❓ Hon Paul Llewellyn questions the Minister for the Environment regarding the protection of endangered western ringtail possums during state forest logging operations, particularly in the Arcadia forest block. The Minister's response outlines measures in place for possum protection and justifies the decision to allow logging in Arcadia.
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I refer to the killing of endangered western ringtail possums in State forest logging operations, and I ask -
(1) Is the Minister aware that the Department of Conservation and Land Management research (Kingston study mid 1990’s) shows that logging operations kill possums?
(2) Is the Minister aware that the wester ringtail possum is recognised under State legislation as a species requiring special protection?
(3) Can the Minister confirm that under the current Regional Forest Agreement the western ringtail possum is offered no effective (audited/auditable) protection during logging operations in State forests?
(4) If no to (3), what effective (audited/auditable) protection is offered?
(5) Is the Minister aware that the clearing of western ringtail possum habitat on privately owned land is regulated to avoid and minimise the likelihood of western ringtail possums being killed during operations?
(6) Is the Minister aware that the western ringtail possum is resident in forest around and/or within Arcadia forest block?
(7) Given that the western ringtail possum is recognised under State legislation to require special protection, and given that under the Regional Forest Agreement that protection is not offered, and given that western ringtail possums occupy Arcadia forest block, can the Minister please explain why he failed to prohibit logging of Arcadia forest block in 2006?
(1) Is the Minister aware that the Department of Conservation and Land Management research (Kingston study mid 1990’s) shows that logging operations kill possums?
(2) Is the Minister aware that the wester ringtail possum is recognised under State legislation as a species requiring special protection?
(3) Can the Minister confirm that under the current Regional Forest Agreement the western ringtail possum is offered no effective (audited/auditable) protection during logging operations in State forests?
(4) If no to (3), what effective (audited/auditable) protection is offered?
(5) Is the Minister aware that the clearing of western ringtail possum habitat on privately owned land is regulated to avoid and minimise the likelihood of western ringtail possums being killed during operations?
(6) Is the Minister aware that the western ringtail possum is resident in forest around and/or within Arcadia forest block?
(7) Given that the western ringtail possum is recognised under State legislation to require special protection, and given that under the Regional Forest Agreement that protection is not offered, and given that western ringtail possums occupy Arcadia forest block, can the Minister please explain why he failed to prohibit logging of Arcadia forest block in 2006?
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20 March 2007
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Minister for Education and Training representing the Minister for the Environment
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A detailed report on the Kingston 4 study was prepared by Wayne et al. (2000) from the Science Division of the former Department of Conservation and Land Management. This report is available in the Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC) Library. (2) Yes. (3) And (4) Measures in the Regional Forest Agreement that enhanced fauna protection, such as the development of the comprehensive, adequate and representative reserve system, which was considerably enhanced by the Protecting our old-growth forest policy, were implemented through the Forest Management Plan 200 -2013 (FMP). Knowledge gained from the Kingston project has contributed to the development of the FMP by introducing Fauna Habitat Zones (FHZ), the revision of the jarrah silvicultural guideline including increased retention of habitat trees, retention of additional habitat elements such as grass-trees (balga), and a requirement for increased predator control by baiting where populations of the western ringtail possum and other native animals vulnerable to predation are likely to occur. The FMP strategy to manage the supply of hollows relies on preservation of trees of a size suitable for hollows in areas excluded from timber harvesting across the forest landscape. There are four levels of application for retained areas, which in descending order from the broad scale to the fine scale are: (i) the formal conservation reserve system; (ii) FHZs, which were established by the FMP for the purpose of preserving habitat to sustain wildlife and provide a population source for the recolonisation of cut over areas; (iii) the network of informal reserves, principally the stream zones, established by the FMP; and (iv) habitat trees retained in harvest coupes by requirement of the silviculture prescription. Categories (i), (ii) and (iii) comprise 52 per cent of the jarrah forest and category (iv) requires that five primary habitat trees and between six and eight secondary habitat trees per hectare be retained in each hectare harvested. (5) Yes. (6) I am advised that DEC is aware of the presence of western ringtail possums in Arcadia forest block. It should be noted that western ringtail possum habitat is generally found in riparian areas, which are protected from timber harvesting as informal reserve corridors. In relation to the timber harvesting operation in the Arcadia 03 coupe, the standard pre-harvesting checklist requires a determination as to whether any special management is required for fauna. On 1 September 2006 an officer from DEC's Wellington District undertook a specific investigation in the Arcadia 03 coupe in areas of vegetation which were most likely to support a possum population. The inspection found no evidence of western ringtail possum activity (nor brushtail possums). (7) Habitat protection is offered to the western ringtail possum. Arcadia forest block was independently assessed in 2001 under the Assessment of the Scientific, Economic and Community Values and the Impact of Logging on Salinity of Areas Subject to a Moratorium on Logging . The Government considered the assessment and decided that Arcadia forest block did not have conservation values which were under-represented in the formal conservation reserve system. Consequently, the Government retained Arcadia forest block as multiple-use State forest available for timber harvesting.
(2) Yes. (3) And (4) Measures in the Regional Forest Agreement that enhanced fauna protection, such as the development of the comprehensive, adequate and representative reserve system, which was considerably enhanced by the Protecting our old-growth forest policy, were implemented through the Forest Management Plan 200 -2013 (FMP). Knowledge gained from the Kingston project has contributed to the development of the FMP by introducing Fauna Habitat Zones (FHZ), the revision of the jarrah silvicultural guideline including increased retention of habitat trees, retention of additional habitat elements such as grass-trees (balga), and a requirement for increased predator control by baiting where populations of the western ringtail possum and other native animals vulnerable to predation are likely to occur. The FMP strategy to manage the supply of hollows relies on preservation of trees of a size suitable for hollows in areas excluded from timber harvesting across the forest landscape. There are four levels of application for retained areas, which in descending order from the broad scale to the fine scale are: (i) the formal conservation reserve system; (ii) FHZs, which were established by the FMP for the purpose of preserving habitat to sustain wildlife and provide a population source for the recolonisation of cut over areas; (iii) the network of informal reserves, principally the stream zones, established by the FMP; and (iv) habitat trees retained in harvest coupes by requirement of the silviculture prescription. Categories (i), (ii) and (iii) comprise 52 per cent of the jarrah forest and category (iv) requires that five primary habitat trees and between six and eight secondary habitat trees per hectare be retained in each hectare harvested. (5) Yes. (6) I am advised that DEC is aware of the presence of western ringtail possums in Arcadia forest block. It should be noted that western ringtail possum habitat is generally found in riparian areas, which are protected from timber harvesting as informal reserve corridors. In relation to the timber harvesting operation in the Arcadia 03 coupe, the standard pre-harvesting checklist requires a determination as to whether any special management is required for fauna. On 1 September 2006 an officer from DEC's Wellington District undertook a specific investigation in the Arcadia 03 coupe in areas of vegetation which were most likely to support a possum population. The inspection found no evidence of western ringtail possum activity (nor brushtail possums). (7) Habitat protection is offered to the western ringtail possum. Arcadia forest block was independently assessed in 2001 under the Assessment of the Scientific, Economic and Community Values and the Impact of Logging on Salinity of Areas Subject to a Moratorium on Logging . The Government considered the assessment and decided that Arcadia forest block did not have conservation values which were under-represented in the formal conservation reserve system. Consequently, the Government retained Arcadia forest block as multiple-use State forest available for timber harvesting.
(3) And (4) Measures in the Regional Forest Agreement that enhanced fauna protection, such as the development of the comprehensive, adequate and representative reserve system, which was considerably enhanced by the Protecting our old-growth forest policy, were implemented through the Forest Management Plan 200 -2013 (FMP). Knowledge gained from the Kingston project has contributed to the development of the FMP by introducing Fauna Habitat Zones (FHZ), the revision of the jarrah silvicultural guideline including increased retention of habitat trees, retention of additional habitat elements such as grass-trees (balga), and a requirement for increased predator control by baiting where populations of the western ringtail possum and other native animals vulnerable to predation are likely to occur. The FMP strategy to manage the supply of hollows relies on preservation of trees of a size suitable for hollows in areas excluded from timber harvesting across the forest landscape. There are four levels of application for retained areas, which in descending order from the broad scale to the fine scale are: (i) the formal conservation reserve system; (ii) FHZs, which were established by the FMP for the purpose of preserving habitat to sustain wildlife and provide a population source for the recolonisation of cut over areas; (iii) the network of informal reserves, principally the stream zones, established by the FMP; and (iv) habitat trees retained in harvest coupes by requirement of the silviculture prescription. Categories (i), (ii) and (iii) comprise 52 per cent of the jarrah forest and category (iv) requires that five primary habitat trees and between six and eight secondary habitat trees per hectare be retained in each hectare harvested. (5) Yes. (6) I am advised that DEC is aware of the presence of western ringtail possums in Arcadia forest block. It should be noted that western ringtail possum habitat is generally found in riparian areas, which are protected from timber harvesting as informal reserve corridors. In relation to the timber harvesting operation in the Arcadia 03 coupe, the standard pre-harvesting checklist requires a determination as to whether any special management is required for fauna. On 1 September 2006 an officer from DEC's Wellington District undertook a specific investigation in the Arcadia 03 coupe in areas of vegetation which were most likely to support a possum population. The inspection found no evidence of western ringtail possum activity (nor brushtail possums). (7) Habitat protection is offered to the western ringtail possum. Arcadia forest block was independently assessed in 2001 under the Assessment of the Scientific, Economic and Community Values and the Impact of Logging on Salinity of Areas Subject to a Moratorium on Logging . The Government considered the assessment and decided that Arcadia forest block did not have conservation values which were under-represented in the formal conservation reserve system. Consequently, the Government retained Arcadia forest block as multiple-use State forest available for timber harvesting.
Measures in the Regional Forest Agreement that enhanced fauna protection, such as the development of the comprehensive, adequate and representative reserve system, which was considerably enhanced by the Protecting our old-growth forest policy, were implemented through the Forest Management Plan 200 -2013 (FMP). Knowledge gained from the Kingston project has contributed to the development of the FMP by introducing Fauna Habitat Zones (FHZ), the revision of the jarrah silvicultural guideline including increased retention of habitat trees, retention of additional habitat elements such as grass-trees (balga), and a requirement for increased predator control by baiting where populations of the western ringtail possum and other native animals vulnerable to predation are likely to occur. The FMP strategy to manage the supply of hollows relies on preservation of trees of a size suitable for hollows in areas excluded from timber harvesting across the forest landscape. There are four levels of application for retained areas, which in descending order from the broad scale to the fine scale are: (i) the formal conservation reserve system; (ii) FHZs, which were established by the FMP for the purpose of preserving habitat to sustain wildlife and provide a population source for the recolonisation of cut over areas; (iii) the network of informal reserves, principally the stream zones, established by the FMP; and (iv) habitat trees retained in harvest coupes by requirement of the silviculture prescription. Categories (i), (ii) and (iii) comprise 52 per cent of the jarrah forest and category (iv) requires that five primary habitat trees and between six and eight secondary habitat trees per hectare be retained in each hectare harvested. (5) Yes. (6) I am advised that DEC is aware of the presence of western ringtail possums in Arcadia forest block. It should be noted that western ringtail possum habitat is generally found in riparian areas, which are protected from timber harvesting as informal reserve corridors. In relation to the timber harvesting operation in the Arcadia 03 coupe, the standard pre-harvesting checklist requires a determination as to whether any special management is required for fauna. On 1 September 2006 an officer from DEC's Wellington District undertook a specific investigation in the Arcadia 03 coupe in areas of vegetation which were most likely to support a possum population. The inspection found no evidence of western ringtail possum activity (nor brushtail possums). (7) Habitat protection is offered to the western ringtail possum. Arcadia forest block was independently assessed in 2001 under the Assessment of the Scientific, Economic and Community Values and the Impact of Logging on Salinity of Areas Subject to a Moratorium on Logging . The Government considered the assessment and decided that Arcadia forest block did not have conservation values which were under-represented in the formal conservation reserve system. Consequently, the Government retained Arcadia forest block as multiple-use State forest available for timber harvesting.
Knowledge gained from the Kingston project has contributed to the development of the FMP by introducing Fauna Habitat Zones (FHZ), the revision of the jarrah silvicultural guideline including increased retention of habitat trees, retention of additional habitat elements such as grass-trees (balga), and a requirement for increased predator control by baiting where populations of the western ringtail possum and other native animals vulnerable to predation are likely to occur. The FMP strategy to manage the supply of hollows relies on preservation of trees of a size suitable for hollows in areas excluded from timber harvesting across the forest landscape. There are four levels of application for retained areas, which in descending order from the broad scale to the fine scale are: (i) the formal conservation reserve system; (ii) FHZs, which were established by the FMP for the purpose of preserving habitat to sustain wildlife and provide a population source for the recolonisation of cut over areas; (iii) the network of informal reserves, principally the stream zones, established by the FMP; and (iv) habitat trees retained in harvest coupes by requirement of the silviculture prescription. Categories (i), (ii) and (iii) comprise 52 per cent of the jarrah forest and category (iv) requires that five primary habitat trees and between six and eight secondary habitat trees per hectare be retained in each hectare harvested. (5) Yes. (6) I am advised that DEC is aware of the presence of western ringtail possums in Arcadia forest block. It should be noted that western ringtail possum habitat is generally found in riparian areas, which are protected from timber harvesting as informal reserve corridors. In relation to the timber harvesting operation in the Arcadia 03 coupe, the standard pre-harvesting checklist requires a determination as to whether any special management is required for fauna. On 1 September 2006 an officer from DEC's Wellington District undertook a specific investigation in the Arcadia 03 coupe in areas of vegetation which were most likely to support a possum population. The inspection found no evidence of western ringtail possum activity (nor brushtail possums). (7) Habitat protection is offered to the western ringtail possum. Arcadia forest block was independently assessed in 2001 under the Assessment of the Scientific, Economic and Community Values and the Impact of Logging on Salinity of Areas Subject to a Moratorium on Logging . The Government considered the assessment and decided that Arcadia forest block did not have conservation values which were under-represented in the formal conservation reserve system. Consequently, the Government retained Arcadia forest block as multiple-use State forest available for timber harvesting.
The FMP strategy to manage the supply of hollows relies on preservation of trees of a size suitable for hollows in areas excluded from timber harvesting across the forest landscape. There are four levels of application for retained areas, which in descending order from the broad scale to the fine scale are: (i) the formal conservation reserve system; (ii) FHZs, which were established by the FMP for the purpose of preserving habitat to sustain wildlife and provide a population source for the recolonisation of cut over areas; (iii) the network of informal reserves, principally the stream zones, established by the FMP; and (iv) habitat trees retained in harvest coupes by requirement of the silviculture prescription. Categories (i), (ii) and (iii) comprise 52 per cent of the jarrah forest and category (iv) requires that five primary habitat trees and between six and eight secondary habitat trees per hectare be retained in each hectare harvested. (5) Yes. (6) I am advised that DEC is aware of the presence of western ringtail possums in Arcadia forest block. It should be noted that western ringtail possum habitat is generally found in riparian areas, which are protected from timber harvesting as informal reserve corridors. In relation to the timber harvesting operation in the Arcadia 03 coupe, the standard pre-harvesting checklist requires a determination as to whether any special management is required for fauna. On 1 September 2006 an officer from DEC's Wellington District undertook a specific investigation in the Arcadia 03 coupe in areas of vegetation which were most likely to support a possum population. The inspection found no evidence of western ringtail possum activity (nor brushtail possums). (7) Habitat protection is offered to the western ringtail possum. Arcadia forest block was independently assessed in 2001 under the Assessment of the Scientific, Economic and Community Values and the Impact of Logging on Salinity of Areas Subject to a Moratorium on Logging . The Government considered the assessment and decided that Arcadia forest block did not have conservation values which were under-represented in the formal conservation reserve system. Consequently, the Government retained Arcadia forest block as multiple-use State forest available for timber harvesting.
(i) the formal conservation reserve system; (ii) FHZs, which were established by the FMP for the purpose of preserving habitat to sustain wildlife and provide a population source for the recolonisation of cut over areas; (iii) the network of informal reserves, principally the stream zones, established by the FMP; and (iv) habitat trees retained in harvest coupes by requirement of the silviculture prescription. Categories (i), (ii) and (iii) comprise 52 per cent of the jarrah forest and category (iv) requires that five primary habitat trees and between six and eight secondary habitat trees per hectare be retained in each hectare harvested. (5) Yes. (6) I am advised that DEC is aware of the presence of western ringtail possums in Arcadia forest block. It should be noted that western ringtail possum habitat is generally found in riparian areas, which are protected from timber harvesting as informal reserve corridors. In relation to the timber harvesting operation in the Arcadia 03 coupe, the standard pre-harvesting checklist requires a determination as to whether any special management is required for fauna. On 1 September 2006 an officer from DEC's Wellington District undertook a specific investigation in the Arcadia 03 coupe in areas of vegetation which were most likely to support a possum population. The inspection found no evidence of western ringtail possum activity (nor brushtail possums). (7) Habitat protection is offered to the western ringtail possum. Arcadia forest block was independently assessed in 2001 under the Assessment of the Scientific, Economic and Community Values and the Impact of Logging on Salinity of Areas Subject to a Moratorium on Logging . The Government considered the assessment and decided that Arcadia forest block did not have conservation values which were under-represented in the formal conservation reserve system. Consequently, the Government retained Arcadia forest block as multiple-use State forest available for timber harvesting.
(ii) FHZs, which were established by the FMP for the purpose of preserving habitat to sustain wildlife and provide a population source for the recolonisation of cut over areas; (iii) the network of informal reserves, principally the stream zones, established by the FMP; and (iv) habitat trees retained in harvest coupes by requirement of the silviculture prescription. Categories (i), (ii) and (iii) comprise 52 per cent of the jarrah forest and category (iv) requires that five primary habitat trees and between six and eight secondary habitat trees per hectare be retained in each hectare harvested. (5) Yes. (6) I am advised that DEC is aware of the presence of western ringtail possums in Arcadia forest block. It should be noted that western ringtail possum habitat is generally found in riparian areas, which are protected from timber harvesting as informal reserve corridors. In relation to the timber harvesting operation in the Arcadia 03 coupe, the standard pre-harvesting checklist requires a determination as to whether any special management is required for fauna. On 1 September 2006 an officer from DEC's Wellington District undertook a specific investigation in the Arcadia 03 coupe in areas of vegetation which were most likely to support a possum population. The inspection found no evidence of western ringtail possum activity (nor brushtail possums). (7) Habitat protection is offered to the western ringtail possum. Arcadia forest block was independently assessed in 2001 under the Assessment of the Scientific, Economic and Community Values and the Impact of Logging on Salinity of Areas Subject to a Moratorium on Logging . The Government considered the assessment and decided that Arcadia forest block did not have conservation values which were under-represented in the formal conservation reserve system. Consequently, the Government retained Arcadia forest block as multiple-use State forest available for timber harvesting.
(iii) the network of informal reserves, principally the stream zones, established by the FMP; and (iv) habitat trees retained in harvest coupes by requirement of the silviculture prescription. Categories (i), (ii) and (iii) comprise 52 per cent of the jarrah forest and category (iv) requires that five primary habitat trees and between six and eight secondary habitat trees per hectare be retained in each hectare harvested. (5) Yes. (6) I am advised that DEC is aware of the presence of western ringtail possums in Arcadia forest block. It should be noted that western ringtail possum habitat is generally found in riparian areas, which are protected from timber harvesting as informal reserve corridors. In relation to the timber harvesting operation in the Arcadia 03 coupe, the standard pre-harvesting checklist requires a determination as to whether any special management is required for fauna. On 1 September 2006 an officer from DEC's Wellington District undertook a specific investigation in the Arcadia 03 coupe in areas of vegetation which were most likely to support a possum population. The inspection found no evidence of western ringtail possum activity (nor brushtail possums). (7) Habitat protection is offered to the western ringtail possum. Arcadia forest block was independently assessed in 2001 under the Assessment of the Scientific, Economic and Community Values and the Impact of Logging on Salinity of Areas Subject to a Moratorium on Logging . The Government considered the assessment and decided that Arcadia forest block did not have conservation values which were under-represented in the formal conservation reserve system. Consequently, the Government retained Arcadia forest block as multiple-use State forest available for timber harvesting.
(iv) habitat trees retained in harvest coupes by requirement of the silviculture prescription. Categories (i), (ii) and (iii) comprise 52 per cent of the jarrah forest and category (iv) requires that five primary habitat trees and between six and eight secondary habitat trees per hectare be retained in each hectare harvested. (5) Yes. (6) I am advised that DEC is aware of the presence of western ringtail possums in Arcadia forest block. It should be noted that western ringtail possum habitat is generally found in riparian areas, which are protected from timber harvesting as informal reserve corridors. In relation to the timber harvesting operation in the Arcadia 03 coupe, the standard pre-harvesting checklist requires a determination as to whether any special management is required for fauna. On 1 September 2006 an officer from DEC's Wellington District undertook a specific investigation in the Arcadia 03 coupe in areas of vegetation which were most likely to support a possum population. The inspection found no evidence of western ringtail possum activity (nor brushtail possums). (7) Habitat protection is offered to the western ringtail possum. Arcadia forest block was independently assessed in 2001 under the Assessment of the Scientific, Economic and Community Values and the Impact of Logging on Salinity of Areas Subject to a Moratorium on Logging . The Government considered the assessment and decided that Arcadia forest block did not have conservation values which were under-represented in the formal conservation reserve system. Consequently, the Government retained Arcadia forest block as multiple-use State forest available for timber harvesting.
Categories (i), (ii) and (iii) comprise 52 per cent of the jarrah forest and category (iv) requires that five primary habitat trees and between six and eight secondary habitat trees per hectare be retained in each hectare harvested. (5) Yes. (6) I am advised that DEC is aware of the presence of western ringtail possums in Arcadia forest block. It should be noted that western ringtail possum habitat is generally found in riparian areas, which are protected from timber harvesting as informal reserve corridors. In relation to the timber harvesting operation in the Arcadia 03 coupe, the standard pre-harvesting checklist requires a determination as to whether any special management is required for fauna. On 1 September 2006 an officer from DEC's Wellington District undertook a specific investigation in the Arcadia 03 coupe in areas of vegetation which were most likely to support a possum population. The inspection found no evidence of western ringtail possum activity (nor brushtail possums). (7) Habitat protection is offered to the western ringtail possum. Arcadia forest block was independently assessed in 2001 under the Assessment of the Scientific, Economic and Community Values and the Impact of Logging on Salinity of Areas Subject to a Moratorium on Logging . The Government considered the assessment and decided that Arcadia forest block did not have conservation values which were under-represented in the formal conservation reserve system. Consequently, the Government retained Arcadia forest block as multiple-use State forest available for timber harvesting.
(5) Yes. (6) I am advised that DEC is aware of the presence of western ringtail possums in Arcadia forest block. It should be noted that western ringtail possum habitat is generally found in riparian areas, which are protected from timber harvesting as informal reserve corridors. In relation to the timber harvesting operation in the Arcadia 03 coupe, the standard pre-harvesting checklist requires a determination as to whether any special management is required for fauna. On 1 September 2006 an officer from DEC's Wellington District undertook a specific investigation in the Arcadia 03 coupe in areas of vegetation which were most likely to support a possum population. The inspection found no evidence of western ringtail possum activity (nor brushtail possums). (7) Habitat protection is offered to the western ringtail possum. Arcadia forest block was independently assessed in 2001 under the Assessment of the Scientific, Economic and Community Values and the Impact of Logging on Salinity of Areas Subject to a Moratorium on Logging . The Government considered the assessment and decided that Arcadia forest block did not have conservation values which were under-represented in the formal conservation reserve system. Consequently, the Government retained Arcadia forest block as multiple-use State forest available for timber harvesting.
(6) I am advised that DEC is aware of the presence of western ringtail possums in Arcadia forest block. It should be noted that western ringtail possum habitat is generally found in riparian areas, which are protected from timber harvesting as informal reserve corridors. In relation to the timber harvesting operation in the Arcadia 03 coupe, the standard pre-harvesting checklist requires a determination as to whether any special management is required for fauna. On 1 September 2006 an officer from DEC's Wellington District undertook a specific investigation in the Arcadia 03 coupe in areas of vegetation which were most likely to support a possum population. The inspection found no evidence of western ringtail possum activity (nor brushtail possums). (7) Habitat protection is offered to the western ringtail possum. Arcadia forest block was independently assessed in 2001 under the Assessment of the Scientific, Economic and Community Values and the Impact of Logging on Salinity of Areas Subject to a Moratorium on Logging . The Government considered the assessment and decided that Arcadia forest block did not have conservation values which were under-represented in the formal conservation reserve system. Consequently, the Government retained Arcadia forest block as multiple-use State forest available for timber harvesting.
In relation to the timber harvesting operation in the Arcadia 03 coupe, the standard pre-harvesting checklist requires a determination as to whether any special management is required for fauna. On 1 September 2006 an officer from DEC's Wellington District undertook a specific investigation in the Arcadia 03 coupe in areas of vegetation which were most likely to support a possum population. The inspection found no evidence of western ringtail possum activity (nor brushtail possums). (7) Habitat protection is offered to the western ringtail possum. Arcadia forest block was independently assessed in 2001 under the Assessment of the Scientific, Economic and Community Values and the Impact of Logging on Salinity of Areas Subject to a Moratorium on Logging . The Government considered the assessment and decided that Arcadia forest block did not have conservation values which were under-represented in the formal conservation reserve system. Consequently, the Government retained Arcadia forest block as multiple-use State forest available for timber harvesting.
(7) Habitat protection is offered to the western ringtail possum. Arcadia forest block was independently assessed in 2001 under the Assessment of the Scientific, Economic and Community Values and the Impact of Logging on Salinity of Areas Subject to a Moratorium on Logging . The Government considered the assessment and decided that Arcadia forest block did not have conservation values which were under-represented in the formal conservation reserve system. Consequently, the Government retained Arcadia forest block as multiple-use State forest available for timber harvesting.
(2) Yes. (3) And (4) Measures in the Regional Forest Agreement that enhanced fauna protection, such as the development of the comprehensive, adequate and representative reserve system, which was considerably enhanced by the Protecting our old-growth forest policy, were implemented through the Forest Management Plan 200 -2013 (FMP). Knowledge gained from the Kingston project has contributed to the development of the FMP by introducing Fauna Habitat Zones (FHZ), the revision of the jarrah silvicultural guideline including increased retention of habitat trees, retention of additional habitat elements such as grass-trees (balga), and a requirement for increased predator control by baiting where populations of the western ringtail possum and other native animals vulnerable to predation are likely to occur. The FMP strategy to manage the supply of hollows relies on preservation of trees of a size suitable for hollows in areas excluded from timber harvesting across the forest landscape. There are four levels of application for retained areas, which in descending order from the broad scale to the fine scale are: (i) the formal conservation reserve system; (ii) FHZs, which were established by the FMP for the purpose of preserving habitat to sustain wildlife and provide a population source for the recolonisation of cut over areas; (iii) the network of informal reserves, principally the stream zones, established by the FMP; and (iv) habitat trees retained in harvest coupes by requirement of the silviculture prescription. Categories (i), (ii) and (iii) comprise 52 per cent of the jarrah forest and category (iv) requires that five primary habitat trees and between six and eight secondary habitat trees per hectare be retained in each hectare harvested. (5) Yes. (6) I am advised that DEC is aware of the presence of western ringtail possums in Arcadia forest block. It should be noted that western ringtail possum habitat is generally found in riparian areas, which are protected from timber harvesting as informal reserve corridors. In relation to the timber harvesting operation in the Arcadia 03 coupe, the standard pre-harvesting checklist requires a determination as to whether any special management is required for fauna. On 1 September 2006 an officer from DEC's Wellington District undertook a specific investigation in the Arcadia 03 coupe in areas of vegetation which were most likely to support a possum population. The inspection found no evidence of western ringtail possum activity (nor brushtail possums). (7) Habitat protection is offered to the western ringtail possum. Arcadia forest block was independently assessed in 2001 under the Assessment of the Scientific, Economic and Community Values and the Impact of Logging on Salinity of Areas Subject to a Moratorium on Logging . The Government considered the assessment and decided that Arcadia forest block did not have conservation values which were under-represented in the formal conservation reserve system. Consequently, the Government retained Arcadia forest block as multiple-use State forest available for timber harvesting.
(3) And (4) Measures in the Regional Forest Agreement that enhanced fauna protection, such as the development of the comprehensive, adequate and representative reserve system, which was considerably enhanced by the Protecting our old-growth forest policy, were implemented through the Forest Management Plan 200 -2013 (FMP). Knowledge gained from the Kingston project has contributed to the development of the FMP by introducing Fauna Habitat Zones (FHZ), the revision of the jarrah silvicultural guideline including increased retention of habitat trees, retention of additional habitat elements such as grass-trees (balga), and a requirement for increased predator control by baiting where populations of the western ringtail possum and other native animals vulnerable to predation are likely to occur. The FMP strategy to manage the supply of hollows relies on preservation of trees of a size suitable for hollows in areas excluded from timber harvesting across the forest landscape. There are four levels of application for retained areas, which in descending order from the broad scale to the fine scale are: (i) the formal conservation reserve system; (ii) FHZs, which were established by the FMP for the purpose of preserving habitat to sustain wildlife and provide a population source for the recolonisation of cut over areas; (iii) the network of informal reserves, principally the stream zones, established by the FMP; and (iv) habitat trees retained in harvest coupes by requirement of the silviculture prescription. Categories (i), (ii) and (iii) comprise 52 per cent of the jarrah forest and category (iv) requires that five primary habitat trees and between six and eight secondary habitat trees per hectare be retained in each hectare harvested. (5) Yes. (6) I am advised that DEC is aware of the presence of western ringtail possums in Arcadia forest block. It should be noted that western ringtail possum habitat is generally found in riparian areas, which are protected from timber harvesting as informal reserve corridors. In relation to the timber harvesting operation in the Arcadia 03 coupe, the standard pre-harvesting checklist requires a determination as to whether any special management is required for fauna. On 1 September 2006 an officer from DEC's Wellington District undertook a specific investigation in the Arcadia 03 coupe in areas of vegetation which were most likely to support a possum population. The inspection found no evidence of western ringtail possum activity (nor brushtail possums). (7) Habitat protection is offered to the western ringtail possum. Arcadia forest block was independently assessed in 2001 under the Assessment of the Scientific, Economic and Community Values and the Impact of Logging on Salinity of Areas Subject to a Moratorium on Logging . The Government considered the assessment and decided that Arcadia forest block did not have conservation values which were under-represented in the formal conservation reserve system. Consequently, the Government retained Arcadia forest block as multiple-use State forest available for timber harvesting.
Measures in the Regional Forest Agreement that enhanced fauna protection, such as the development of the comprehensive, adequate and representative reserve system, which was considerably enhanced by the Protecting our old-growth forest policy, were implemented through the Forest Management Plan 200 -2013 (FMP). Knowledge gained from the Kingston project has contributed to the development of the FMP by introducing Fauna Habitat Zones (FHZ), the revision of the jarrah silvicultural guideline including increased retention of habitat trees, retention of additional habitat elements such as grass-trees (balga), and a requirement for increased predator control by baiting where populations of the western ringtail possum and other native animals vulnerable to predation are likely to occur. The FMP strategy to manage the supply of hollows relies on preservation of trees of a size suitable for hollows in areas excluded from timber harvesting across the forest landscape. There are four levels of application for retained areas, which in descending order from the broad scale to the fine scale are: (i) the formal conservation reserve system; (ii) FHZs, which were established by the FMP for the purpose of preserving habitat to sustain wildlife and provide a population source for the recolonisation of cut over areas; (iii) the network of informal reserves, principally the stream zones, established by the FMP; and (iv) habitat trees retained in harvest coupes by requirement of the silviculture prescription. Categories (i), (ii) and (iii) comprise 52 per cent of the jarrah forest and category (iv) requires that five primary habitat trees and between six and eight secondary habitat trees per hectare be retained in each hectare harvested. (5) Yes. (6) I am advised that DEC is aware of the presence of western ringtail possums in Arcadia forest block. It should be noted that western ringtail possum habitat is generally found in riparian areas, which are protected from timber harvesting as informal reserve corridors. In relation to the timber harvesting operation in the Arcadia 03 coupe, the standard pre-harvesting checklist requires a determination as to whether any special management is required for fauna. On 1 September 2006 an officer from DEC's Wellington District undertook a specific investigation in the Arcadia 03 coupe in areas of vegetation which were most likely to support a possum population. The inspection found no evidence of western ringtail possum activity (nor brushtail possums). (7) Habitat protection is offered to the western ringtail possum. Arcadia forest block was independently assessed in 2001 under the Assessment of the Scientific, Economic and Community Values and the Impact of Logging on Salinity of Areas Subject to a Moratorium on Logging . The Government considered the assessment and decided that Arcadia forest block did not have conservation values which were under-represented in the formal conservation reserve system. Consequently, the Government retained Arcadia forest block as multiple-use State forest available for timber harvesting.
Knowledge gained from the Kingston project has contributed to the development of the FMP by introducing Fauna Habitat Zones (FHZ), the revision of the jarrah silvicultural guideline including increased retention of habitat trees, retention of additional habitat elements such as grass-trees (balga), and a requirement for increased predator control by baiting where populations of the western ringtail possum and other native animals vulnerable to predation are likely to occur. The FMP strategy to manage the supply of hollows relies on preservation of trees of a size suitable for hollows in areas excluded from timber harvesting across the forest landscape. There are four levels of application for retained areas, which in descending order from the broad scale to the fine scale are: (i) the formal conservation reserve system; (ii) FHZs, which were established by the FMP for the purpose of preserving habitat to sustain wildlife and provide a population source for the recolonisation of cut over areas; (iii) the network of informal reserves, principally the stream zones, established by the FMP; and (iv) habitat trees retained in harvest coupes by requirement of the silviculture prescription. Categories (i), (ii) and (iii) comprise 52 per cent of the jarrah forest and category (iv) requires that five primary habitat trees and between six and eight secondary habitat trees per hectare be retained in each hectare harvested. (5) Yes. (6) I am advised that DEC is aware of the presence of western ringtail possums in Arcadia forest block. It should be noted that western ringtail possum habitat is generally found in riparian areas, which are protected from timber harvesting as informal reserve corridors. In relation to the timber harvesting operation in the Arcadia 03 coupe, the standard pre-harvesting checklist requires a determination as to whether any special management is required for fauna. On 1 September 2006 an officer from DEC's Wellington District undertook a specific investigation in the Arcadia 03 coupe in areas of vegetation which were most likely to support a possum population. The inspection found no evidence of western ringtail possum activity (nor brushtail possums). (7) Habitat protection is offered to the western ringtail possum. Arcadia forest block was independently assessed in 2001 under the Assessment of the Scientific, Economic and Community Values and the Impact of Logging on Salinity of Areas Subject to a Moratorium on Logging . The Government considered the assessment and decided that Arcadia forest block did not have conservation values which were under-represented in the formal conservation reserve system. Consequently, the Government retained Arcadia forest block as multiple-use State forest available for timber harvesting.
The FMP strategy to manage the supply of hollows relies on preservation of trees of a size suitable for hollows in areas excluded from timber harvesting across the forest landscape. There are four levels of application for retained areas, which in descending order from the broad scale to the fine scale are: (i) the formal conservation reserve system; (ii) FHZs, which were established by the FMP for the purpose of preserving habitat to sustain wildlife and provide a population source for the recolonisation of cut over areas; (iii) the network of informal reserves, principally the stream zones, established by the FMP; and (iv) habitat trees retained in harvest coupes by requirement of the silviculture prescription. Categories (i), (ii) and (iii) comprise 52 per cent of the jarrah forest and category (iv) requires that five primary habitat trees and between six and eight secondary habitat trees per hectare be retained in each hectare harvested. (5) Yes. (6) I am advised that DEC is aware of the presence of western ringtail possums in Arcadia forest block. It should be noted that western ringtail possum habitat is generally found in riparian areas, which are protected from timber harvesting as informal reserve corridors. In relation to the timber harvesting operation in the Arcadia 03 coupe, the standard pre-harvesting checklist requires a determination as to whether any special management is required for fauna. On 1 September 2006 an officer from DEC's Wellington District undertook a specific investigation in the Arcadia 03 coupe in areas of vegetation which were most likely to support a possum population. The inspection found no evidence of western ringtail possum activity (nor brushtail possums). (7) Habitat protection is offered to the western ringtail possum. Arcadia forest block was independently assessed in 2001 under the Assessment of the Scientific, Economic and Community Values and the Impact of Logging on Salinity of Areas Subject to a Moratorium on Logging . The Government considered the assessment and decided that Arcadia forest block did not have conservation values which were under-represented in the formal conservation reserve system. Consequently, the Government retained Arcadia forest block as multiple-use State forest available for timber harvesting.
(i) the formal conservation reserve system; (ii) FHZs, which were established by the FMP for the purpose of preserving habitat to sustain wildlife and provide a population source for the recolonisation of cut over areas; (iii) the network of informal reserves, principally the stream zones, established by the FMP; and (iv) habitat trees retained in harvest coupes by requirement of the silviculture prescription. Categories (i), (ii) and (iii) comprise 52 per cent of the jarrah forest and category (iv) requires that five primary habitat trees and between six and eight secondary habitat trees per hectare be retained in each hectare harvested. (5) Yes. (6) I am advised that DEC is aware of the presence of western ringtail possums in Arcadia forest block. It should be noted that western ringtail possum habitat is generally found in riparian areas, which are protected from timber harvesting as informal reserve corridors. In relation to the timber harvesting operation in the Arcadia 03 coupe, the standard pre-harvesting checklist requires a determination as to whether any special management is required for fauna. On 1 September 2006 an officer from DEC's Wellington District undertook a specific investigation in the Arcadia 03 coupe in areas of vegetation which were most likely to support a possum population. The inspection found no evidence of western ringtail possum activity (nor brushtail possums). (7) Habitat protection is offered to the western ringtail possum. Arcadia forest block was independently assessed in 2001 under the Assessment of the Scientific, Economic and Community Values and the Impact of Logging on Salinity of Areas Subject to a Moratorium on Logging . The Government considered the assessment and decided that Arcadia forest block did not have conservation values which were under-represented in the formal conservation reserve system. Consequently, the Government retained Arcadia forest block as multiple-use State forest available for timber harvesting.
(ii) FHZs, which were established by the FMP for the purpose of preserving habitat to sustain wildlife and provide a population source for the recolonisation of cut over areas; (iii) the network of informal reserves, principally the stream zones, established by the FMP; and (iv) habitat trees retained in harvest coupes by requirement of the silviculture prescription. Categories (i), (ii) and (iii) comprise 52 per cent of the jarrah forest and category (iv) requires that five primary habitat trees and between six and eight secondary habitat trees per hectare be retained in each hectare harvested. (5) Yes. (6) I am advised that DEC is aware of the presence of western ringtail possums in Arcadia forest block. It should be noted that western ringtail possum habitat is generally found in riparian areas, which are protected from timber harvesting as informal reserve corridors. In relation to the timber harvesting operation in the Arcadia 03 coupe, the standard pre-harvesting checklist requires a determination as to whether any special management is required for fauna. On 1 September 2006 an officer from DEC's Wellington District undertook a specific investigation in the Arcadia 03 coupe in areas of vegetation which were most likely to support a possum population. The inspection found no evidence of western ringtail possum activity (nor brushtail possums). (7) Habitat protection is offered to the western ringtail possum. Arcadia forest block was independently assessed in 2001 under the Assessment of the Scientific, Economic and Community Values and the Impact of Logging on Salinity of Areas Subject to a Moratorium on Logging . The Government considered the assessment and decided that Arcadia forest block did not have conservation values which were under-represented in the formal conservation reserve system. Consequently, the Government retained Arcadia forest block as multiple-use State forest available for timber harvesting.
(iii) the network of informal reserves, principally the stream zones, established by the FMP; and (iv) habitat trees retained in harvest coupes by requirement of the silviculture prescription. Categories (i), (ii) and (iii) comprise 52 per cent of the jarrah forest and category (iv) requires that five primary habitat trees and between six and eight secondary habitat trees per hectare be retained in each hectare harvested. (5) Yes. (6) I am advised that DEC is aware of the presence of western ringtail possums in Arcadia forest block. It should be noted that western ringtail possum habitat is generally found in riparian areas, which are protected from timber harvesting as informal reserve corridors. In relation to the timber harvesting operation in the Arcadia 03 coupe, the standard pre-harvesting checklist requires a determination as to whether any special management is required for fauna. On 1 September 2006 an officer from DEC's Wellington District undertook a specific investigation in the Arcadia 03 coupe in areas of vegetation which were most likely to support a possum population. The inspection found no evidence of western ringtail possum activity (nor brushtail possums). (7) Habitat protection is offered to the western ringtail possum. Arcadia forest block was independently assessed in 2001 under the Assessment of the Scientific, Economic and Community Values and the Impact of Logging on Salinity of Areas Subject to a Moratorium on Logging . The Government considered the assessment and decided that Arcadia forest block did not have conservation values which were under-represented in the formal conservation reserve system. Consequently, the Government retained Arcadia forest block as multiple-use State forest available for timber harvesting.
(iv) habitat trees retained in harvest coupes by requirement of the silviculture prescription. Categories (i), (ii) and (iii) comprise 52 per cent of the jarrah forest and category (iv) requires that five primary habitat trees and between six and eight secondary habitat trees per hectare be retained in each hectare harvested. (5) Yes. (6) I am advised that DEC is aware of the presence of western ringtail possums in Arcadia forest block. It should be noted that western ringtail possum habitat is generally found in riparian areas, which are protected from timber harvesting as informal reserve corridors. In relation to the timber harvesting operation in the Arcadia 03 coupe, the standard pre-harvesting checklist requires a determination as to whether any special management is required for fauna. On 1 September 2006 an officer from DEC's Wellington District undertook a specific investigation in the Arcadia 03 coupe in areas of vegetation which were most likely to support a possum population. The inspection found no evidence of western ringtail possum activity (nor brushtail possums). (7) Habitat protection is offered to the western ringtail possum. Arcadia forest block was independently assessed in 2001 under the Assessment of the Scientific, Economic and Community Values and the Impact of Logging on Salinity of Areas Subject to a Moratorium on Logging . The Government considered the assessment and decided that Arcadia forest block did not have conservation values which were under-represented in the formal conservation reserve system. Consequently, the Government retained Arcadia forest block as multiple-use State forest available for timber harvesting.
Categories (i), (ii) and (iii) comprise 52 per cent of the jarrah forest and category (iv) requires that five primary habitat trees and between six and eight secondary habitat trees per hectare be retained in each hectare harvested. (5) Yes. (6) I am advised that DEC is aware of the presence of western ringtail possums in Arcadia forest block. It should be noted that western ringtail possum habitat is generally found in riparian areas, which are protected from timber harvesting as informal reserve corridors. In relation to the timber harvesting operation in the Arcadia 03 coupe, the standard pre-harvesting checklist requires a determination as to whether any special management is required for fauna. On 1 September 2006 an officer from DEC's Wellington District undertook a specific investigation in the Arcadia 03 coupe in areas of vegetation which were most likely to support a possum population. The inspection found no evidence of western ringtail possum activity (nor brushtail possums). (7) Habitat protection is offered to the western ringtail possum. Arcadia forest block was independently assessed in 2001 under the Assessment of the Scientific, Economic and Community Values and the Impact of Logging on Salinity of Areas Subject to a Moratorium on Logging . The Government considered the assessment and decided that Arcadia forest block did not have conservation values which were under-represented in the formal conservation reserve system. Consequently, the Government retained Arcadia forest block as multiple-use State forest available for timber harvesting.
(5) Yes. (6) I am advised that DEC is aware of the presence of western ringtail possums in Arcadia forest block. It should be noted that western ringtail possum habitat is generally found in riparian areas, which are protected from timber harvesting as informal reserve corridors. In relation to the timber harvesting operation in the Arcadia 03 coupe, the standard pre-harvesting checklist requires a determination as to whether any special management is required for fauna. On 1 September 2006 an officer from DEC's Wellington District undertook a specific investigation in the Arcadia 03 coupe in areas of vegetation which were most likely to support a possum population. The inspection found no evidence of western ringtail possum activity (nor brushtail possums). (7) Habitat protection is offered to the western ringtail possum. Arcadia forest block was independently assessed in 2001 under the Assessment of the Scientific, Economic and Community Values and the Impact of Logging on Salinity of Areas Subject to a Moratorium on Logging . The Government considered the assessment and decided that Arcadia forest block did not have conservation values which were under-represented in the formal conservation reserve system. Consequently, the Government retained Arcadia forest block as multiple-use State forest available for timber harvesting.
(6) I am advised that DEC is aware of the presence of western ringtail possums in Arcadia forest block. It should be noted that western ringtail possum habitat is generally found in riparian areas, which are protected from timber harvesting as informal reserve corridors. In relation to the timber harvesting operation in the Arcadia 03 coupe, the standard pre-harvesting checklist requires a determination as to whether any special management is required for fauna. On 1 September 2006 an officer from DEC's Wellington District undertook a specific investigation in the Arcadia 03 coupe in areas of vegetation which were most likely to support a possum population. The inspection found no evidence of western ringtail possum activity (nor brushtail possums). (7) Habitat protection is offered to the western ringtail possum. Arcadia forest block was independently assessed in 2001 under the Assessment of the Scientific, Economic and Community Values and the Impact of Logging on Salinity of Areas Subject to a Moratorium on Logging . The Government considered the assessment and decided that Arcadia forest block did not have conservation values which were under-represented in the formal conservation reserve system. Consequently, the Government retained Arcadia forest block as multiple-use State forest available for timber harvesting.
In relation to the timber harvesting operation in the Arcadia 03 coupe, the standard pre-harvesting checklist requires a determination as to whether any special management is required for fauna. On 1 September 2006 an officer from DEC's Wellington District undertook a specific investigation in the Arcadia 03 coupe in areas of vegetation which were most likely to support a possum population. The inspection found no evidence of western ringtail possum activity (nor brushtail possums). (7) Habitat protection is offered to the western ringtail possum. Arcadia forest block was independently assessed in 2001 under the Assessment of the Scientific, Economic and Community Values and the Impact of Logging on Salinity of Areas Subject to a Moratorium on Logging . The Government considered the assessment and decided that Arcadia forest block did not have conservation values which were under-represented in the formal conservation reserve system. Consequently, the Government retained Arcadia forest block as multiple-use State forest available for timber harvesting.
(7) Habitat protection is offered to the western ringtail possum. Arcadia forest block was independently assessed in 2001 under the Assessment of the Scientific, Economic and Community Values and the Impact of Logging on Salinity of Areas Subject to a Moratorium on Logging . The Government considered the assessment and decided that Arcadia forest block did not have conservation values which were under-represented in the formal conservation reserve system. Consequently, the Government retained Arcadia forest block as multiple-use State forest available for timber harvesting.
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