55 EMROP: Waihi North Project WAI-985-000-PLN-LC-0001_Rev0 clean Summary of salvage operation and minimum effort Trapping effort would consist of a minimum 4-day period within a working week (traps activated on Monday- closed Friday). Artificial Retreats, where used, will be checked a minimum five times (Monday to Friday). Table 19. Provides a minimum site-specific search and trap effort. Table 19. Minimum search / salvage effort to be applied per area. Site Effect Salvage method(s) Minimum effort Gladstone Open Pit Loss of 1.4 ha of planted and remnant (rocky hilltop) vegetation and habitat, and 5.1 ha of pine plantation Active searches (diurnal & nocturnal) 10 hours (plantation logs) Live trapping / Artificial refuges 60 traps Machine-assisted searches Until herpetologist has determined that the habitat is no longer suitable to support lizards Northern Rock Stack Loss of 8.1 ha of planted native vegetation and approximately 1 ha of pine-dominant vegetation Active searches (diurnal & nocturnal) None- little to no searchable material (plantings in grassland) Live trapping / Artificial refuges 100 traps Machine-assisted searches Until herpetologist has determined that the habitat is no longer suitable to support lizards TSF3 Loss of 8.3 ha of SNA vegetation, 1.5 ha of non-SNA naturally occurring vegetation and 0.3 ha planted vegetation Active searches (diurnal & nocturnal) 20 hours Live trapping / Artificial refuges 200 traps Machine-assisted searches Until herpetologist has determined that the habitat is no longer suitable to support lizards 5.3.6 Lizard relocation 5.3.6.1 Relocation site criteria The re-establishment, persistence and long-term protection of the displaced lizards relies on the appropriate selection of a suitable relocation site. A relocation site should offer equal or ideally better prospects for survival and long-term persistence of lizards when directly compared to the original capture site. A suitable relocation site is one that provides all the necessary attributes required by lizards for survival and reproduction (e.g. shelter, food resources, reproductive access to mates, etc). It is necessary to
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