Mount Morgan Mine Upper Mundic Gully TSF EA Amendment

Extent (ha)

Habitat type

Characteristics

Ecological values

– Water source and drinking site for birds, mammals, reptiles – Refuge habitat for amphibians – Foraging habitat for water birds and raptors – Foraging habitat for ground-dwelling mammals – Potential habitat for threatened fauna species –koala, greater glider, yellow-bellied glider, northern quoll, ghost bat, white-throated needletail and short-beaked echidna.

– Aligns with Upper Mundic Gully dam – Marginal wetland values – Historically cleared – Fringed by isolated trees and grass – Ground-level habitats cleared and lacking structural complexity – Mix of native and exotic grass species

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Upper Mundic Gully tunnel

– Entrance to a tunnel connecting Upper Mundic Gully waterbody to Dam 8 (approximately 350 m long) – Artificially constructed – Tunnel is 2.8 m high x 2.1 wide, is horseshoe shaped with a flat bottom – The entrance to the tunnel is concrete lined, with a screened trash rack – The rest of the tunnel is blasted rock

– Potential roosting habitat for microbats – Potential breeding habitat for microbats including – Potential habitat for threatened fauna species –ghost bat

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