Establishment of NPWS EcoHealth monitoring plots
Dr Douglas and an assistant were engaged by the Upper Blue Mountains office of the NPWS to establish flora and soil monitoring plots in the southwestern Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area. These plots entail recording all plant species in a 400m2 sample, with additional tree species recorded in the adjoining 20×30 extension. The work […]
Review of the Conservation Status of 10 Plant Species in NSW
Research the post-wildfire status of selected common, threatened and potentially threatened plant species in the southern Sydney Basin and eastern South East Highlands Bioregions. Work was done with a mix of Commonwealth and State Government funding, and involved checking database records for errors, and visiting numerous locations to document plant species after fire, with some […]
Review of the Conservation Status of 10 Plant Species in NSW
NSW DCCEEW has contracted me to undertake a review of the conservation status of 10 plant species that are endemic to NSW. The requires compiling and analysing data in accordance with the Common Assessment Method used by OEH and the Commonwealth Department of Environment & Energy. This method is based on an internationally adopted method […]
Preparation of Statutory Expert Reports for 8 Threatened Plant Species
The NSW Department of Environment & Planning (DPE) engaged me to prepare Expert Reports for Acacia bynoeano, A. pubescens, Melaleuca deanei and Persoonia nutans as part of the assessment of ecological effects and offsetting obligations for large urbanisation projects in western and southwestern Sydney. I am now an BAM-certified Expert for those species https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/biodiversity/experts.htm Expert […]
Review of Threatened Ecological Communities in NSW in the Context of Mapping
NSW DCCEEW retained me to review TECs (BC and EPBC Act) in the context of whether and how they can be mapped. This project is linked to the need for OEH to map at least the Critically Endangered TECs as part of the public Biodiversity Values Map. The report is confidential but was intended for […]
Fine-scale Vegetation Mapping of Wingecarribee Shire
The project is a joint venture between NSW DCCEEW’s Native Vegetation Information Science unit and Council; and was designed and commenced prior to my involvement. I took on the job when the project was in difficulty. The project is a test case for new and refined methods of mapping vegetation types at the local government […]
Threatened Flora Research, Monitoring and Fire Ecology Recommendations (Gordon’s Wattle, Acacia gordonii)
In 2016, NSW DCCEEW funded a review of database records, fieldwork to check on known populations, establishment of monitoring plots / plant community sampling, and advice for proposed ecological burning of this species in Blue Mountains National Park. Monitoring will include pre-and-post-fire plots to track the species’ response to prescribed burning that is intended to […]
Threatened Flora Research and Monitoring (Bossiaea oligosperma)
NSW DCCEEW funded a review of database records; fieldwork; reporting and the establishment of monitoring plots for this species in its disjunct northern occurrence (Nattai to Yerranderie). Numerous old and spatially inaccurate records were reviewed and corrected to show where this species has actually been found. One small occurrence was unable to be found; another […]
Threatened Flora Research and Recommendations (Triplarina nowraenesis)
NSW DCCEEW funded a literature and database review, substantial fieldwork, and preparation of new management advice for Nowra Heath Myrtle. The research documented new or extended populations of this and associated rare or threatened species across several NPWS reserves and a proposed reserve in the lower Shoalhaven area. New information relating to the species’ conservation […]
Survey and Monitoring of Rare and Threatened Flora in Forestry Corporation Estate
Forestry Corporation of NSW have engaged Ecological Surveys & Planning to undertake a series of flora surveys targeting rare or threatened plants in Penrose, Wingello and Belanglo State Forests. Some of these species are also subject to plot-based monitoring, including trialling different management of bushfire Asset Protection Zones around pine plantations and the bushland interface. […]