Ecology

North Coast Environmental Services offers more than 20 years combined experience in undertaking terrestrial and riparian ecological surveys throughout a diverse array of habitat types across Queensland. Our geographic exposure spans from Cairns in the north to the Queensland / New South Wales border in the south-east and as far as Longreach and Cunnamulla in the west. Standard habitats surveyed include but are not limited to open eucalypt forest, wet eucalypt forest, notophyll vine forest, heathland, tidal wetlands, freshwater wetlands, mulga woodlands and grasslands.

We service both private and public-sector development projects as well as non-development related conservation projects. Notable clients we have provided our services to include Stockland, Avid’s Harmony development at Palmview, the Badderam development on Buderim, Sunshine Coast Council, Moreton Bay Regional Council, Gympie Regional Council, Unitywater and Seqwater sites and the Aussie World expansion. We have also been assisting the Sunshine Coast Council Environmental Operations Branch with detailed ecological surveys of their extensive and expanding environmental reserve network.

Our staff are highly skilled and experienced in species identification, mitigating the risk of unforeseen compliance matters arising when we are engaged early in the project cycle.

North Coast Environmental Services offers the capacity to assist with a full range of ecology related assessments at all levels of government including:

Local Government

  • Development Application, Building Application & Operational Works Applications
  • Ecological Assessment Reports (Flora and Fauna)
  • Rehabilitation Plans
  • Vegetation Management Plans
  • Fauna Management Plans
  • Offset Rehabilitation Plans and Offset Management
  • Vegetation Clearing Applications

Commonwealth Government

  • Referrals under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
  • Significant Impact Assessments

Queensland State Government

  • Queensland Nature Conservation Act (NC Act) Protected Plants Flora Surveys
  • Threatened Species Surveys
  • Department of Resources (DoR) Property Map of Assessable Vegetation Surveys (Regional Ecosystems)
  • Department of Resources (DoR) Property Vegetation Management Plans & State Development Assessment Provisions (SDAP) State Code 16 Native Vegetation Assessments
  • Nature Conservation Act Species Management Plans
  • Waterway Barrier Works Applications
  • SDAP State Code 25: Development in South East Queensland koala habitat areas
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