NSW Bell’s Turtle Surveys

Dr Darren Fielder and Dr Christina Kindermann have been undertaking aquatic surveys at Deepwater as part of the Turtles Forever project. These surveys have been ongoing for the past 6 years through the Northern Tablelands Local Land Services at Armidale. We completed surveys in December 2021 for the endangered Bell’s turtle, Myuchelys bellii, and also... Read More »

Species Management Programs What are they? The management and protection of wildlife and its habitat on a job site is controlled by a Species Management Program (SMP). A person must not take, keep or use a protected animal unless authorised. A Low Risk SMP is used for Least concern animals (that aren’t colonial breeders). High... Read More »

The Queensland Herbarium has released updated and revised BioCondition Benchmarks (Ver 3.2) for Regional Ecosystem mapping and assessment. These new and updated benchmarks will help to monitor and undertake impact assessment for small and large projects. Benchmarks are specific to each regional ecosystem or vegetation community in Queensland. Benchmarks account for natural variability in structure... Read More »

Protecting Queens Park’s Heritage Heritage is sometimes only recognised and valued once it is lost. But for the ToowoombaQueens Park and Botanic Gardens its character and heritage significance has been enhanced through several upgrades and improvements. Redleaf Environmental has been working with GHD and the Toowoomba Regional Council to preserve Toowoomba’s Queens Park’s unique heritage... Read More »

This year at Redleaf we racked up over 20,000 individual flora records from our many Protected Flora surveys and vegetation mapping across Queensland. We have several Botanists who are Suitably Qualified Persons and they love wondering around the bush looking for amazing flowers, trees, shrubs and herbs.Read More »

It is always great to help a client varify the regional ecosystem mapping across an area to ensure there are no surprises waiting for a project. When millions of dollars are on the line, clients need certainty on Matters of National Environmental Significance (MNES) and Matters of State Environmental Significance (MSES). We help to give... Read More »

We have been fortunate this year to see some amazing regions of Australia searching and finding some of our most threatened species of fauna. Take a look at some of our photographic record for your enjoyment!Read More »

We have been fortunate this year to see some amazing regions of Australia searching and finding some of our most threatened species of flora. Take a look at some of our photographic record for your enjoyment!Read More »

The thorny issue of potential or actual contaminated lands can be a risk to your project. But it need not be a project killer so long as it is addressed through scientific investigation. What is Contamination? Schedule 4 of the Queensland Environmental Protection Act defines contaminated land as being land contaminated by a hazardous substance... Read More »