Revised Northern Comprehensive Regional Assessment (CRA) Habitat Models 2008

This is a collection of 62 fauna species habitat quality models for North-Eastern NSW. They are a mixture of 100m and 25m grids stored in MGA Zone 56 projection. These revised models (2007-08) are derived from data prepared for the Upper and Lower North East regions (UNE, LNE) during the Comprehensive Regional Assessment (CRA) in 1998-99 (see https://iar.environment.nsw.gov.au/dataset/habitat-models-for-the-northern-comprehensive-regional-assessment-cra-1999). Data updated by this project were provided at a scale appropriate for regional planning and extended the CRA ‘public land only’ models across all tenures.\r\n\r\nImportant note: the final report accompanying this data is not available. This asset description has been generated based on the recommendations made in the "Finalisation of the RACAC Project: Updating UNE and LNE ecosystems data for planning, 2004" report. \r\n\r\nThe new fauna habitat models were produced as part of the finalisation of the Resource and Conservation Assessment Council (RACAC) project. The objective of this project was to provide the best possible data as a basis for conservation planning and management across all land tenures by updating the data layers from the CRA (1999). It was recognised in the CRA outcomes that some work was not completed, and some of the fauna models could be greatly improved. It was recommended that the revised models were developed with input from experts with knowledge of the species habitat in NE NSW. \r\n\r\nA subset of the CRA fauna models were selected for remodelling. The report recommended that candidate species for remodelling be selected by application of the following criteria:\r\n•\tforested and non-forested habitats\r\n•\tconservation status of species\r\n•\ttenure covered by CRA model\r\n•\tquality of CRA model\r\n•\tcontribution to species assemblages important for conservation planning\r\n•\tadequacy of existing data\r\n•\tavailability, quality, and distribution of new data\r\n•\ttype of new data (presence/absence, presence only)\r\n•\tpotential for model improvement (role of new environmental data)\r\n•\tavailable budget\r\n\r\nThe focus of the original CRA modelling was on species vulnerable to habitat disturbance. In selecting species for remodelling, it was recommended that priority be given to species formally listed as ‘endangered' or ‘vulnerable’ under the TSC Act (1995) or those species with regional populations considered at risk. The report also recommended that consideration be given to modelling some species under various scenarios for predicted climate change, as well as species with models originally confined to public land (approximately 25%). The report states that the aim of modelling a subset of species would be to guide effort on the development of high-quality models as opposed to spreading effort across all species.\r\n\r\nSee Appendix 2 (pg.29-35) in report for a full summary of fauna habitat models developed for the CRA process and comments regarding recommendations for prioritisation of species for remodelling. \r\n\r\nThe report outlining options for the completion of the RACAC project (Finalisation of the RACAC Project: Updating UNE and LNE ecosystems data for planning, 2004) expands on the recommendations for updating the CRA fauna habitat models. The report is stored for internal access under P:\\Corporate\\Products\\Biodiversity\\Habitat\\HabitatModels_CRA_Nthn\r\n\r\nFinalisation of the RACAC Project: Updating UNE and LNE ecosystems data for planning, 2004. Prepared by North East EPRD CADU October 2004.\r\n\r\nPlease see the associated data and official report (1999) for description of initial model development: https://iar.environment.nsw.gov.au/dataset/habitat-models-for-the-northern-comprehensive-regional-assessment-cra-1999\r\n\r\nThe following 51 fauna habitats were modelled in both the CRA project (1999) and in the finalisation of the RACAC project (2008):\r\n•\t0021\t Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove\r\n•\t0023\t Superb Fruit-Dove\r\n•\t0183\t Black-necked Stork\r\n•\t0196\t Black Bittern\r\n•\t0248\t Powerful Owl\r\n•\t0250\t Masked Owl\r\n•\t0253\t Sooty Owl\r\n•\t0351\t Albert's Lyrebird\r\n•\t0355\t Rufous Scrub-bird\r\n•\t0376\t White-eared Monarch\r\n•\t0610\t Mangrove Honeyeater\r\n•\t1008\t Tiger Quoll (spotted-tailed quoll in data)\r\n•\t1150\t Eastern Pygmy-possum\r\n•\t1175\t Long-nosed Potoroo\r\n•\t1245\t Parma Wallaby\r\n•\t1280\t Pteropus poliocephalus (Grey-headed flying-fox in data)\r\n•\t1282\t Pteropus Alecto (Black flying-fox in data)\r\n•\t1290\t Nyctimene robinsoni (Eastern tube-nosed bat in data)\r\n•\t1294\t Syconycteris australis (Eastern Blossom-bat in data)\r\n•\t1336\t Nyctophilus bifax (Eastern long-eared bat in data)\r\n•\t2124\t Eulamprus tryoni\r\n•\t2294\t Ophioscincus truncatus\r\n•\t3007\t Assa darlingtoni\r\n•\t3008\t Mixophyes fleayi\r\n•\t3075\t Mixophyes iteratus\r\n•\t3107\t Philoria kundagungan\r\n•\t3109\t Philoria sphagnicolus\r\n•\t3166\t Litoria aurea\r\n•\t3168\t Litoria booroolongensis\r\n\t3186\t Litoria subglandulosa\r\n•\t3202\t Litoria olongburensis\r\n•\t3217\t Litoria piperata\r\n•\t9006\t Philoria pughi\r\n•\t9007\t Philoria richmondensis\r\n•\t0017\t Black-breasted Button-quail\r\n•\t0025\t Wompoo Fruit-Dove\r\n•\t0405\t Olive Whistler\r\n•\t0428\t Barred Cuckoo-shrike\r\n•\t0519\t Eastern Bristlebird\r\n•\t1234\t Red-legged Pademelon\r\n•\t1260\t Black-striped Wallaby\r\n•\t1341\t Miniopterus schreibersii (Eastern Bent-wing bat in data)\r\n•\t1346\t Miniopterus australis (Little Bentwing-bat in data)\r\n•\t1438\t Broad-toothed Rat\r\n•\t1464\t Hastings River Mouse\r\n•\t2293\t Coeranoscincus reticulatus\r\n•\t2677\t Hoplocephalus stephensii (Stephens Banded Snake in data)\r\n•\t3108\t Philoria loveridgei\r\n•\t3137\t Crinia tinnula\r\n•\t1369\t Golden-tipped Bat\r\n•\t0314\t Marbled Frogmouth\r\n\r\nThe following 11 species habitats were modelled only for the RACAC project (2008):\r\n•\t3001\t Adelotus brevis\r\n•\t3172\t Litoria castanea\r\n•\t3303\t Litoria daviesae\r\n•\t2039\t Anomalopus mackayi\r\n•\t0008\t Australian Brush Turkey\r\n•\t0261\t Coxen’s Fig-parrot \r\n•\t0311\t Eastern Ground Parrot\r\n•\t0001\t Emu\r\n•\t0327\t Collared Kingfisher \r\n•\t0667\t Black-throated finch \r\n•\tI023\t Black Grass-dart Butterfly (1m grid)\r\n