Permanent sample sites: As the site is preparing for revegetation activities, permanent monitoring sites could not be established as it would interfere with the machinery required for revegetation. To minimise the impact of this, GPS coordinates were recorded for each star picket location at every sample site. These coordinates and the photos taken at each picket will be used to establish permanent monitoring sites during the next data collection period (likely less than 12 months after baseline collection). By this time, revegetation activities will have concluded, and star pickets will not interfere with the ongoing maintenance activities.

Reference Benchmarks: There were limitations in the availability of Reference Condition Benchmark data. The composition benchmark data that is advised for use in the Method for accounts in NSW does not provide the complete data set required for the composition indicators in the Method. The missing indicators include:

·       Tree canopy height (m)

·       Sub-canopy height (m)

·       Sub-canopy cover (%)

Alternative NSW Government data sources and Expert opinion were utilised for each PCT to provide appropriate benchmark scores for the missing indicators. The sub-canopy indicators were scored as 0 due to this indicator being naturally absent from the sub-assets. PCT74 is a woodland dominated by Yellow Box and River Red Gum, which form the canopy layer. There is unlikely to typically be a true sub-canopy layer within this PCT. PCT53 is also unlikely to contain a sub-canopy layer as it is a wetland formation dominated by sedgeland/grassland with scattered (emergent) River Red Gum.