APPENDIX 2 Marist Regional College Burnie Burrowing Crayfish Project SITE DESCRIPTION SHEET Date of Survey ........................ Site No Y.......................... Location 1. Vegetation Tea Tree Eucalypt Blackwood Willow Manfern Blackberry Fireweed Onion Weed Rushes Grasses Other 2. Bottom of Waterway Sandy Muddy Rocky Concrete 3. Evidence of Pollution in the Water Clear Muddy Smelly Stained Brown Oily Other 4. Changes to the Site Trees Planted Concrete Wall Built Weeds poisoned/cut down Floods washed away part of bank 5. Evidence of Environmental Trauma Dead Animals Vandalism Dead Trees Litter Other 6. Land Use Near Site Bushland Forestry School Urban Residential Rural Residential Vacant/Unused Road Recreation Formal Park Industrial Agricultural Marist Regional College Burnie Burrowing Crayfish Project HABITAT EVALUATION SHEET Date of Survey ........................ Site No Y.......................... Location Site Habitat Rating Circle your site's rating for each factor in the table below: Rating Excellent Good Fair Poor Bank vegetation 8 6 4 2 Verge vegetation 8 6 4 2 In-stream cover 8 6 4 2 Bank erosion & stability 4 3 2 1 Riffles, pools & bends 4 3 2 1 Add up all the numbers you circled for a total score. Total Score: Compare your site's total score with the range below to evaluate the overall condition of the site. Overall evaluation Scores Excellent    28-32 Good       21-27 Fair       14-20 Poor       8-13 Habitat Evaluation ...................................... Interpreting your results: Excellent: Site in natural or virtually natural condition. Good: Some alteration from natural state. Fair Significant alterations form the natural state but still offering moderate habitat. Poor Extensive alterations from the natural state; much reduced habitat value. Source: Waterwatch Tasmania (1996)