Ausecology has extensive experience working with Local and State Government. Solutions we have provided to the sector include:
- Aerial weed surveys
- Bio-condition monitoring
- Bioretention basin establishment
- Bushfire fuel load assessments and burn preparation.
- Easement management
- Ecological assessments
- EPBC Act referral assessments
- Erosion and sediment control
- Fauna and flora surveys
- Fire risk management for offsets and environmental corridors
- Revegetation programs and native grass, shrub, and tree plantings
- Long-term offset site maintenance and monitoring
- Significant species habitat mapping
- Sourcing and assessing suitable offset properties
- Threatened species management
- Vegetation condition assessments
- Weed removal
- Wetland restoration
Ausecology was chosen as the company (competitive tender process) to deliver the first offset project administered through the state financial settlement fund, Thesium australe, a threatened plant that could be present within the inland rial alignment. Ausecology undertook the desktop analysis to identify a suitable site/s, gained access to multiple properties for due diligence and landholder discussions, undertook ground truthing and landholder negotiations, legally secured the offset, delivered the approved Offset Area Management Plan to Government, and now undertakes the long-term management including monitoring, trials, controlled burns, landholder engagement, fencing, and weed control.
