Beyond the survey. Expert fauna management in the field.
Fauna surveys establish what is present. Specialist fauna services determine what to do about it. For projects where threatened species, sensitive habitats or complex fauna management obligations are identified, Trace Ecology's specialist fauna team provides the expert field capability and scientific knowledge to manage those obligations effectively — from population monitoring and species translocation through to fauna management during active construction and clearing operations.
Trace Ecology provides specialist fauna services for developers, miners, infrastructure builders, conservation managers and government agencies across WA and the NT. Our zoologists and fauna ecologists bring deep specialist knowledge across WA's most ecologically significant and regulatory-sensitive species. We are recognised specialists in targeted surveys and management for all three threatened black cockatoo species in WA — Carnaby's Black-Cockatoo, Baudin's Cockatoo and the Forest Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo. We conduct Greater Bilby surveys and population monitoring across the Pilbara, Goldfields and arid regions. And we are among the very few environmental consultancies in Australia with specialist expertise in two of WA's most ecologically significant invertebrate species — the Arid Bronze Azure Butterfly (Ogyris petrina, ABAB) and the Priority 1 Inland Hairstreak (Jalmenus aridus) — conducting targeted surveys, habitat assessments and population monitoring for both species across their known and potential range in WA's arid and semi-arid zones.
Our population monitoring programmes provide robust, statistically defensible data on the abundance, distribution and habitat use of target species over time — giving project managers, regulators and conservation managers the information needed to assess the effectiveness of management measures, track population trends and adapt management strategies in response to new data. We design monitoring programmes that are fit for purpose, cost-effective and structured to generate data that meets the requirements of approval conditions and environmental management plans.
Fauna translocation is required when individuals of a species must be moved from a project area prior to ground disturbance — either as a condition of approval or as a proactive measure to protect wildlife. Trace Ecology manages fauna translocation programmes from initial planning and receiver site assessment through to capture, transport, release and post-release monitoring — ensuring translocations are conducted to the standards required by DBCA and relevant Commonwealth approvals.
Our spotter-catcher and fauna protection services during vegetation clearing are delivered by licensed and experienced fauna ecologists who monitor clearing operations in real time, identify and relocate fauna encountered during works, and maintain the detailed records required to demonstrate compliance with approval conditions and environmental management plans. We also provide fauna exclusion fencing design and installation supervision, nest hollow relocation and supplementary nesting structure installation for hollow-dependent species displaced by project activities.
Trace Ecology is a division of Trace Enterprises — Perth's only fully integrated heritage, environmental and planning consultancy.
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