Review of Environmental Factors

Over the past 18-months, Narla Environmental Pty Ltd have prepared a suite of Review of Environmental Factors (REF) Reports for 17 Fire Trails across NSW for the Soil Conservation Service in accordance with Part 5 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979. Impact assessments were for the upgrade and on-going maintenance of Fire Trails to ensure that each fire trail conforms to the NSW RFS Fire Trail Standards.

The Review of Environmental Factors Reports included undertaking:

• Targeted surveys for threatened flora species

• Targeted habitat surveys for threatened fauna species

• Vegetation mapping surrounding each of the 17 Fire Trails

• Assessment of the impact of the proposed activities on the physical, chemical, biological, community, natural resource, Aboriginal cultural heritage values within each Fire Trail

• Threatened species assessment of significance (5 part test)