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❓ Dr. Pettitt questions DBCA about mapping of Subtropical and Temperate Coastal Saltmarsh (a threatened ecological community) in Walpole Wilderness coastal burn locations. DBCA confirms no mapping within burn areas but states mapping has occurred within the wider Walpole Wilderness.

AnsweredQoN 1606Legislative Council

Asked

12 September 2023

Member

Hon Dr Brad Pettitt

Portfolio

Environment

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I refer to the coastal prescribed burn locations identified in the Walpole Wilderness by the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions’ (DBCA) Burn Options Program 2023-2024, and I ask: (a) have any of these coastal burn locations been mapped or identified by DBCA as Subtropical and Temperate Coastal Saltmarsh as per the listing for this Threatened Ecological Community under the Environmental Protection Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC); and (b) if no to (a), when will mapping of this Threatened Ecological Community take place in the Walpole Wilderness (noting that the EPBC listing was effective 10 August 2013)?

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Answered

10 October 2023

Responded by

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Environment

Response time

6 days

a) The Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions has not identified or mapped any occurrences of the Subtropical and Temperate Coastal Saltmarsh threatened ecological community within the coastal prescribed burn locations in the Burn Options Program 2023-2024.
b) Mapping of occurrences of the Subtropical and Temperate Coastal Saltmarsh threatened ecological community has occurred within the Walpole Wilderness Area and locations are known and managed.

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