NEFA INSPECTION OF ROYAL CAMP STATE FOREST, COMPARTMENT 13

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1 NEFA INSPECTION OF ROYAL CAMP STATE FOREST, COMPARTMENT 13 Dailan Pugh, North East Forest Alliance, July 2013 This report details the result of NEFA s inspection of Compartment 13 of Royal Camp State Forest, 14km south-west of Casino. This compartment js now proposed for roading and logging any day. NEFA took this opportunity to view the compartment prior to logging and determine its importance for Koalas, given the recognised importance of Compartments 14, 15 and 16. Forestry Corporation s IFOA Reports identify that logging in Compartment 13 was proposed to start on 17/06/2013, though this has apparently been held up due to the wet weather. A Koala high use tree is defined as a tree containing a Koala, a tree with >20 Koala scats (faecal pellets) about the base, or a tree with a mixture of large and small sized scats about the base (indicating the presence of a mother and baby). A Koala High Use Area is defined by the presence of a high use tree with at least 3 sequential trees radiating out from it with one or more Koala scats about their bases. Koala High Use Areas together with a 20m buffer must be excluded from logging NEFA has previously audited logging operations in adjacent Compartments 14, 15 and 16. On our initial audit we located 4 Koala High Use Areas, one of which was being actively logged, with the others about to be logged. Following NEFA s complaint to the Government, logging was terminated, although it was quickly resumed in Compartment 16. After logging recommenced we found that another Koala High Use Area had been logged and despite this logging continued, with a subsequent audit finding yet another High Use Area had been logged.. 1

2 The aim of the current inspection was primarily to determine if Koala High Use Areas are also present in Compartment 13. Due to time constraints we were only able to inspect two areas in the compartment but in these two areas we located 34 trees with Koala scats about their bases. Of these trees, 11 were found to be Koala high use trees on the basis that 10 had >20 Koala scats about their bases and another because it had scats of two different sizes, indicating the presence of a mother and young. Within both the areas inspected, our findings demonstrate that extensive sections qualify as Koala High Use Areas. We also located 2 stands of Glossy Black-cockatoo feed trees with freshly chewed cones on the ground beneath. Co-ordinates of both Koala and Glossy Black-cockatoo feed trees were recorded (Appendix 2) and they were marked in the field. It is important to recognise that these are the only areas we inspected and that within these areas we did not delineate the full extent of these Koala High Use Areas. LEFT: Grey Gum with 60 Koala scats of various sizes found about its base, indicating feeding by an adult male and female as well as a baby. RIGHT Cones of Black She-oak chewed by one or more Glossy Black-cockatoos littered the ground under two clumps of trees. 2

3 Combined with results from NEFA s previous audits, this brings the total number of trees with Koala scats found in Royal Camp State Forest 151, of which 46 had >20 scats under them and at least an additional 2 had mixtures of different sized scats, indicating a breeding population. From these 48 Koala high use trees we have so far identified 8 Koala High Use Areas. Given that we have only investigated a small subsample of the compartments it is evident that many more Koala High Use Areas exist, a number which are yet to be logged. The NSW Environment Protection Authority have yet to report on the multitude of logging breaches we identified almost a year ago, though last week they issued 3 Penalty Notices to the Forestry Corporation for logging within a Koala High Use Area, logging within the buffer of a Koala High Use Area and failing to mark the boundary of a Koala High Use Area. These entail $300 fines for each Penalty Notice, with no requirements for remediation or protection of compensatory habitat. Such paltry fines provide no incentive to make Forestry Corporation to do the right thing, particularly as they have made a handsome profit from their illegal logging. NEFA has engaged the services of wildlife expert David Milledge for 3 of our 5 site inspections of Royal Camp. Based on his observations in Compartment 13, Mr. Milledge (Appendix 1) has concluded: The level of Koala activity revealed by these searches is amongst the highest I have recorded in my experience of over 20 years conducting Koala scat surveys in coastal and escarpment forests in north-eastern NSW. It is also equivalent to or greater than the level of activity detected in the recent investigations in adjoining Compartments 14 and 15 of Royal Camp State Forest. This highlights the significance of Royal Camp State Forest in supporting a dense local Koala population and possibly one of the most important on public land in the region. Such core Koala populations are crucial for maintaining Koala genetic health and supplying colonists to sink or depleted populations in nearby coastal areas, as these become degraded due to the cumulative pressures of human activities. From our audits it is apparent that Royal Camp State Forest is of exceptional importance for Koalas and that there are only likely to be a few areas of public land in the Northern Rivers region of equal conservation value. It is evident that the Forestry Corporation have no intention of sustainably managing this population as our inspections have shown a complete lack of thorough searches for the presence of Koalas (scat searches) prior to logging and a consequent failure to protect Koala High Use Areas. It is also obvious that even if satisfactorily implemented the current prescriptions for Koala protection would not provide adequate protection.this is because while the general pattern is of clusters of feed trees around a Koala High Use Tree most such supplementary feed trees do not occur as a row of three radiating out from the High Use Tree and thus would not qualify for incorporation into a Koala High Use Area. Many high use trees also occur outside the EPA s narrow definition of a High Use Area. This means that even where the threshold for a Koala High Use Area is met, large contiguous areas of actively used feed trees are excluded. NEFA have formed the opinion that the 1,500ha comprising Compartments 13, 14, 15 and 16 of Royal Camp State Forest is of such importance for Koalas that further logging should not occur in these compartments and that they should be protected as a Nature Reserve specifically for Koalas. Most of the forest ecosystems represented within the compartments have not met their national 3

4 reserve targets and thus 94% of the forest deserves protection just to contribute to attaining the national ecosystem targets for the State s reserve system. The NEFA Audit of Royal Camp State Forest is available at 1 POLITICAL BACKGROUND NEFA first wrote to the Ministers for Environment and Primary Industries on 6 August 2012 asking them to immediately halt illegal logging of Koala High Use Areas in Royal Camp State Forest while an independent investigation was undertaken. We detailed that we had found 4 Koala High Use Areas in Compartment 15 of Royal Camp State Forest, with one actively being logged, one about to be logged and two scheduled for logging in the near future. We also identified that we had found sufficient evidence of Koala usage for Compartment 16 to be classified as an intermediate use area and considered it highly likely that Koala High Use Areas also occurred in this compartment. Logging was stopped in both compartments, though resumed a few days later in Compartment 16. The Ministers refused to allow an independent assessment to be undertaken to identify the full extent of core Koala habitat. NEFA again wrote to the Ministers for Environment and Primary Industries on 20 August 2012 after we found that in Compartment 16 the Forestry Corporation were still not searching for Koala scats ahead of logging and thus not identifying high use Koala feed trees, not undertaking the required star searches and not identifying and protecting Koala High Use Areas. At that time we also provided them with the NEFA Audit of Royal Camp State Forest which detailed numerous breaches of legal requirements. Meanwhile logging continued in Compartment 16. NEFA wrote to the Ministers for Environment and Primary Industries on 24 September after we again found Forests NSW were still not searching for Koala scats ahead of logging and thus not identifying high use Koala feed trees, not undertaking the required star searches and not identifying and protecting Koala High Use Areas. In total we identified 6 Koala High Use Areas in Royal Camp State Forest, one was partially logged, three were protected from logging and two were logged after our complaint. This finding was based on inspection of only a limited area of the compartments concerned and thus is indicative that numerous Koala High Use Areas were logged. We have now found two additional Koala High Use Areas in the path of proposed logging in Compartment 13, with many more likely to occur. Recently in Koreelah State Forest we randomly selected a one hectare area to search for Koala scats. Within our 1ha transect we recorded 36 Koala primary browse trees, comprising 34 Tallowwoods and 2 Grey Gums. While logging debris and soil disturbance hampered searching for scats, all but 2 were able to be searched around a significant portion of their bases by us. From these observations it was evident from the lack of systematic disturbance of the litter about the bases of these trees that none that none appeared to have been subjected to a Koala scat search. In one part of the transect we found 4 Tallowwoods with Koala scats (30, 5, 4, and 2 scats respectively) about their bases. The 30 scats found about the base of the high use tree included 2 smaller scats indicating the presence of a mother and juvenile. The fact that this was a random sample indicates that Forestry Corporation have logged many Koala High Use Areas there as well. 4

5 NEFA s Koreelah State Forest Audit is at When NEFA spoke to the Regional Forester Craig Busby on the 2 July it was conveyed that the Forest Corporation had been unable to find the high use tree we identified in Koreelah State Forest (despite NEFA providing the relevant co-ordinates and having left the 30 scats in a pile at the base of the tree). Given the Forestry Corporation s apparent reluctance to identify Koala High Use Areas, during the current Royal Camp State Forest audit we marked all trees where we found scats with flagging tape. Regional Forester Busby also stated that the Forest Corporation are only required to search the leaf litter surface at the bases of trees for scats, and not amongst the leaf litter. This is despite the legal requirement to thoroughly search around the bases of trees at 10m intervals. The Corporation s refusal to thoroughly search for Koala scats explains why it rarely find Koala high use trees and Koala High Use Areas. It is apparent that since the required Koala search methodology was prescribed in 1997 the Forestry Corporation has frequently omitted to thoroughly search for Koala scats and have routinely logged any Koala High Use Areas that get in their way. That this remains the practice despite NEFA s comprehensive and detailed exposure of the Corporation s shortcomings in Royal Camp State Forest almost a year ago underlines the ineffectiveness of the regulatory process, which has failed to ensure adherence to legal requirements, and an abrogation of responsibility by both the Ministers for Environment and Primary Industry. What is of most concern is the total contempt for the survival of Koalas this attitude displays. 2 RATIONALE FOR PROTECTION OF ROYAL CAMP STATE FOREST The principal rationales for now protecting Royal Camp SF from logging are that: it provides amongst the very highest quality habitat for Koalas known on public land in the Northern Rivers region; it provides exceptional habitat for Koalas in an area free of urban encroachment; the Forestry Corporation still refuse to thoroughly search for Koala scats ahead of logging and routinely log Koala High Use Areas; the larger trees that Koalas depend on for shelter, interaction and food have been severely depleted by past and recent logging and these losses should now cease; the forest is important for over 20 other threatened species; six of the 8 forest ecosystems occurring are very inadequately reserved, with 94% of the extent of forest ecosystems occurring required to be added to the reserve system to better achieve the national reserve criteria; and, the Key Threatening Processes of Lantana invasion and Bell Miner Associated Dieback are present in the forest, are being ignored by the Forestry Corporation and are being exacerbated by forestry operations, The NSW Recovery Plan for the Koala (DECCW 2008) identifies that the loss and degradation of habitat is the most significant threat facing NSW Koala populations. Koalas have been found to have a preference for mature trees of particular species in the size range of 30-80cm diameter at breast height (DECCW 2008). In the Comprehensive Regional Assessment, undertaken jointly between the Commonwealth and NSW Governments for north-east NSW, a significant threat to 5

6 Koalas was identified (Environment Australia 1999) as Logging that fails to retain stems in the DBH size class. The 27 Koala high use trees measured to date in Royal Camp State Forest had diameters (dbhs) of 20-88cm, with 3 smaller than 30cm, 10 between cm, 12 between 40-60cm and 2 >60cm dbh. This indicates a preference for trees 30-60cm dbh in the area, although it partially reflects a deficit in larger size classes due to past logging. The species concerned comprised various red gums, Small-fruited Grey Gum and Coastal Grey Box. In Compartment 13 most larger Red Gums, Grey Gums and Grey Boxes showed characteristic Koala trunk scratches indicating Koala use since their bark had decorticated. However, due to the rate of decomposition, only a subset of these trees had Koala scats about their bases that were indicative of recent use (up to approximately 6 weeks). It was also evident from scratch marks on trunks that Koalas were using selected Spotted Gums. GREY GUM WITH KOALA SCRATCHES. In the approximately 2.3ha area audited in compartment 15 last year for retention of trees >40cm dbh (see audit report) it was found that of the 20 trees estimated to fall between 40-61cm dbh 16 had been logged and a further two were expected to be felled once the area had dried out. 13 of the 15 Grey Gums and red gums had been removed. It is evident that the 30-60cm size class of preferred Koala feed trees is being targeted for removal. From the condition of scats that NEFA has found, it appears that Koalas have deserted all the logged Koala High Use Areas we have located. This also appears to be the situation in Koreelah State Forest, contrary to the public claims of Regional Forester Craig Busby. However, we expect that Koalas will return to logged areas but because of the severe depletion of the mature trees they rely on, the size and viability of populations will suffer a major decline. This represents a deliberate failure by a public agency to acknowledge the detrimental impacts of its practices on important populations of sensitive species, an abandonment of the principles of sustainable forestry and a refusal to address its legal responsibilities. 6

7 The nationally endangered Regent Honeyeater and nationally Vulnerable Slaty Red Gum also occur in Royal Camp SF. These are treated no better than the Koala. The Regent Honeyeater record is dismissed as being too old despite surveys being inadequate to pick up recent records. The Ecology Report identifies 8 records of the Slaty Red Gum (Eucalyptus glaucina) in compartment 15, with six of these cited as being made by Robert Kooyman on 08/12/1998. Forester Robert Kooyman undertook 7 Flora Traverse Surveys in compartment 15 for Forests NSW on 7-9 of December His record sheets identify >128 records of Slaty Red Gum (that are also mapped). The questions are why did Forestry Corporation ignore over 120 of their own records (which they are legally required to document) and why did they only pick up two individuals in their more recent assessment. Forests NSW have apparently made no attempt to avoid logging this species with a number of individuals found logged. In 1998 the Commonwealth also identified a large part of Royal Camp being above the threshold for listing on the Register of the National Estate for Rare Fauna, though have since done nothing to recognise or protect the national cultural and natural heritage values of north-east NSW s public forests. There are a variety of other threatened species that have been recorded in Royal Camp such as the NSW Endangered species Black-necked Stork, and the plants Water Nutgrass (Cyperus aquatilis), Oldenlandia galioides, and Native Milkwort (Polygala linariifolia). There are also a large number of NSW Vulnerable species such as Pale-vented Bush-hen, Glossy Black Cockatoo, Brown Treecreeper, Grey-crowned Babbler, Black-chinned Honeyeater, Little Lorikeet, Little Eagle, Square-tailed Kite, Barking Owl, Masked Owl, Powerful Owl, Yellow-bellied Glider, Yellow-bellied Sheathtail Bat, Little Ben-wing Bat, and Greater Broad-nosed Bat. The Forestry Corporation have proven that they can not be trusted with the future of our threatened species. The foundation for the forestry reform process of the 1990s was the adoption of the National Forest Policy Statement in 1992 and the commitment to establishing a comprehensive, adequate and representative (CAR) reservation system. In 1997 the Howard Government finalised the Nationally Agreed Criteria for the Establishment of a Comprehensive, Adequate and Representative Reserve System for Forests in Australia (JANIS 1997), with the most basic requirement being that As a general criterion, 15% of the pre-1750 distribution of each forest ecosystem should be protected in the CAR reserve system. RESERVE STATUS OF FOREST ECOSYSTEMS IN COMPARTMENTS ROYAL CAMP SF. Hectares in Royal Camp 13, 14, 15 & 16 % National Reserve Target Met in Reserves Hectares Needed to meet target Ecosystem Northern Wet Brushbox Open Coastal Brushbox Wet Flooded Gum-Tallowwood ,342 Gorge Ironbark-Grey Gum Richmond Range Spotted Gum-Box ,157 Lowlands Spotted Gum-Box ,484 Lowland Redgum ,647 Escarpment Redgum ,216 TOTALS 1460 All of the eight forest ecosystems occurring in Royal Camp State Forest Compartments 13, 14, 15 and 16 were assigned this basic reserve target of 15%. However, the Richmond River lowlands 7

8 fared particularly poorly in the 1998 forest decision and the subsequent 2000 North East NSW Regional Forest Agreement between NSW and the Commonwealth, although reserve target achievement for some ecosystems did improve with the 2003 Icon Decision, which increased reservation of Bungawalbin State Conservation Area Six of the 8 forest ecosystems occurring in Royal Camp State Forest remain inadequately reserved (see Table above). As a consequence, to better achieve the national reserve targets all but 84ha of the 1,460ha of forest ecosystems occurring in Compartments are required to be added to the reserve system. 8

9 3 APPENDIX 1: REPORT BY DAVID MILLEDGE REPORT ON INSPECTION OF COMPARTMENT 13, ROYAL CAMP STATE FOREST, 4 JULY 2013 On Thursday 4 July 2013 at the request of NEFA I undertook an inspection of Compartment 13 Royal Camp State Forest to the south west of Casino, north-eastern NSW with the intention of ascertaining the level of Koala Phascolarctos cinereus use of the compartment. My interest had been stimulated by previous particularly high levels of Koala activity detected in adjoining Compartments 14 and 15 of Royal Camp State Forest during inspections of these compartments in August In addition to the Koala investigations, records of the occurrence of other Threatened Species (TSC Act 1995) were also sought. Investigations (in the company of other NEFA members) were confined to the eastern section of the Compartment due to time constraints, with Small-fruited Grey Gums Eucalyptus propinqua, Forest Red Gums E. tereticornis and Coastal Grey Box E. moluccana, all favoured Koala food tree species, targeted for Koala trunk scratch and scat searches. The scratch and scat searches revealed an exceptionally high level of Koala activity, with Koala high use (HU) trees (trees with 20 or more scats within 1m of the tree base) detected consistently across the entire area. Eleven Koala HU trees were located over a period of approximately five hours of searching and many more trees with smaller numbers of Koala scats about their bases were found, mainly in close association with the HU trees. The majority of trees where scats were found were Small-fruited Grey Gums, although scats were also found about the bases of Forest Red Gums and in one case, a Tallowwood E. microcorys. With regard to other Threatened Species, evidence of Glossy Black-cockatoo Calyptorhynchus lathami foraging activity (in the form of chewed seed cones) was found under two stands of Black She-oak Allocasuarina littoralis, and pairs and small parties respectively of Brown Treecreepers Climacteris picumnus and Grey-crowned Babblers Pomastomus temporalis were observed at several locations in the search area. Diggings of Rufous Bettongs Aepyprymnus rufescens were also noted at a number of locations in the area. The level of Koala activity revealed by these searches is amongst the highest I have recorded in my experience of over 20 years conducting Koala scat surveys in coastal and escarpment forests in north-eastern NSW. It is also equivalent to or greater than the level of activity detected in the recent investigations in adjoining Compartments 14 and 15 of Royal Camp State Forest. This highlights the significance of Royal Camp State Forest in supporting a dense local Koala population and possibly one of the most important on public land in the region. Such core Koala populations are crucial for maintaining Koala genetic health and 9

10 supplying colonists to sink or depleted populations in nearby coastal areas, as these become degraded due to the cumulative pressures of human activities. In addition to the dense Koala population and other Threatened Species values, the forest types in Royal Camp State Forest were identified as inadequately reserved ecosystems under the State Government s CRA assessment process conducted more than a decade ago. This situation was not remedied by the allocation of public land into the State reserve system that followed the CRA process and consequently it is my opinion that Royal Camp State Forest should be designated a Nature Reserve without delay. Current logging and forest management practices being applied in the State Forest are having a major detrimental impact on biodiversity conservation and are exacerbating Key Threatening Processes (KTPs), particularly Lantana invasion and Bell Miner-associated Dieback (BMAD). Both the latter KTPs were found to be widespread in Compartment 13 during the current investigation. David Milledge 5 July

11 4 APPENDIX 2: Koala Scat trees recorded on 4 July 2013 in Compartment 13. NAME MGA N MGA E Species DBHOB SCATS Comment RCK Grey Gum 49 8 RCK Grey Gum 40 2 RCK Grey Gum 57 1 RCK Grey Gum 42 3 RCK Grey Box 50 1 RCK07?? Grey Gum 40 3 RCK Grey Gum RCK Tallowwood multi 3 RCK Grey Gum 27 3 RCK Grey Gum 37 2 RCK Grey Gum RCK Grey Gum 47 1 RCK Grey Gum Mother and Baby RCK Grey Gum 40 3 RCK Grey Gum 44 2 RCK Grey Gum 46 7 RCK Grey Gum RCK Red Gum RCK Grey Gum RCK Grey Gum 16 1 RCK Grey Gum RCK Grey Box 26 4 RCK Grey Box 50 2 RCK Grey Gum RCK Grey Gum 23 1 RCK Grey Gum 20 3 RCK Grey Gum Mother and Baby RCK Grey Gum 37 5 RCK Grey Gum 35 3 Mother and Baby RCK Grey Gum Mother and Baby RCK Grey Gum 34 2 RCK Grey Gum RCK Red Gum 25 2 RCK Grey Gum 45 1 Glossy Black-cockatoo feeding stands (Allocasuarina littoralis) stand 1, MGAs E487012, N , 30+ chewed cones stand 2, MGAs E487067, N , 80+ chewed cones 11

12 5 APPENDIX 3: RESULTS OF KOALA SCAT SEARCHES IN ROYAL CAMP SF CMPTS 15 and RESULTS OF KOALA SCAT SEARCHES 4&5 AUGUST 2012 COMPARTMENT 15 NAME LAT LON SPECIES DIAMETER (cm) SCATS COMMENTS RCKT Grey Gum 40 2 RCKT Grey Gum 14 1 RCKT Spotted Gum 23 1 NCKT Grey Gum 40 1 RCKT Grey Gum 44 >25 RCKT Grey Gum 60 4 RCHT Red Gum 56 2 marked H RCHT Red Gum 90 1 marked R RCKT Red Gum 39 >30 mother and baby RCKT Red Gum 33 >10 RCKT Grey Gum 60 >20 RCKT Grey Gum 40 4 RCKT Grey Gum 65 5 RCKT Grey Gum 13 1 RCKT Grey Gum 42 1 RCKT Grey Gum 24 >20 mother and baby RCKT Grey Gum 42 3 RCKT Grey Gum 27 1 RCKT Grey Gum 22 2 RCKT Grey Gum 34 1 RCKT Red Gum 38 1 RCKT Grey Gum 44 2 RCKT Grey Gum 38 2 RCKT Red Gum 33 2 RCKT Grey Gum 47 2 RCKT Red Gum 33 1 RCKT Grey Gum 39 >20 RCKT Grey Gum 42 >20 RCKT Red Gum - >50 RCKT Grey Gum 32 >20 RCKT Grey Gum 32 >20 mother and baby RDKT Grey Gum 24 3 mother and baby RCKT Red Gum 31 3 RCKT Grey Gum 16 4 RCKT Grey Gum 22 >20 RCKT Red Gum 38 5 RCKT Grey Gum 40 1 COMPARTMENT 16 NAME LAT LON SPECIES DIAMETER (cm) SCATS COMMENTS RCKT Red Gum 43 2 RCKT Red Gum 40 1 RCKT Red Gum 39 2 RCKT Red Gum 50 4 RCKT Grey Gum 73 8 RCKT Red Gum 56 >50 mother and baby NOTES: Some tress were inadvertently not recorded: two trees were recorded as RCKT66 the missing one a Grey Box with 3 scats, two trees were recorded as RCKT0521 the missing one a Grey Gum with >8 scats. A number o f other trees were found with scats by other people, some with >20, and records for these will be provided when available. A Koala was observed spotlighting on the night of the 4 th, near proposed log dump 26. Time was not necessarily spent confirming tree species some red gums may have been listed as Grey Gums. There were also 3 Red Gum species. Diameters at breast height are only approximates. 12

13 2. Koala Scat trees recorded on the 9 th August 2012 in Compartment 15. Note that trees were only searched as far as necessary to determine its category (ie counts were discontinued when further searching was unlikely to alter the allocation to the categories 1-19, >20 and >50). NAME SCATS LAT LON NAME SCATS LAT LON RCK111 > RCK RCK122 > RCK RCK102 > RCK20-1 > RCK RCK20-2 > RCK RCK108 > RCK RCK109 > RCK RCK110 > RCK RCK112 > RCK RCK20-3 > RCK RCK114 > RCK RCK20-4 > RCK RCK20-5 > RCK RGK116 > RCK RCK117 > RCK RCK20-4 > RCK RCK119 > RCK RCK126 > RCK RCK RCK Koala Scat trees recorded on the 19 th August 2012 in Compartment 16. NAME LAT LON SPECIES DIAMETER SCATS RK Grey Gum 45 >50 RK Grey Box 40 >20 RK Red Gum 34 >20 RK Red Gum 54 >20 RK Grey Box 80 >20 RK Grey Box RK Grey Box 40 7 RK Grey Box 33 5 RK Grey Gum 58 stump 4 RK Red Gum 30 3 RK Red Gum 28 3 RK Red Gum 54 2 RK Red Gum 60 stump 2 RK Grey Box 35 2 RK Grey Box 65 1 RK Red Gum 33 1 RK Grey Box 55 stump 1 RK Grey Box 27 1 RK Grey Box 16 1 RK Red Gum

14 4. Koala Scat trees recorded on the 23 September 2012 in Compartment 16. Note that a tree was only searched as far as necessary to determine its category (ie counts were discontinued when further searching was unlikely to alter the allocation to the categories 1-19, >20 and >50). NAME LAT LONG SPECIES DIAMETER SCATS RCKT Grey Gum RCKT Grey Gum RCKT Grey Gum 47 5 RCKT Grey Gum 25 5 RCKT Grey Box 48 5 RCKT Grey Box 48 5 RTKT Grey Gum 65 4 RCKT Grey Gum 80 4 RCKT Grey Box 19 3 RCKT Grey Gum 46 3 RCKT Grey Gum 66 2 RCKT Grey Gum 48 2 RCKT Grey Gum 57 2 RCKT Grey Gum 49 1 RCKT Grey Box 60 1 RCKT Grey Box