Fencing, Signage and Security The recipient sites should be fenced to prevent risk of damage from entry by persons, stock or feral animals. The fence shall be constructed as an electric fence using a solar panel and battery for the supply of electricity and appropriate fencing tape. Appropriate “electric fence” and “no unauthorised access” signs shall be erected around the recipient sites. Warning signs shall also be erected along the maintenance tracks, where deemed necessary to prevent damage. Security cameras shall be installed around the recipient site where appropriate to maintain security and monitor for any unauthorised access. Fire Management In order to reduce the risk of a fire event affecting the recipient site during this re- establishment phase, weeds will be maintained. The initial preparation of the recipient site shall involve the control of all weeds that have potential to increase the fire risk to the G. hockingsii plants, especially grasses. Weeds shall be controlled through hand removal and/or spot spraying with appropriate non-systemic herbicides to establish a weed-free area within the recipient planting areas. All vehicles prior to entering the recipient site will be washed clean of any potential weed seeds and thus maintaining a low fuel load. The process required for this vehicle wash down is detailed in Section 5.7 Hygiene. Irrigation System Irrigation will be installed in the form of water tanks supplying automatic dripper lines to each transplanted tubestock and manual ‘top-up’ irrigation via hose conducted on an ‘as needed’ basis as per Section 5.6. Water will be trucked in as required to fill the tanks. 5.5 Seed collection All ripe seeds found of G. hockingsii within the impact area during the pre-clearance survey and management operations will be collected and placed in seed collection bags and delivered to the nursery for propagation. The seed bags will be numbered to correspond with the parent plant and thus maintain a genetic trace on each seed. The seed will be counted at the time of collection, and the seed collection data will be entered into the transplantation database. A minimum of 200 seedlings will be produced so that ‘no net loss’ is met ( Table 1 ).
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Mundic Gully TSF Impact Mitigation Management Plan - Grevillea hockingsii
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