2021-01-18 GC - Item 1 - Attachment 1 - Noosa Biosphere Reserve Foundation 2019 20 Annual Report

                                                   NOOSA BIOSPHERE RESERVE FOUNDATION – 2019/20




Keep on Keeping it in Kin Kin: A Noosa catchment priority erosion remediation
program. Phase 2.


The Keep on Keeping it in Kin Kin project                   innovative new water quality event monitoring
addressed erosion repair methods to support                 system was trialled as part of the project.
water quality in the Kin Kin catchment and Noosa
River system. Due to its historical and current land        Outcomes
use and geological characteristics, the Kin Kin                • Extension services to landholders
catchment is the major contributor of sediment to              • Continued direct management of invasive
the Noosa catchment. Results of the study                         weeds including strategic cats-claw
undertaken during Phase 1 of the Keeping it in Kin                creeper on-ground work
Kin project confirmed significant and serious                  • Community workshops and engagement
erosion is occurring in Kin Kin. Such erosion is                  activities
detrimental to biodiversity, fisheries habitat,                • Grants framework for further funding
water quality and agricultural productivity.                   • Trial water quality event monitoring
                                                                  system with Healthy Land & Water
Phase 2 of the project prioritised and
implemented strategic on-ground works to                    Status
protect and repair erosion prone areas. These               This project was completed in July 2020.
areas were identified in Phase 1 by satellite
analysis as having mobilised 2.4 million cubic              Report
tones of soil in recent years. That is equivalent to        Final Report – Phase 2 Keep on Keeping it in Kin
almost 191,284 large dual axel soil delivery trucks         Kin
or 765 Olympic sized swimming pools filled with
soil. On-ground works rehabilitated vulnerable              Proponent
soil structures in priority locations.                      Noosa and District Landcare

The project has built capacity and awareness of             Project Partners
the problem in the wider community by                       Noosa Shire Council, Healthy Land & Water, NPA,
coordinated community engagement activities.                NICA, Country Noosa
External investment has continually been sought
through a developed grant framework. An


                                                 PROJECT VALUE
       NBRF FUNDING                CASH & IN-KIND            PROJECT VALUE                 LEVERAGE
          $123,700                    $184,337                   $308,037                     2.5:1




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