Burpengary AFL Precinct

Frog survey and monitoring | Water quality sampling | Reporting

Purpose

The Burpengary AFL Precinct is being developed by Moreton Bay Regional Council, and AWC is providing ecological services for frog monitoring, frog habitat pond creation, and vegetation translocation and monitoring. The monitoring services are required as part of the conditions of approval such that monitoring occurs prior to, during and following construction to ensure that threatened frog habitat is maintained, enhanced and protected.

Objectives

To identify appropriate species of sedges for translocation and guide the translocation process
To monitor for frogs using a variety of survey techniques (pitfall trapping, call playback, visual/aural observation)
To target survey for the threatened species wallum froglet and tusked frog
To report on monitoring results and all parameters sampled
Make recommendations for future sampling and/or mitigation

Partners & Stakeholders

Australian Wetlands
Moreton Bay Regional Council

Outcomes

Nine frog ponds constructed and material translocated
Monitoring still in progress
Wallum froglets continue to be recorded on-site

Project Facts

Project Value: $35, 000

Challenges: Frog monitoring over a lengthy time period under difficult environmental conditions