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BIODIVERSE ENVIRONMENTAL BLOG

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Pre-Burn Ecological Assessment for a Planned Burn 

Biodiverse Environmental was commissioned by Moreton Bay Regional Council to undertake a pre-burn ecological assessment in Burpengary East. The ecological assessment was necessary to help decide if the planned burn boundary needed to be adjusted to avoid protected flora that would be adversely impacted by fire.    A site visit and

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Rescue Mission Success

Biodiverse Environmental were engaged to provide fauna management services within the suburb of Peregian Springs, Sunshine Coast. Works at the site involved the removal of two Corymbia intermedia (Pink Bloodwood) trees, which were deemed to be a safety hazard. A thorough pre-clearance assessment was conducted of the hazardous trees and

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Wallum Lane Rehabilitation

Liam Pratt (Owner/Director at Biodiverse Environmental) and Justin Watson (Principal Ecologist/Director at Gondwana Ecology Group) recently met up to check on the progress of the rehabilitation offset site at Wallum Lane, Noosa Heads. This rehabilitation project was designed to offset tree removal, which was part of a development at Sunrise

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Fish Salvage in South-East Queensland

Seqwater engaged Biodiverse Environmental to provide its fish salvage services at the Ewen Maddock Dam dissipator. Following substantial rain and flooding, a large number of native and invasive fish species had flowed over the spillway and had become trapped within the dissipator. Biodiverse Environmental’s Ecologists were engaged to capture and

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Bio-Condition Surveys in South-West Queensland

Biodiverse Environmental was engaged to conduct BioCondition surveys at the sites of two proposed drill locations at Westgrove, approximately 150km north of Roma. The surveys were conducted to assess whether the proposed works at each site would be compliant under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act).

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Ibis Management

In 2023 Biodiverse Environmental was tasked with managing the overabundant Ibis population on the islands of Lake Alford in Gympie, allowing other native species, in particular the Cattle Egret, to continue nesting on the islands. Ibis can become quite aggressive towards other bird species, and the overabundant Ibis population in

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Collaborative Nest Box Project

The Biodiverse Environmental team installed 77 nest boxes at Baroon Pocket Environment Reserve to assist with the low abundance of natural tree hollows present within the reserve, caused by historical land clearing and successive logging. The nest boxes were installed within the reserve with the aim to increase the diversity

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Koala Thermal Drone Survey

Biodiverse Environmental was engaged by Seymour Whyte Constructions to undertake a thermal drone survey to detect the presence of koalas within bushland at Pimpama, Queensland, prior to vegetation clearing works commencing. The thermal drone survey was undertaken before sunrise to maximise temperature differences between the thermal signatures of fauna (i.e. koalas) and

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Baseline Weed Survey

Biodiverse Environmental was contracted by Enegen Field Solutions to undertake a baseline weed survey near a CSG pipeline in regional Qld. The weed survey included targeting for the highly invasive Parthenium weed (Parthenium hysterophorus). The work consisted of a weed survey of the entire site and a written report submitted to

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Invasive Weed Management

Biodiverse Environmental was engaged to carry out weed surveys for NF Corbett along the highway in Kilkivan (Queensland), to inform the client on the incursion of weeds listed as invasive species, as per the Biosecurity Act 2014 (QLD) for development or other purposes. Invasive weeds within the site area were surveyed and mapped, which

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