Quoll Special Management Zones

Extract from Page 50 of the West RFA.

Design of the CAR reserve system addressed the conservation of habitat for Spot-tailed Quolls through the protection of approximately 1000 hectares of suitable habitat for records categorised as acceptable in the Atlas of Victorian Wildlife. Protection afforded by existing parks and reserves was considered and where necessary, new reserves were established in State Forest. For each record located in State Forest, 500 hectares of suitable habitat is protected in the CAR reserve system (including adjacent formal reserves where possible). Unless otherwise protected, a further 1000 hectares will be maintained within SMP contiguous with the CAR reserve, of which 500 hectares is maintained as suitable prey habitat at any point in time. These measures address the potential sensitivity of the Quoll to disturbance associated with timber production and supplement the requirements of the Action Statement, by taking account of the new information that has become available since its publication. Other measures, such as the protocols for the use of 1080 baits, will be addressed though forest management processes.

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