Wambo Coal AEMR 2011-2012 - Peabody Energy

3.3.4 Spotlighting 26
3.3.5 Herpetological Surveys 26
3.3.6 Bat Surveys 27
3.4 Conclusion 28
4 RIPARIAN MONITORING 29
4.1 Methods 29
4.2 Results 30
4.2.1 South Wambo Creek 33
4.2.2 North Wambo Creek 33
4.2.3 Stoney Creek 34
4.2.4 Overall Riparian Condition 35
4.2.5 Annual Riparian Condition Photographs 35
4.3 Discussion 35
4.4 Recommendations 36
4.5 Conclusion 36
5 REFERENCES 37
Figures
Figure 1-1: Wambo Coal Mine Site Locality .................................................................................................. 2
Figure 2-1: Locations of Flora Monitoring Plots ............................................................................................. 6
Figure 2-2: Native and Exotic Diversity for Each Monitoring Plot .................................................................. 9
Figure 2-3: Percentage of Native Diversity of Plots (2006 - 2011) .............................................................. 10
Figure 2-4: Average Native Species Count and Introduced Species Percentage per Vegetation
Community ................................................................................................................................... 11
Figure 3-1: Fauna Survey Effort .................................................................................................................. 16
Figure 3-2: Number of Bird Species Recorded per Site. ............................................................................. 21
Figure 3-3: Number of Sites per Species (all other species were recorded at less than four sites). .......... 22
Figure 3-4: Total Number of Each Species Recorded Across All Sites (all other species were
recorded with less than six individuals across all sites). .............................................................. 22
Figure 4-1: Riparian Transect Condition Scores ......................................................................................... 31
Figure 4-2: Riparian Section Condition Scores ........................................................................................... 32
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