Dead Mature Tree Survey – 286-510-0010 'Sutcliffe'
An investigation was undertaken within coupe 286-510-0010 to record the presence of Zone 1B Leadbeater’s Possum habitat, as per the ‘Management Standards and Procedures for timber harvesting operations in Victoria’s State forests 2014’. Fifty-two dead mature trees (stags) were recorded throughout the central, central-western and central-eastern areas of the active logging coupe on the 16th September 2018. It was found that the trees recorded were within an approximate area of 12.34 hectares and at a tree stem density of 50 trees at 4.05 per hectare. Therefore, complying with part of the Zone 1B Leadbeater’s Possum habitat prescription.