Breaches

“Rocky outcrop” means an area where rocks or exposed boulders cover more than 70% of any 0.1 hectare
area (30 metres by 30 metres); OR areas with skeletal soils (areas with shallow soils where rocks are
exposed), supporting heath or scrub (sometimes with occasional emergent trees); OR a combination
of both. These sites may occur where the geology varies from the surrounding area (e.g. rhyolite
outcrops). Rocky outcrops include, but are not limited to, all areas of FT “rock” (FT no. 234).

5.11. Rocky Outcrops and Cliffs

a) Specified forestry activities are prohibited within areas of rocky outcrops and cliffs.

b) In addition, exclusion zones of at least 20 metres wide must be implemented around all rocky

outcrops more than 0.1 hectare (approx. 30m x 30m), and all cliffs.

c) Exclusion zones of at least 40 metres wide must be implemented around all rocky outcrops more

than 0.5 hectare.

ii. In the course of conducting specified forestry activities, logging debris must not, to the

greatest extent practicable, be allowed to accumulate within five metres of a retained hollowbearing

tree, recruitment tree, stag, Allocasuarina with more than 30 crushed cones beneath,

eucalypt food tree, or Yellow-bellied Glider or Squirrel Glider sap feed tree. Logging debris

within a five metre radius of a retained tree must be removed or flattened to a height of less

than one metre. Disturbance to ground and understorey must be minimised to the greatest

extent practicable within this five metre radius. Habitat and recruitment trees must not be

used as bumper trees during harvesting operations.

The following condition must be applied within the non-regrowth zone:

a) Non-regrowth Zone Hollow-bearing Tree Retention

i. A minimum of ten hollow-bearing trees must be retained per two hectares of net logging

area. Where this density is not available, the existing hollow-bearing trees must be retained

plus additional trees must be retained to meet the requirement of ten per two hectares. The

additional trees retained must be selected from those with the largest dbhob.

ii. Retained hollow-bearing trees must be selected from the trees with the largest dbhob and

must be live trees and should have good crown development and minimal butt damage.

b) A 20 metre wide exclusion zone must be implemented around all areas of Rainforest.

c) Specified forestry activities, except road and snig track construction in accordance with Condition 5.4

f), and road re-opening, are prohibited within all areas of Rainforest and Rainforest exclusion zones.

d) Trees must not be felled into Rainforest or Rainforest exclusion zones referred to in Condition 5.4 c)

above. If a tree falls into an area of Rainforest or a Rainforest exclusion zone, then no part of that tree

can be removed from that area.

e) Harvesting machinery is prohibited within areas of Rainforest and Rainforest exclusion zones, except

for the purpose of road and snig track construction in accordance with Condition 5.4 f), and road reopening

D. PROTECTION OF DRAINAGE FEATURES

DRAINAGE FEATURE PROTECTION FOR NATIVE FORESTS

6. Filter strips* must be retained along all drainage lines, prescribed streams and watercourses

and must have a minimum width in accordance with Table 1.

OPERATIONS WITHIN NATIVE FOREST FILTER STRIPS

17. Trees located in a filter strip must not be felled, except for the purposes of constructing a

road, extraction track or snig track crossing.

18. Trees must not be felled into filter strips.

(* A filter strip is what we call a creek)