Meeting papers

Attachment 1 - Year Three (2021/2022) Summary of progress against actions of the Environment Strategy Implementation Plan.


2. Reduce the threat of priority biosecurity      In the 2021/22 FY, 82 proper�es were visited as part of Council’s approved Biosecurity
   risks, such as pest plants and animals, on     Surveillance Program, targe�ng Cats Claw Creeper and other priority weeds. Biosecurity
   Council land and support private               threats were detected on 15 of these proper�es with 3 advisory leters and 2 Biosecurity
   landholders to do the same.                    orders issued. Ongoing assistance is provided to landholders to control Fireweed in the Lake
                                                  MacDonald area and Cats Claw Creeper in the Upper Six Mile Creek catchment area.

                                                  Pest Management Officers con�nue to provide ongoing assistance to landholders in the
                                                  control of Wild Dogs, Fox, Deer, Feral Cat and Myna Birds on private land as part of their
                                                  regular business.

                                                  In 2021/22, 26 landowners received Land for Wildlife management incen�ves, with 13.7
                                                  hectares of land managed for weeds including Camphor Laurel, Cat’s Claw vine and lantana.
                                                  Council also invested $25,000, with a landowner co-contribu�on of $15,500 and materials
                                                  totalling $2,900.

3. Implement rehabilitation programs of           Rehabilitation actions are on target with Greenfleet and Noosa Landcare continuing
   former forestry areas in the Yurol and         revegetation works.
   Ringtail State Forests, in preparation for
   the land to be transferred to National
   Park.


Actions: Expand vegetation networks and habitat
4. Support private landholders to achieve         As of 30 June 2022, there are 419 Land for Wildlife properties collectively managing 2,700
   environmental outcomes on their                hectares of retained habitat and 470 hectares of habitat under restoration, and there were
   property through an expanded Land for          21 active Voluntary Conservation Agreement (VCA) properties, with 2 new VCAs signed up
   Wildlife and Voluntary Conservation            in the financial year. A highlight was the registration of a 32-hectare rural residential zoned
   Agreement Program.                             property at Cooroibah that includes endangered regional ecosystems.




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