalt slopes in the upper Hunter Valley, Brigalow Belt South; and
• Heathy shrublands on rocky outcrops of the western slopes.

3B-2
 Enclosure 3B (Continued)
Vegetation Types Considered Potential Habitat for Threatened Fauna Species

Conservation
Common Name Scientific Name Status Vegetation Types Considered Potential Habitat2
1 1
EPBC TSC

Birds (Continued)

• Red Stringybark woodland of the dry slopes of the South Western Slopes Bioregion;
• White Box – Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby open forest on hills of the central Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
• Rough-barked Apple – Coast Banksia shrubby woodland on Warkworth Sands of the central Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
• Grey Gum – Narrow-leaved Stringybark – Ironbark woodland on ridges of the Upper Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
Callocephalon
Gang-gang Cockatoo V • Slaty Box – Grey Gum shrubby woodland on footslopes of the upper Hunter Valley, Brigalow Belt South;
fimbriatum
• Scribbly Gum – Brown Bloodwood woodland of the southern Brigalow Belt South;
• Dwyer’s Red Gum woodland on siliceous substrates in the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion;
• White Box – Yellow Box grassy woodland on basalt slopes in the upper Hunter Valley, Brigalow Belt South; and
• White Box – Rough-barked Apple alluvial woodland on the NSW western slopes.
• Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby open forest on hills of the central Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
• White Box – Red Stringybark shrubby woodlands on basalt slopes of the Nandewar and Brigalow Belt South Bioregions;
• Red Stringybark woodland of the dry slopes of the South Western Slopes Bioregion;
• White Box – Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby open forest on hills of the central Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
• Rough-barked Apple – Coast Banksia shrubby woodland on Warkworth Sands of the central Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
• Grey Gum – Narrow-leaved Stringybark – Ironbark woodland on ridges of the Upper Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
Glossopsitta
Little Lorikeet V • Scribbly Gum – Brown Bloodwood woodland of the southern Brigalow Belt South;
pusilla
• Black Cypress Pine shrubby woodland of the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion;
• Grey Box – Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby woodland on hills of the Hunter Valley, North Coast and Sydney Basin;
• White Box – Yellow Box grassy woodland on basalt slopes in the upper Hunter Valley, Brigalow Belt South;
• Yellow Box – Blakely’s Red Gum grassy woodland of the Nandewar Bioregion;
• White Box – Rough-barked Apple alluvial woodland on the NSW western slopes; and
• White Box grassy woodland of the Nandewar and Brigalow Belt South Bioregions.

3B-3
 Enclosure 3B (Continued)
Vegetation Types Considered Potential Habitat for Threatened Fauna Species

Conservation
Common Name Scientific Name Status Vegetation Types Considered Potential Habitat2
1 1
EPBC TSC

Birds (Continued)

• Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby open forest on hills of the central Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
• Red Stringybark woodland of the dry slopes of the South Western Slopes Bioregion;
• White Box – Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby open forest on hills of the central Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
• Rough-barked Apple – Coast Banksia shrubby woodland on Warkworth Sands of the central Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
• Grey Gum – Narrow-leaved Stringybark – Ironbark woodland on ridges of the Upper Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
Neophema
Turquoise Parrot V • Scribbly Gum – Brown Bloodwood woodland of the southern Brigalow Belt South;
pulchella
• Derived grasslands of the slopes on the Merriwa Plateau;
• Blakely’s Red Gum – Yellow Box grassy open forest or woodland of the New England Tablelands;
• White Box – Yellow Box grassy woodland on basalt slopes in the upper Hunter Valley, Brigalow Belt South;
• Yellow Box – Blakely’s Red Gum grassy woodland of the Nandewar Bioregion; and
• White Box – Rough-barked Apple alluvial woodland on the NSW western slopes.
• Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby open forest on hills of the central Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
• White Box – Red Stringybark shrubby woodlands on basalt slopes of the Nandewar and Brigalow Belt South Bioregions;
• Red Stringybark woodland of the dry slopes of the South Western Slopes Bioregion;
• White Box – Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby open forest on hills of the central Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
• Rough-barked Apple – Coast Banksia shrubby woodland on Warkworth Sands of the central Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
• Grey Gum – Narrow-leaved Stringybark – Ironbark woodland on ridges of the Upper Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
Swift Parrot Lathamus discolor E E
• Scribbly Gum – Brown Bloodwood woodland of the southern Brigalow Belt South;
• Black Cypress Pine shrubby woodland of the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion;
• Grey Box – Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby woodland on hills of the Hunter Valley, North Coast and Sydney Basin;
• White Box – Yellow Box grassy woodland on basalt slopes in the upper Hunter Valley, Brigalow Belt South;
• Yellow Box – Blakely’s Red Gum grassy woodland of the Nandewar Bioregion; and
• White Box – Rough-barked Apple alluvial woodland on the NSW western slopes.
• Red Stringybark woodland of the dry slopes of the South Western Slopes Bioregion;
Polytelis
Superb Parrot V V • Yellow Box – Blakely’s Red Gum grassy woodland of the Nandewar Bioregion; and
swainsonii
• White Box – Rough-barked Apple alluvial woodland on the NSW western slopes.

3B-4
 Enclosure 3B (Continued)
Vegetation Types Considered Potential Habitat for Threatened Fauna Species

Conservation
Common Name Scientific Name Status Vegetation Types Considered Potential Habitat2
1 1
EPBC TSC

Birds (Continued)

• Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby open forest on hills of the central Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
• White Box – Red Stringybark shrubby woodlands on basalt slopes of the Nandewar and Brigalow Belt South Bioregions;
• Red Stringybark woodland of the dry slopes of the South Western Slopes Bioregion;
• White Box – Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby open forest on hills of the central Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
• Rough-barked Apple – Coast Banksia shrubby woodland on Warkworth Sands of the central Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
• Grey Gum – Narrow-leaved Stringybark – Ironbark woodland on ridges of the Upper Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
Tyto
Masked Owl V • Scribbly Gum – Brown Bloodwood woodland of the southern Brigalow Belt South;
novaehollandiae
• Black Cypress Pine shrubby woodland of the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion;
• Derived grasslands of the slopes on the Merriwa Plateau;
• Grey Box – Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby woodland on hills of the Hunter Valley, North Coast and Sydney Basin;
• White Box – Yellow Box grassy woodland on basalt slopes in the upper Hunter Valley, Brigalow Belt South;
• Yellow Box – Blakely’s Red Gum grassy woodland of the Nandewar Bioregion; and
• White Box – Rough-barked Apple alluvial woodland on the NSW western slopes.
• Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby open forest on hills of the central Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
• White Box – Red Stringybark shrubby woodlands on basalt slopes of the Nandewar and Brigalow Belt South Bioregions;
• Red Stringybark woodland of the dry slopes of the South Western Slopes Bioregion;
• White Box – Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby open forest on hills of the central Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
• Rough-barked Apple – Coast Banksia shrubby woodland on Warkworth Sands of the central Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
• Grey Gum – Narrow-leaved Stringybark – Ironbark woodland on ridges of the Upper Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
Powerful Owl Ninox strenua V • Slaty Box – Grey Gum shrubby woodland on footslopes of the upper Hunter Valley, Brigalow Belt South;
• Scribbly Gum – Brown Bloodwood woodland of the southern Brigalow Belt South;
• Dwyer’s Red Gum woodland on siliceous substrates in the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion;
• Grey Box – Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby woodland on hills of the Hunter Valley, North Coast and Sydney Basin;
• White Box – Yellow Box grassy woodland on basalt slopes in the upper Hunter Valley, Brigalow Belt South;
• Yellow Box – Blakely’s Red Gum grassy woodland of the Nandewar Bioregion; and
• White Box – Rough-barked Apple alluvial woodland on the NSW western slopes.

3B-5
 Enclosure 3B (Continued)
Vegetation Types Considered Potential Habitat for Threatened Fauna Species

Conservation
Common Name Scientific Name Status Vegetation Types Considered Potential Habitat2
1 1
EPBC TSC

Birds (Continued)

• White Box – Red Stringybark shrubby woodlands on basalt slopes of the Nandewar and Brigalow Belt South Bioregions;
• Red Stringybark woodland of the dry slopes of the South Western Slopes Bioregion;
• Rough-barked Apple – Coast Banksia shrubby woodland on Warkworth Sands of the central Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
• Grey Gum – Narrow-leaved Stringybark – Ironbark woodland on ridges of the Upper Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
• Scribbly Gum – Brown Bloodwood woodland of the southern Brigalow Belt South;
• Black Cypress Pine shrubby woodland of the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion;
Barking Owl Ninox connivens V
• Grey Box – Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby woodland on hills of the Hunter Valley, North Coast and Sydney Basin;
• Blakely’s Red Gum – Yellow Box grassy open forest or woodland of the New England Tablelands;
• White Box – Yellow Box grassy woodland on basalt slopes in the upper Hunter Valley, Brigalow Belt South;
• Yellow Box – Blakely’s Red Gum grassy woodland of the Nandewar Bioregion;
• White Box – Rough-barked Apple alluvial woodland on the NSW western slopes; and
• White Box grassy woodland of the Nandewar and Brigalow Belt South Bioregions.
• White Box – Red Stringybark shrubby woodlands on basalt slopes of the Nandewar and Brigalow Belt South Bioregions;
• Red Stringybark woodland of the dry slopes of the South Western Slopes Bioregion;
• Rough-barked Apple – Coast Banksia shrubby woodland on Warkworth Sands of the central Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
• Grey Gum – Narrow-leaved Stringybark – Ironbark woodland on ridges of the Upper Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
• Slaty Box – Grey Gum shrubby woodland on footslopes of the upper Hunter Valley, Brigalow Belt South;
• Scribbly Gum – Brown Bloodwood woodland of the southern Brigalow Belt South;
Climacteris
Brown Treecreeper
picumnus V • Black Cypress Pine shrubby woodland of the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion;
(eastern subspecies)
victoriae
• Dwyer’s Red Gum woodland on siliceous substrates in the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion;
• Grey Box – Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby woodland on hills of the Hunter Valley, North Coast and Sydney Basin;
• White Box – Yellow Box grassy woodland on basalt slopes in the upper Hunter Valley, Brigalow Belt South;
• Yellow Box – Blakely’s Red Gum grassy woodland of the Nandewar Bioregion;
• White Box – Rough-barked Apple alluvial woodland on the NSW western slopes; and
• White Box grassy woodland of the Nandewar and Brigalow Belt South Bioregions.

3B-6
 Enclosure 3B (Continued)
Vegetation Types Considered Potential Habitat for Threatened Fauna Species

Conservation
Common Name Scientific Name Status Vegetation Types Considered Potential Habitat2
1 1
EPBC TSC

Birds (Continued)

• Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby open forest on hills of the central Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
• White Box – Red Stringybark shrubby woodlands on basalt slopes of the Nandewar and Brigalow Belt South Bioregions;
• Red Stringybark woodland of the dry slopes of the South Western Slopes Bioregion;
• White Box – Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby open forest on hills of the central Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
• Grey Gum – Narrow-leaved Stringybark – Ironbark woodland on ridges of the Upper Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;

Chthonicola • Slaty Box – Grey Gum shrubby woodland on footslopes of the upper Hunter Valley, Brigalow Belt South;
Speckled Warbler V
sagittata • Scribbly Gum – Brown Bloodwood woodland of the southern Brigalow Belt South;
• Black Cypress Pine shrubby woodland of the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion;
• Dwyer’s Red Gum woodland on siliceous substrates in the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion;
• White Box – Yellow Box grassy woodland on basalt slopes in the upper Hunter Valley, Brigalow Belt South;
• Yellow Box – Blakely’s Red Gum grassy woodland of the Nandewar Bioregion; and
• White Box – Rough-barked Apple alluvial woodland on the NSW western slopes;
• White Box – Red Stringybark shrubby woodlands on basalt slopes of the Nandewar and Brigalow Belt South Bioregions;
• Red Stringybark woodland of the dry slopes of the South Western Slopes Bioregion;
• Rough-barked Apple – Coast Banksia shrubby woodland on Warkworth Sands of the central Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
• Grey Gum – Narrow-leaved Stringybark – Ironbark woodland on ridges of the Upper Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
Black-chinned • Scribbly Gum – Brown Bloodwood woodland of the southern Brigalow Belt South;
Melithreptus
Honeyeater (eastern V
gularis gularis • Grey Box – Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby woodland on hills of the Hunter Valley, North Coast and Sydney Basin;
subspecies)
• White Box – Yellow Box grassy woodland on basalt slopes in the upper Hunter Valley, Brigalow Belt South;
• Yellow Box – Blakely’s Red Gum grassy woodland of the Nandewar Bioregion;
• White Box – Rough-barked Apple alluvial woodland on the NSW western slopes; and
• White Box grassy woodland of the Nandewar and Brigalow Belt South Bioregions.

3B-7
 Enclosure 3B (Continued)
Vegetation Types Considered Potential Habitat for Threatened Fauna Species

Conservation
Common Name Scientific Name Status Vegetation Types Considered Potential Habitat2
1 1
EPBC TSC

Birds (Continued)

• Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby open forest on hills of the central Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
• White Box – Red Stringybark shrubby woodlands on basalt slopes of the Nandewar and Brigalow Belt South Bioregions;
• Red Stringybark woodland of the dry slopes of the South Western Slopes Bioregion;
• White Box – Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby open forest on hills of the central Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
• Rough-barked Apple – Coast Banksia shrubby woodland on Warkworth Sands of the central Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;

Anthochaera
Regent Honeyeater E CE
phrygia
Painted Honeyeater Grantiella picta
• Grey Gum – Narrow-leaved Stringybark – Ironbark woodland on ridges of the Upper Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
• Scribbly Gum – Brown Bloodwood woodland of the southern Brigalow Belt South;
• Black Cypress Pine shrubby woodland of the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion;
• Grey Box – Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby woodland on hills of the Hunter Valley, North Coast and Sydney Basin;
• White Box – Yellow Box grassy woodland on basalt slopes in the upper Hunter Valley, Brigalow Belt South;
• Yellow Box – Blakely’s Red Gum grassy woodland of the Nandewar Bioregion; and
• White Box – Rough-barked Apple alluvial woodland on the NSW western slopes.
• Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby open forest on hills of the central Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
• White Box – Red Stringybark shrubby woodlands on basalt slopes of the Nandewar and Brigalow Belt South Bioregions;
• Red Stringybark woodland of the dry slopes of the South Western Slopes Bioregion;
• White Box – Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby open forest on hills of the central Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
• Rough-barked Apple – Coast Banksia shrubby woodland on Warkworth Sands of the central Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
• Grey Gum – Narrow-leaved Stringybark – Ironbark woodland on ridges of the Upper Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
• Scribbly Gum – Brown Bloodwood woodland of the southern Brigalow Belt South;
V • Black Cypress Pine shrubby woodland of the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion;
• Grey Box – Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby woodland on hills of the Hunter Valley, North Coast and Sydney Basin;
• White Box – Yellow Box grassy woodland on basalt slopes in the upper Hunter Valley, Brigalow Belt South;
• Yellow Box – Blakely’s Red Gum grassy woodland of the Nandewar Bioregion;
• White Box – Rough-barked Apple alluvial woodland on the NSW western slopes;
• Slaty Box – Grey Gum shrubby woodland on footslopes of the upper Hunter Valley, Brigalow Belt South;
• Dwyer’s Red Gum woodland on siliceous substrates in the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion; and
• Blakely’s Red Gum – Yellow Box grassy open forest or woodland of the New England Tablelands.

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Common Name Scientific Name Status Vegetation Types Considered Potential Habitat2
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Birds (Continued)
Epthianura • Derived grasslands of the slopes on the Merriwa Plateau.
White-fronted Chat V
albifrons
• Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby open forest on hills of the central Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
• White Box – Red Stringybark shrubby woodlands on basalt slopes of the Nandewar and Brigalow Belt South Bioregions;
• Red Stringybark woodland of the dry slopes of the South Western Slopes Bioregion;
• White Box – Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby open forest on hills of the central Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
• Rough-barked Apple – Coast Banksia shrubby woodland on Warkworth Sands of the central Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
• Grey Gum – Narrow-leaved Stringybark – Ironbark woodland on ridges of the Upper Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;

Melanodryas • Scribbly Gum – Brown Bloodwood woodland of the southern Brigalow Belt South;
Hooded Robin V
cucullata cucullata • Black Cypress Pine shrubby woodland of the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion;
• Derived grasslands of the slopes on the Merriwa Plateau;
• Grey Box – Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby woodland on hills of the Hunter Valley, North Coast and Sydney Basin;
• White Box – Yellow Box grassy woodland on basalt slopes in the upper Hunter Valley, Brigalow Belt South;
• Yellow Box – Blakely’s Red Gum grassy woodland of the Nandewar Bioregion;
• White Box – Rough-barked Apple alluvial woodland on the NSW western slopes; and
• White Box grassy woodland of the Nandewar and Brigalow Belt South Bioregions.
• Red Stringybark woodland of the dry slopes of the South Western Slopes Bioregion;
• Grey Gum – Narrow-leaved Stringybark – Ironbark woodland on ridges of the Upper Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
Petroica • Scribbly Gum – Brown Bloodwood woodland of the southern Brigalow Belt South;
Flame Robin V
phoenicea • Derived grasslands of the slopes on the Merriwa Plateau;
• Grey Box – Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby woodland on hills of the Hunter Valley, North Coast and Sydney Basin; and
• White Box – Rough-barked Apple alluvial woodland on the NSW western slopes.

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Common Name Scientific Name Status Vegetation Types Considered Potential Habitat2
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Birds (Continued)

• Red Stringybark woodland of the dry slopes of the South Western Slopes Bioregion;
• Grey Gum – Narrow-leaved Stringybark – Ironbark woodland on ridges of the Upper Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
• Scribbly Gum – Brown Bloodwood woodland of the southern Brigalow Belt South;
• Black Cypress Pine shrubby woodland of the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion;
Scarlet Robin Petroica boodang V • Derived grasslands of the slopes on the Merriwa Plateau;
• Grey Box – Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby woodland on hills of the Hunter Valley, North Coast and Sydney Basin;
• White Box – Yellow Box grassy woodland on basalt slopes in the upper Hunter Valley, Brigalow Belt South;
• Yellow Box – Blakely’s Red Gum grassy woodland of the Nandewar Bioregion; and
• White Box – Rough-barked Apple alluvial woodland on the NSW western slopes.
• Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby open forest on hills of the central Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
• White Box – Red Stringybark shrubby woodlands on basalt slopes of the Nandewar and Brigalow Belt South Bioregions;
• White Box – Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby open forest on hills of the central Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
• Rough-barked Apple – Coast Banksia shrubby woodland on Warkworth Sands of the central Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
• Grey Gum – Narrow-leaved Stringybark – Ironbark woodland on ridges of the Upper Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
Pomatostomus • Scribbly Gum – Brown Bloodwood woodland of the southern Brigalow Belt South;
Grey-crowned Babbler
temporalis V
(eastern subspecies) • Black Cypress Pine shrubby woodland of the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion;
temporalis
• Grey Box – Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby woodland on hills of the Hunter Valley, North Coast and Sydney Basin;
• White Box – Yellow Box grassy woodland on basalt slopes in the upper Hunter Valley, Brigalow Belt South;
• Yellow Box – Blakely’s Red Gum grassy woodland of the Nandewar Bioregion;
• White Box – Rough-barked Apple alluvial woodland on the NSW western slopes; and
• White Box grassy woodland of the Nandewar and Brigalow Belt South Bioregions.

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Conservation
Common Name Scientific Name Status Vegetation Types Considered Potential Habitat2
1 1
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Birds (Continued)

• Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby open forest on hills of the central Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
• White Box – Red Stringybark shrubby woodlands on basalt slopes of the Nandewar and Brigalow Belt South Bioregions;
• Red Stringybark woodland of the dry slopes of the South Western Slopes Bioregion;
• White Box – Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby open forest on hills of the central Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
• Rough-barked Apple – Coast Banksia shrubby woodland on Warkworth Sands of the central Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;

Daphoenositta • Grey Gum – Narrow-leaved Stringybark – Ironbark woodland on ridges of the Upper Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
Varied Sittella V
chrysoptera • Scribbly Gum – Brown Bloodwood woodland of the southern Brigalow Belt South;
• Black Cypress Pine shrubby woodland of the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion;
• Grey Box – Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby woodland on hills of the Hunter Valley, North Coast and Sydney Basin;
• White Box – Yellow Box grassy woodland on basalt slopes in the upper Hunter Valley, Brigalow Belt South;
• Yellow Box – Blakely’s Red Gum grassy woodland of the Nandewar Bioregion; and
• White Box – Rough-barked Apple alluvial woodland on the NSW western slopes.
• White Box – Yellow Box grassy woodland on basalt slopes in the upper Hunter Valley, Brigalow Belt South;

Pachycephala • Yellow Box – Blakely’s Red Gum grassy woodland of the Nandewar Bioregion;
Gilbert's Whistler V
inornata • White Box – Rough-barked Apple alluvial woodland on the NSW western slopes; and
• White Box grassy woodland of the Nandewar and Brigalow Belt South Bioregions.

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Conservation
Common Name Scientific Name Status Vegetation Types Considered Potential Habitat2
1 1
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Birds (Continued)

• Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby open forest on hills of the central Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
• Red Stringybark woodland of the dry slopes of the South Western Slopes Bioregion;
• White Box – Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby open forest on hills of the central Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
• Grey Gum – Narrow-leaved Stringybark – Ironbark woodland on ridges of the Upper Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
• Slaty Box – Grey Gum shrubby woodland on footslopes of the upper Hunter Valley, Brigalow Belt South;
• Scribbly Gum – Brown Bloodwood woodland of the southern Brigalow Belt South;
Stagonopleura
Diamond Firetail V • Black Cypress Pine shrubby woodland of the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion;
guttata
• Dwyer’s Red Gum woodland on siliceous substrates in the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion;
• Derived grasslands of the slopes on the Merriwa Plateau;
• White Box – Yellow Box grassy woodland on basalt slopes in the upper Hunter Valley, Brigalow Belt South;
• Yellow Box – Blakely’s Red Gum grassy woodland of the Nandewar Bioregion;
• White Box – Rough-barked Apple alluvial woodland on the NSW western slopes; and
• White Box grassy woodland of the Nandewar and Brigalow Belt South Bioregions.
Mammals

• Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby open forest on hills of the central Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
• White Box – Red Stringybark shrubby woodlands on basalt slopes of the Nandewar and Brigalow Belt South Bioregions;
• Red Stringybark woodland of the dry slopes of the South Western Slopes Bioregion;
• White Box – Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby open forest on hills of the central Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
• Rough-barked Apple – Coast Banksia shrubby woodland on Warkworth Sands of the central Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
• Grey Gum – Narrow-leaved Stringybark – Ironbark woodland on ridges of the Upper Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
Dasyurus
Spotted-tailed Quoll E V • Slaty Box – Grey Gum shrubby woodland on footslopes of the upper Hunter Valley, Brigalow Belt South;
maculatus
• Scribbly Gum – Brown Bloodwood woodland of the southern Brigalow Belt South;
• Derived grasslands of the slopes on the Merriwa Platea;
• Grey Box – Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby woodland on hills of the Hunter Valley, North Coast and Sydney Basin;
• White Box – Yellow Box grassy woodland on basalt slopes in the upper Hunter Valley, Brigalow Belt South;
• Yellow Box – Blakely’s Red Gum grassy woodland of the Nandewar Bioregion; and
• White Box grassy woodland of the Nandewar and Brigalow Belt South Bioregions.

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Conservation
Common Name Scientific Name Status Vegetation Types Considered Potential Habitat2
1 1
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Mammals (Continued)

• Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby open forest on hills of the central Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
• White Box – Red Stringybark shrubby woodlands on basalt slopes of the Nandewar and Brigalow Belt South Bioregions;
• Red Stringybark woodland of the dry slopes of the South Western Slopes Bioregion;
• White Box – Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby open forest on hills of the central Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
• Grey Gum – Narrow-leaved Stringybark – Ironbark woodland on ridges of the Upper Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
• Slaty Box – Grey Gum shrubby woodland on footslopes of the upper Hunter Valley, Brigalow Belt South;
Phascolarctos
Koala V • Scribbly Gum – Brown Bloodwood woodland of the southern Brigalow Belt South;
cinereus
• Black Cypress Pine shrubby woodland of the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion;
• Grey Box – Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby woodland on hills of the Hunter Valley, North Coast and Sydney Basin;
• White Box – Yellow Box grassy woodland on basalt slopes in the upper Hunter Valley, Brigalow Belt South;
• Yellow Box – Blakely’s Red Gum grassy woodland of the Nandewar Bioregion;
• White Box – Rough-barked Apple alluvial woodland on the NSW western slopes; and
• White Box grassy woodland of the Nandewar and Brigalow Belt South Bioregions.
• Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby open forest on hills of the central Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
• White Box – Red Stringybark shrubby woodlands on basalt slopes of the Nandewar and Brigalow Belt South Bioregions;
• White Box – Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby open forest on hills of the central Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
• Rough-barked Apple – Coast Banksia shrubby woodland on Warkworth Sands of the central Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;

Eastern Pygmy- • Grey Gum – Narrow-leaved Stringybark – Ironbark woodland on ridges of the Upper Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
Cercartetus nanus V
possum • Slaty Box – Grey Gum shrubby woodland on footslopes of the upper Hunter Valley, Brigalow Belt South;
• Scribbly Gum – Brown Bloodwood woodland of the southern Brigalow Belt South;
• Black Cypress Pine shrubby woodland of the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion;
• Grey Box – Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby woodland on hills of the Hunter Valley, North Coast and Sydney Basin; and
• White Box – Yellow Box grassy woodland on basalt slopes in the upper Hunter Valley, Brigalow Belt South.
• Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby open forest on hills of the central Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
Yellow-bellied Glider Petaurus australis V • White Box – Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby open forest on hills of the central Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin; and
• Rough-barked Apple – Coast Banksia shrubby woodland on Warkworth Sands of the central Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin.

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Conservation
Common Name Scientific Name Status Vegetation Types Considered Potential Habitat2
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Mammals (Continued)

• Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby open forest on hills of the central Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
• White Box – Red Stringybark shrubby woodlands on basalt slopes of the Nandewar and Brigalow Belt South Bioregions;
• Red Stringybark woodland of the dry slopes of the South Western Slopes Bioregion;
• White Box – Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby open forest on hills of the central Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
Petaurus
Squirrel Glider V • Grey Gum – Narrow-leaved Stringybark – Ironbark woodland on ridges of the Upper Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
norfolcensi
• Slaty Box – Grey Gum shrubby woodland on footslopes of the upper Hunter Valley, Brigalow Belt South;
• Scribbly Gum – Brown Bloodwood woodland of the southern Brigalow Belt South;
• Yellow Box – Blakely’s Red Gum grassy woodland of the Nandewar Bioregion; and
• White Box grassy woodland of the Nandewar and Brigalow Belt South Bioregions.
• Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby open forest on hills of the central Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
• White Box – Red Stringybark shrubby woodlands on basalt slopes of the Nandewar and Brigalow Belt South Bioregions;
• Red Stringybark woodland of the dry slopes of the South Western Slopes Bioregion;
• White Box – Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby open forest on hills of the central Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
• Rough-barked Apple – Coast Banksia shrubby woodland on Warkworth Sands of the central Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
• Grey Gum – Narrow-leaved Stringybark – Ironbark woodland on ridges of the Upper Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
• Slaty Box – Grey Gum shrubby woodland on footslopes of the upper Hunter Valley, Brigalow Belt South;
Grey-headed Flying- Pteropus
V V • Scribbly Gum – Brown Bloodwood woodland of the southern Brigalow Belt South;
fox poliocephalus
• Black Cypress Pine shrubby woodland of the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion;
• Grey Box – Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby woodland on hills of the Hunter Valley, North Coast and Sydney Basin;
• White Box – Yellow Box grassy woodland on basalt slopes in the upper Hunter Valley, Brigalow Belt South;
• Yellow Box – Blakely’s Red Gum grassy woodland of the Nandewar Bioregion;
• White Box – Rough-barked Apple alluvial woodland on the NSW western slopes;
• White Box grassy woodland of the Nandewar and Brigalow Belt South Bioregions; and
• Heathy shrublands on rocky outcrops of the western slopes.

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Conservation
Common Name Scientific Name Status Vegetation Types Considered Potential Habitat2
1 1
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Mammals (Continued)

• Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby open forest on hills of the central Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
• White Box – Red Stringybark shrubby woodlands on basalt slopes of the Nandewar and Brigalow Belt South Bioregions;
• Red Stringybark woodland of the dry slopes of the South Western Slopes Bioregion;
• White Box – Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby open forest on hills of the central Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
• Rough-barked Apple – Coast Banksia shrubby woodland on Warkworth Sands of the central Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
• Grey Gum – Narrow-leaved Stringybark – Ironbark woodland on ridges of the Upper Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
• Slaty Box – Grey Gum shrubby woodland on footslopes of the upper Hunter Valley, Brigalow Belt South;
Yellow-bellied Saccolaimus
V • Scribbly Gum – Brown Bloodwood woodland of the southern Brigalow Belt South;
Sheathtail-bat flaviventris
• Black Cypress Pine shrubby woodland of the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion;
• Grey Box – Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby woodland on hills of the Hunter Valley, North Coast and Sydney Basin;
• White Box – Yellow Box grassy woodland on basalt slopes in the upper Hunter Valley, Brigalow Belt South;
• Yellow Box – Blakely’s Red Gum grassy woodland of the Nandewar Bioregion;
• White Box – Rough-barked Apple alluvial woodland on the NSW western slopes;
• White Box grassy woodland of the Nandewar and Brigalow Belt South Bioregions; and
• Heathy shrublands on rocky outcrops of the western slopes.
• Rough-barked Apple – Coast Banksia shrubby woodland on Warkworth Sands of the central Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
Mormopterus
Eastern Freetail-bat V • Grey Box – Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby woodland on hills of the Hunter Valley, North Coast and Sydney Basin; and
norfolkensis
• Blakely’s Red Gum – Yellow Box grassy open forest or woodland of the New England Tablelands.
• Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby open forest on hills of the central Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
• White Box – Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby open forest on hills of the central Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
• Rough-barked Apple – Coast Banksia shrubby woodland on Warkworth Sands of the central Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
Miniopterus • Grey Gum – Narrow-leaved Stringybark – Ironbark woodland on ridges of the Upper Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
Eastern Bentwing-bat schreibersii V
oceanensis • Slaty Box – Grey Gum shrubby woodland on footslopes of the upper Hunter Valley, Brigalow Belt South;
• Scribbly Gum – Brown Bloodwood woodland of the southern Brigalow Belt South;
• Grey Box – Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby woodland on hills of the Hunter Valley, North Coast and Sydney Basin; and
• White Box – Yellow Box grassy woodland on basalt slopes in the upper Hunter Valley, Brigalow Belt South.

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Vegetation Types Considered Potential Habitat for Threatened Fauna Species

Conservation
Common Name Scientific Name Status Vegetation Types Considered Potential Habitat2
1 1
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Mammals (Continued)

• Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby open forest on hills of the central Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
• White Box – Red Stringybark shrubby woodlands on basalt slopes of the Nandewar and Brigalow Belt South Bioregions;
• White Box – Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby open forest on hills of the central Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
• Rough-barked Apple – Coast Banksia shrubby woodland on Warkworth Sands of the central Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
• Grey Gum – Narrow-leaved Stringybark – Ironbark woodland on ridges of the Upper Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
Greater Long-eared • Slaty Box – Grey Gum shrubby woodland on footslopes of the upper Hunter Valley, Brigalow Belt South;
Nyctophilus
Bat (south eastern V
corbeni • Scribbly Gum – Brown Bloodwood woodland of the southern Brigalow Belt South;
form)
• Black Cypress Pine shrubby woodland of the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion;
• White Box – Yellow Box grassy woodland on basalt slopes in the upper Hunter Valley, Brigalow Belt South;
• Yellow Box – Blakely’s Red Gum grassy woodland of the Nandewar Bioregion;
• White Box – Rough-barked Apple alluvial woodland on the NSW western slopes; and
• White Box grassy woodland of the Nandewar and Brigalow Belt South Bioregions.
• Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby open forest on hills of the central Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
• White Box – Red Stringybark shrubby woodlands on basalt slopes of the Nandewar and Brigalow Belt South Bioregions;
• White Box – Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby open forest on hills of the central Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
• Rough-barked Apple – Coast Banksia shrubby woodland on Warkworth Sands of the central Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
• Grey Gum – Narrow-leaved Stringybark – Ironbark woodland on ridges of the Upper Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
• Slaty Box – Grey Gum shrubby woodland on footslopes of the upper Hunter Valley, Brigalow Belt South;

Chalinolobus • Scribbly Gum – Brown Bloodwood woodland of the southern Brigalow Belt South;
Large-eared Pied Bat V V
dwyeri • Black Cypress Pine shrubby woodland of the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion;
• Dwyer’s Red Gum woodland on siliceous substrates in the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion;
• Grey Box – Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby woodland on hills of the Hunter Valley, North Coast and Sydney Basin;
• White Box – Yellow Box grassy woodland on basalt slopes in the upper Hunter Valley, Brigalow Belt South;
• Yellow Box – Blakely’s Red Gum grassy woodland of the Nandewar Bioregion;
• White Box – Rough-barked Apple alluvial woodland on the NSW western slopes; and
• White Box grassy woodland of the Nandewar and Brigalow Belt South Bioregions.

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Vegetation Types Considered Potential Habitat for Threatened Fauna Species

Conservation
Common Name Scientific Name Status Vegetation Types Considered Potential Habitat2
1 1
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Mammals (Continued)

• White Box – Yellow Box grassy woodland on basalt slopes in the upper Hunter Valley, Brigalow Belt South;
Chalinolobus • Yellow Box – Blakely’s Red Gum grassy woodland of the Nandewar Bioregion;
Little Pied Bat V
picatus • White Box – Rough-barked Apple alluvial woodland on the NSW western slopes; and
• White Box grassy woodland of the Nandewar and Brigalow Belt South Bioregions.
• Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby open forest on hills of the central Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
• White Box – Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby open forest on hills of the central Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
• Rough-barked Apple – Coast Banksia shrubby woodland on Warkworth Sands of the central Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;

Eastern False Falsistrellus • Grey Gum – Narrow-leaved Stringybark – Ironbark woodland on ridges of the Upper Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
V
Pipistrelle tasmaniensis • Slaty Box – Grey Gum shrubby woodland on footslopes of the upper Hunter Valley, Brigalow Belt South;
• Scribbly Gum – Brown Bloodwood woodland of the southern Brigalow Belt South;
• Grey Box – Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby woodland on hills of the Hunter Valley, North Coast and Sydney Basin; and
• White Box – Yellow Box grassy woodland on basalt slopes in the upper Hunter Valley, Brigalow Belt South.
• Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby open forest on hills of the central Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
• White Box – Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby open forest on hills of the central Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
• Rough-barked Apple – Coast Banksia shrubby woodland on Warkworth Sands of the central Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;

Greater Broad-nosed Scoteanax • Grey Gum – Narrow-leaved Stringybark – Ironbark woodland on ridges of the Upper Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
V
Bat rueppellii • Slaty Box – Grey Gum shrubby woodland on footslopes of the upper Hunter Valley, Brigalow Belt South;
• Scribbly Gum – Brown Bloodwood woodland of the southern Brigalow Belt South;
• Grey Box – Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby woodland on hills of the Hunter Valley, North Coast and Sydney Basin; and
• White Box – Yellow Box grassy woodland on basalt slopes in the upper Hunter Valley, Brigalow Belt South.

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Conservation
Common Name Scientific Name Status Vegetation Types Considered Potential Habitat2
1 1
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Mammals (Continued)

• Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby open forest on hills of the central Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
• White Box – Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby open forest on hills of the central Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
• Rough-barked Apple – Coast Banksia shrubby woodland on Warkworth Sands of the central Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;

Vespadelus • Grey Gum – Narrow-leaved Stringybark – Ironbark woodland on ridges of the Upper Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin;
Eastern Cave Bat V
troughtoni • Slaty Box – Grey Gum shrubby woodland on footslopes of the upper Hunter Valley, Brigalow Belt South;
• Scribbly Gum – Brown Bloodwood woodland of the southern Brigalow Belt South;
• Grey Box – Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby woodland on hills of the Hunter Valley, North Coast and Sydney Basin; and
• White Box – Yellow Box grassy woodland on basalt slopes in the upper Hunter Valley, Brigalow Belt South.
1
Threatened fauna species status under the NSW Threatened Species Conservation Act, 1995 (TSC Act) and/or the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act, 1999 (EPBC Act)
(Cumberland Ecology, 2012) (current at 29 November 2012).
V = Vulnerable; E = Endangered; CE = Critically Endangered.

2
Potential habitat based on biometric vegetation types listed in the relevant Office of Environment and Heritage threatened species profiles as providing potential habitat as well as any vegetation type in which a threatened
species was recorded by the Project surveys.

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