Native Foresters provides an integrated, site-specific approach to our client’s wildlife and vegetation management projects.
Our team works in partnership with clients to minimise impacts to the environment, and are our greatest asset.
Between 2010 and 2020, Native Foresters contributed over 500 endangered, vulnerable or near-threatened species records to council and state government databases.
Native Foresters use a range of low impact techniques to monitor, manage and translocate native species.
Native Foresters can assist public and private sector clients to fulfil their environmental compliance and impact mitigation goals.
Native Foresters can assist public and private sector clients to fulfil their environmental compliance and impact mitigation goals.
Native Foresters provides an integrated, site-specific approach to our client’s wildlife and vegetation management projects.
Native Foresters provides an integrated, site-specific approach to our client’s wildlife and vegetation management projects.
Native Foresters use a range of low impact techniques to monitor, manage and translocate native species.
Native Foresters use a range of low impact techniques to monitor, manage and translocate native species.

Services

Fauna & Flora Management

Our team of Environmental scientists and Ecologists have over 40 years’ experience in fauna  & flora identification, monitoring and threatened species management.

Our services include:

  • Fauna surveys, monitoring and relocation
  • General and targeted habitat assessments.
  • General flora surveys, Protected Plants flora surveys & EVNT-species Plot surveys.
  • Applications for Protected Plants Clearing permits.
  • Threatened Species Management Plans and SMP implementation programs.

 

Impact Assessment

Native Foresters has extensive expertise with landfill expansion, road, boardwalk and bridge upgrades, fire trails and building renewals across the rapidly expanding Sunshine Coast, Noosa and Gympie regions.

Our services include:

  • Environmental Impact Assessment
  • Residual Impact Assessment for Matters of State Environmental Significance
  • Environmental Assessment Screening.
  • Impact Management Plans for EVNT listed flora and fauna.
  • Impact mitigation assessments.

 

Environmental Management, Compliance and Reporting

The Native Foresters team has an in depth knowledge and understanding of the relevant state and Federal environmental legislation and how it impacts the requirements of the projects we undertake on behalf of clients.

Our services include:

  • Preparation and implementation of Fauna Management Plans and Construction Environmental Management Plans.
  • Property Management Plans.
  • EPBC Act Referrals for Matters of National Environmental Significance.
  • Operational Works Permit for clearing applications.
  • Offset implementation and planning
  • GIS mapping services and spatial analysis.
  • Water Quality monitoring and reporting.

 

Environmental Restoration, Weed Management and Revegetation

Native Foresters bush regeneration teams are highly skilled and possess high levels of local knowledge.

Projects are carefully planned and staged to ensure optimum efficiency in completion of deliverables, travel time and resource use.

To ensure success, we focus on appropriate species selection, appropriate planting regimes, effective weed control methods and attending to ongoing maintenance needs.

Our services include:

  • Habitat restoration and habitat supplementation plans.
  • Targeted and general weed management.
  • Revegetation plans and implementation.
  • Wetland / sediment retention basin planting plans and implementation.
  • Native plantation establishment.

 

Wildlife Spotter Catcher

Our licensed wildlife spotter catchers have extensive experience in the detection, capture, care, and release of wildlife disturbed by vegetation clearance activities across a range of terrestrial and aquatic habitats.

Our services include:

  • Terrestrial and aquatic Wildlife Spotter-catcher services.
  • Vegetation clearing supervision.
  • Monitoring and translocation.
  • Habitat retention assessments
  • Nest box installation / habitat supplementation.

 

Fauna Monitoring Equipment Rental

The following specialised fauna monitoring equipment is available for short term rental:

  • Anabat Express microbat call detectors
  • Motion Sensor Cameras
  • Elliott Traps
  • Pitfall traps
  • Funnel traps