Survey/Project Number: |
808
Total No. of Sites:
263
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Survey/Project Name: |
Eastern Plains Fire Trial - Bandicoot Diggings Surveys |
Abstract: |
Background The Eastern Plains Fire Trial (EPFT) is a multi-stakeholder project funded by the KI Natural Resources Management
(NRM) Board and the Australian Government and managed by the South Australian Department of Environment and Natural
Resources (DENR). It was established in 2008 in response to the decline of plant diversity in eastern Kangaroo Island and aims
to develop a better understanding of the role of fire in maintaining ecosystem diversity and health (EPFT Working Group 2008).
Site assessments undertaken in May 2011 during Phase Three of the EPFT identified areas of potential Southern Brown
Bandicoot (Isoodon obesulus) (SBB) habitat in sites that were being considered for inclusion in the trial. Subsequent searches of
all eight sites being assessed located diggings consistent with SBB foraging activity in four of the sites (WI5L, BCP, WIAD1L and WIAD2L). SBBs are listed as an endangered under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 and
burning the proposed sites had the potential to have an impact on SBBs and their habitat in the sites. A more systematic and
repeatable survey of the sites showing evidence of occupation by SBBs was considered to be necessary in order to gain a
greater understanding of their occurence in the burn sites and adjoining areas of native vegetation prior to and following the
burns. Survey Aims The aim of the surveys is to use SBB diggings to determine the extent of SBB occurrence in and adjacent to
the burn sites prior to and following the burns being undertaken. |
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Start Date: |
01/06/2011
End Date: 01/11/2016
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Survey Type: |
Vegetation and Fauna |
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Study Area Description: |
The Eastern Plains Fire Trial is being conducted in the Hundreds of Haines, Menzies and MacGillivray on Kangaroo Island |