Costs of the monitoring program for the Box Gum Grassy Woodlands Project within the Environmental Stewardship Program.

Note: A 3% p.a. inflation rate has been applied. 1Operational includes University overhead, annual vehicle registration, insurance and fuel, telephones, field equipment. 2Staff cost after Year 2 is 1.0 FTE research officer and 1.0 FTE assistant, reduced in this line item by the amount attributed to their participation in field surveys. 3Year 2 purchase 2 new 4WDs. Sell and replace 2×4WDs every 3rd year. 4Includes periodic use of up to 5 4WD vehicles in Year 1. 5Comprises per diem accommodation and food for survey period. All costs are in Australian dollars and include in-kind co-contributions from ANU in addition to Australian Government funds. Years after 2012–2013 are budget projections for future monitoring in the Project for both: (a) a typical sample year (i.e. 4 out of every 5 years of field surveys) in which a subset of (50%) of the field sites are surveyed for birds, reptiles and vegetation as part of the rotating statistical design, and (2) a full census year (one in every 5 years) in which all 268 field sites are surveyed. For comparative purposes, a costing for a program of full census every year is given at the bottom of the table.