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Acid Sulphate Soils (ASS) Priority Management Areas (Hot Spots) - North Coast

Acid Sulfate Soil (ASS) Priority Management Areas (or'hot spots') are areas where land management decisions in relation to ASS have contributed to, and can lead to further, severe soil and water acidification, poor water quality, reduction in agricultural productivity, loss of estuarine habitat, and/or degraded vegetation and wildlife. ASS Priority Areas have the highest priority for remedial action, and require urgent changes to land management to improve environmental quality. ;
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The criteria for Priority Areas include high ASS risk, low elevation, high drainage efficiency, and severe soil and/or water acidification impacts. ;
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The Priority Area basins account for 54 500 ha. Three such areas have been identified in the Tweed, one near Byron Bay, five in the Richmond, four in the Clarence, five in the Macleay, six in the Hastings - Camden Haven catchments, four in the Manning and one in the Shoalhaven.

Organization: NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Killarney State Conservation Area Vegetation Mapping. VIS_ID 3992

Vegetation survey and mapping of Killarney State Conservation Area in 2008, commissioned by NPWS Narrabri Region. Six communities were determined based on floristic analysis of 20 x 20 m survey sites, and described using dominant species and structural characteristics. Vegetation communities were mapped using ground truthing, position in landscape and stereo interpretation of aerial photos captured at 1:50,000. Lineage and attribution accuracy are unknown. VIS_ID 3992

Tags: PCT, Vegetation
Organization: NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Cessnock Environment Layer

This single layer captures critical environmental features and biodiversity persistence for Cessnock Local Government Area (LGA) which covers 196,468 ha. The layer is in raster format with a 2 × 2 m cell size and is the result of consolidating layers that capture all aspects of biodiversity. Those consolidated layers contributed species composition information, structure/condition of habitat, and ecological function attributes at the same scale and with a common scoring. The common scale and scoring system allowed for direct comparison, making it possible to combine them into one single environment layer using a peer-reviewed scientific methodology.

Tags: Biodiversity Planning, Cessnock, Environment
Organization: NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Vulnerable Lands - Steep or Highly Erodible, Protected Riparian and Special Category

Maintenance of tree cover on certain land is covered by legislation. Such land has previously been mapped in NSW and is called protected land, or in recent times State Protected Land (SPL). Not to be confused with the Vulnerable Regulated Land referred to within the Local Land Services Act 2013 and Regulations. 
The purpose of protected land is to regulate the destruction of trees on land susceptible to erosion or land that is otherwise environmentally sensitive. This was administered under part IV, Division 2 of the Soil Conservation Act, 1938.
Subsequently, under clause 32(1) the Native Vegetation Regulation 2005, the Minister may prepare a Natural Resource Management Plan (NRM Plan) for two purposes:


under subclause 31(1)(a), to identify as vulnerable land, land that is steep or highly erodible, protected riparian land or special category land;


Under subclause 31(1)(b), to identify as protected regrowth, all native vegetation (that is regrowth) on land that is identified as steep or highly erodible or protected riparian land.


Additionally, under clause 31(3) of the Regulation the Minister may approve and publish guidelines to enable the clearing, without approval being required, of exotic trees or dead trees on State Protected Land in circumstances where no more than minimal harm is likely.
To facilitate the production of an accessible, digital ‘Vulnerable Land’ dataset, catchments or parts of catchments that contain gazetted State Protected Land have been used as a guide to constrain the spatial extent of a new digitally-generated ‘Vulnerable Land’ dataset under the NV Act. No additional areas have been mapped. The dataset comprises three individual components which have direct relationship to previously mapped SPL.


Land that was Category A SPL (over 18 degrees) is now steep or highly erodible land. This is land at significant risk of soil erosion. Limiting erosion on these areas requires the maintenance of vegetation cover, especially groundcover.


Land that was Category B SPL is now protected riparian land. This provides the filters that keep our streams clean; habitat for many species of flors and fauna and in many cases, the only remaining natural corridors in the landscape.


Land that was Category C SPL is now special category land. This exists over a few small areas of NSW that are considered to be at particular environmental risk. These include catchments in the Yass, Tweed, and ‘Lowbidgee’ areas.



Tags: LAND, LAND-Cover, PHOTOGRAPHY-AND-IMAGERY-Remote-Sensing, Riparian, Special, Steep and Highly Erodible, vulnerable
Organization: NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Dry Rainforest of Mt Kaputar National Park, Deriah Aboriginal Area and Horton Falls National Park 2019. VIS_ID 5112

Dry rainforest and wet Sclerophyll mapping undertaken early 2019 by EcoLogical Australia, contracted by Northern Inland Branch of NSW NPWS. Mapping dry rainforest is a direct strategy identified in the Saving our Species (SoS) project for the Mount Kaputar high elevation and dry rainforest land snail and slug community in the Nandewar and Brigalow Belt South Bioregions. Mapping dry rainforest will help NPWS understand the potential extent of this Threatened Ecological Community (TEC) and better target survey and management actions. 
VIS_ID 5112

Tags: Deriah, Dry rainforest, Horton Falls, Mount Kaputar, Wet Sclerophyll
Organization: NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
NSW Koala Habitat Suitability Model 5m v1.1

This is a state-wide model of the potential of a given location to support koalas. Two versions of the model exist, a continuous model with habitat suitability values ranging from 0-1 (this product), and a classified version in which the continuous values have been grouped into classes representing very high quality habitat, through to very low quality and non-habitat. Note the original floating point raster has been converted to integer values between 0 to10,000.
The Koala Habitat Suitability Model (KHSM) is one of the core products in the  Koala Habitat Information Base (KHIB). It provides the current, best available state-wide prediction of potential koala habitat across NSW, encompassing the distribution of preferred trees and koala sightings.
The KHIB is a public resource intended to assist government agencies, local councils and private land holders with koala conservation decisions.
The Koala Habitat Suitability Models v1.1 are built off a predictive (MaxEnt) model, iteratively developed following a series of expert reviews. The KHSM was developed as a set of six regional models across eastern and central NSW that are referred to as Koala Modelling Regions (KMRs). These regional models capture variations in habitat quality at a regional scale that are driven largely by changes in the distribution of available food tree species. An additional MaxEnt model was developed to predict the westerly extent that koalas have the potential to occupy over the Darling Riverine Plains, Far West and Riverina KMRs.
Each of the models provide an indication of where animals have the potential to reside rather than where they do reside. Thus the term “habitat” refers to areas that koalas have the potential to occupy, but may not actually live.
The suitability scores from all seven models have been mosaicked together into a single state-wide product. This is  available for download as a zipped 5m tif image readable in any spatial software package. An ArcGIS mxd is also supplied for suggested symbology.
All Koala Habitat Information Base datasets are available for download at the links below under 'Dataset relationship'.
For further information on the data layers and their development, please see the Koala Habitat Information Base Technical Guide.

Tags: ECOLOGY-Habitat, FAUNA-Native, NSW Koala Strategy, habitat model, koala
Organization: NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Repealed - State Environmental Planning Policy (Sydney Drinking Water Catchment) 2011

This is a repealed State Environmental Planning Policy and has been superseded by the State Environmental Planning Policy (Biodiversity &amp; Conservation) 2021 as part of the Department's initiative to consolidate State Environmental Planning Policies to simplify and provide certainty to the planning system.
Click here to go to the State Environmental Planning Policy (Biodiversity &amp; Conservation) 2021 Open Data page: https://www.planningportal.nsw.gov.au/opendata/dataset/state-environmental-planning-policy-biodiversity-conservation-2021
Go to the following link to find out more about the new consolidated SEPPs: https://www.planning.nsw.gov.au/Policy-and-Legislation/State-Environmental-Planning-Policies/Consolidated-state-environmental-planning-policies
This historical record represents State Environmental Planning Policy (Sydney Drinking Water Catchment) 2011.

Tags: HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT-Planning, Repealed SEPP, SEPP, SEPP consolidation, State Environmental Planning Policy 2011, Sydney Drinking Water Catchment, planning
Organization: NSW Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure
Washpool (Western Sections) and Capoompeta National Park Vegetation 1998 - 2005 VIS_ID 4386

Vegetation community mapping for Capoompeta National Park, Western Washpool National Park and State Conservation Area by John T Hunter, 1998, 2000 and 2005. A Northern Tablelands NPWS Region contract. Mapped at 1:25,000 scale. VIS_ID 4386

Tags: Vegetation
Organization: NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Soil Regolith Stability for North-East and South-East New South Wales

The Soil Regolith Stability classification is used in the assessment of soil water erosion and water pollution hazards. It is currently in use as part of the EPA 1998/99 Pollution Control Licences within state forests. 
This map identifies soil regolith stability classes using linework and soil information from published soil landscape mapping and reconnaissance soil landscapes of Northern and Southern Comprehensive Regional Assessment (CRA) mapping projects.
Each soil landscape unit on the coverage has been allocated a regolith stability classification (soil erodibility), comprising of four classes:

class R1 – High coherence soils with low sediment delivery potential
class R2 – Low coherence soils (when wet) with low sediment delivery potential
class R3 – High coherence soils with high sediment delivery potential
class R4 – Low coherence soils (when wet)

A regolith stability classification consists of a dominant class and up to three sub-dominant classes (if necessary), for example, R1(R3,R4), where R1 is the dominant regolith stability class and (R3 &amp; R4) are the sub-dominant regolith stability classes.
Online Maps: This dataset can be viewed using eSPADE (NSW’s soil spatial viewer), which contains a suite of soil and landscape information including soil profile data. Many of these datasets have hot-linked soil reports. An alternative viewer is the SEED Map; an ideal way to see what other natural resources datasets (e.g. vegetation) are available for this map area.
Reference: Murphy, C.L., Fogarty, P.J. and Ryan P.J. 1998, Soil Regolith Stability Classification for State Forests in Eastern New South Wales, Technical Report No. 41, Department of Land and Water Conservation.

Tags: Regolith, Soil Erosion, Soil Landscapes
Organization: NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Terry Hie Hie Campbell Montrose Aboriginal Area Vegetation Mapping VIS ID 4004

Vegetation survey and mapping of Campbell Montrose Aboriginal Area in 2008, commissioned by NPWS Narrabri Region. Six communities were determined based on floristic analysis of 20 x 20 m survey sites, and described using dominant species and structural characteristics. Vegetation communities were mapped using ground truthing, position in landscape and stereo interpretation of aerial photos captured at 1:50,000. Lineage and attribution accuracy are unknown. VIS_ID 4004

Tags: PCT, Vegetation
Organization: NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Somerton National Park Vegetation Mapping. VIS_ID 3994

Vegetation survey and mapping of Somerton National Park in 2008, commissioned by NPWS Narrabri Region. Four communities were determined based on floristic analysis of 20 x 20 m survey sites, and described using dominant species and structural characteristics. Vegetation communities were mapped using ground truthing, position in landscape and stereo interpretation of aerial photos captured at 1:50,000. Lineage and attribution accuracy are unknown. VIS_ID 3994

Tags: PCT, Vegetation
Organization: NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Analytical Approaches for Assessing Endangered Ecological Communities

A study assessing spatial patterns of Box Gum Woodlands (BGW). The study area captures the entire range of the community in NSW. Full floristic surveys and statistical analyses were conducted to address three objectives.
Objective 1. Assess the utility of using multiple analytical methods for assessing floristic patterns across a broad‐ranging community (BGW)
Objective 2. Assess the relationship of floristic variability to landscape features for this broad‐ranging community (BGW)
Objective 3. Determine whether current management and restoration planning based on expert judgement adequately allocate management to provide long‐term protection of the community
This study highlights the value of applying multiple analytical approaches to the understanding of floristic patterns.

Tags: Box Gum Woodlands, Restoration
Organization: NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
HABMAP Multi-beam Survey Coverage Areas

Areas of fine-scale Bathymetric and relative acoustic Backscatter data produced using a mounted Geoswath 125KHZ Interferometric sidescan sonar system, by the HABMAP program. Data is collected using a pole mounting and are tide, sound velocity and motion corrected and are accurate to the sub-metre level (DGPS/POSMV). The HABMAP program, which was initiated to provide fine scale benthic habitat information for NSW State Waters, initiated surveys to provide a minimum of 5 x 5m bin scale bathymetric and backscatter layers for use in GIS applications.
Mutlibeam data for each of the Survey Coverage Areas is downloadable from the Australian Oceanographic Data Network - https://portal.aodn.org.au/.
Search for: NSW Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH) Multi-beam Bathymetry Surveys 
Additional information available at https://catalogue-imos.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/metadata.show?uuid=60160b01-8ffc-45ce-a6f4-ee70ce391ec6 

Tags: HABMAP, Multibeam sonar, Seabed habitats, Surveying, subtidal habitats
Organization: NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Lower Hunter Spotted Gum Forest EEC 2010. VIS_ID 2319

Lower Hunter Spotted Gum Forest (LHSGIF) EEC mapping covering Cessnock, Lake Macquarie, Maitland, Newcastle and Wyong LGAs undertaken by Stephen Bell in 2010. He notes that the layer is incomplete because much of the LHSGIF is on private or coal land where access is restricted.  Only if contracts are performed on these lands will updates occur. The layer includes various forms of LHSGIF as per the data analysis done for the Cessnock-Kurri project. VIS_ID 2319

Tags: TEC, Vegetation
Organization: NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Threatened migratory shorebird habitat mapping

Important feeding habitats and roosting sites for seven species of migratory shorebirds (waders) were plotted on GIS software using air photos as templates.  The species are Sanderling, Great Knot, Greater Sand Plover, Lesser Sand Plover, Broad-billed Sandpiper, Black-tailed Godwit and Terek Sandpiper.  Data for this process was obtained from a variety of sources to provide numbers of birds recorded at each of the sites. The habitat mapping was done from first hand experience in the field by the author and/or from local ornithologists with particular skills in shorebird identification and local knowledge of habitats used by shorebirds. The accuracy of the data plotted will not always match the topography, such as shoals, sand spits or shorelines because these are constantly changing (and the air photos used are now 20 years old).  As far as it is known, this is the most precise shorebird mapping available for this larger area.

Tags: Migratory birds, Threatened species
Organization: NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Steep Land

Steep Land was first acknowledged within the Soil Conservation Act 1938 legislation as Protected Lands primarily due to land degradation impacts associated with tree clearing.  Early designation of these areas was mapped by hand using topographic basemaps or interpreted from aerial photographs with 3D stereoscopes at various scales.  Then acquisition of satellite data enabled all of NSW to be captured, however this was coarse and mapping of steep lands remained disputable over some areas.  
In 2020 Department of Customer Services (DCS) released state-wide 5m resolution digital elevation data in the form of aerial lidar and photogrammetric point-cloud. This has been generated from a combination of 1km, 2km and 5km tiles. 
Department of Planning, and Environment have utilised the source data from DCS to create the Steep Land product. Data cleansing and quality assessments have been completed. 
The Steep Land 5m product has been created to effectively replace the following existing products:
*   Vulnerable Lands - Steep or Highly Erodible (SHE)
*   SRTM18 - Shuttle Radar
How was Steep Land determined? 
Using a smoothed digital elevation model of the earth surface, a slope product was created. This was generated using the Horn 3x3 (1981) method which uses the eight pixels around the central cell to calculate the weighted gradient in north-south and east-west directions, and trigonometry to calculate the maximum slope in the aspect direction.  
Having determined the slope values, accurate identification of land 18 degrees or greater and 30 degrees or greater across NSW was possible.  Steep areas are identified by thresholding the slope value. Only the values of interest are extracted. 
The Steep Land products are available covering NSW or in zone mosaics 54, 55, 56. They are in binary form. Please adjust the symbology as required. 
18 degrees:
*   0 - Not Steep (below 18 degrees)
*   1 - Steep (areas identified as 18 degrees or greater). 
30 degrees:
*   0 - Not Steep (below 30 degrees)
*   1 - Steep (areas identified as 30 degrees or greater). 
Please contact data.broker@environment.nsw.gov.au for more information. 

Tags: LAND-Topography, NVR, PHOTOGRAPHY-AND-IMAGERY-Remote-Sensing, slope, steep18, steep30, vulnerable regulated land
Organization: NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Soil Landscapes of the Tamworth 1:100,000 Sheet

This map is one of a series of soil landscape maps that are intended for all of central and eastern NSW, based on standard 1:100,000 and 1:250,000 topographic sheets. The map provides an inventory of soil and landscape properties of the area and identifies major soil and landscape qualities and constraints. It integrates soil and topographic features into single units with relatively uniform land management requirements. Soils are described in terms of soil materials in addition to the Australian Soil Classification and the Great Soil Group systems.
Related Datasets: The dataset area is also covered by the mapping of the Soil and Land Resources of the Liverpool Plains Catchment.
Online Maps: This and related datasets can be viewed using eSPADE (NSW’s soil spatial viewer), which contains a suite of soil and landscape information including soil profile data. Many of these datasets have hot-linked soil reports. An alternative viewer is the SEED Map; an ideal way to see what other natural resources datasets (e.g. vegetation) are available for this map area.
Reference: Banks R.G., 2001,  Soil Landscapes of the Tamworth 1:100,000 Sheet, NSW Department of Land and Water Conservation, Sydney.

Organization: NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Fire Heterogeneity Index (FHI) 2022/23

Remote sensing scientists from the NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (NSW DCCEEW) Science and Insights Division have developed a new approach to mapping the landscape patterns of high severity fire, based on NSW Fire Extent and Severity Mapping (FESM). 
High severity fire impacts an ecosystem by completely scorching or consuming the canopy biomass. Such impacts can be harmful to biodiversity, although some species benefit or even depend on this level of fire impact. 
Recent advances in remote sensing of fire and innovative computation solutions by DCCEEW Remote Sensing Scientists offer accessibility to data on fire severity and landscape patterns of fire heterogeneity across broad regions.

Tags: Biodiversity Assessment, Canopy, Environment, Fire, Fire Severity, Land Management and Biodiversity Conservation, Refugia, Rehabilitation, Wildfires
Organization: NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Imagery-Satellite-SPOT 2010-2015

The NSW SPOT 5 imagery product is a state-wide satellite imagery product provided by the Remote Sensing and Regulatory Mapping team of NSW Government. Capture dates for imagery products for 2010-2015 are; 


2015 - September 2014 through to March 2015


2014 - October 2013 through to August 2014


2013 - January 2012 through to July 2013


2012 - January 2011 through to July 2012


2011 - November 2010 through to July 2011


2010 - October 2009 through to August 2010


The imagery scenes used to create the NSW mosaic includes Lord Howe Island. This imagery data sets for 2010-2012 have been supplied by SPOT imaging and processing done by GeoImage Pty Ltd. Imagery for 2013-2015 has been supplied by Astrium/Airbus and processed by GeoImage Pty Ltd.
SPOT imagery products offer high resolution over broad areas using the SPOT 5 satellites. A SPOT satellite acquisition covers large areas in a single pass at resolutions up to 2.5m. Such precise coverage is ideal for applications at national and regional scales from 1:250,000 to 1:15,000. 
Data products supplied for all of NSW are:


State-wide mosaic 


Reflectance scenes


Panchromatic scenes


The statewide mosaic is provided as a Red Green Blue (RGB) band combination; contrast enhanced lossless 8-bit JPEG2000 file.  
The NSW mosaic is available from internal DPE APOLLO Image Webserver for DCCEEW employees.
The rectified reflectance and panchromatic scenes are available for download from JDAP. 
Contact spatial.imagery@environment.nsw.gov.au for further information or to request access to JDAP 
“Includes material © CNES 2010, 2011 &amp; 2012, Distribution Astrium Services / Spot Image S.A., France, all rights reserved” 
These image products are only available to other NSW Government agencies upon request.

Tags: 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, SPOT, Satellite, footprint, imagery, mosaic, multi spectral, panchromatic, remote sensing
Organization: NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water