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2019-11-28 SM Agenda - Item 1 - Attachment 1 - Draft Noosa River Plan
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Log in to see the plans as drawnEcological values under the Environmental Prot����P ater) Policy
2009. The management intent for these waters is to
This spectacular and extensive system of freshwater,
brackish and saline lakes, marshes, heathlands
Along the seaward edge of the river catchment,
the coastal creeks and wallum vegeta��� ea
The Noosa River is arguably south-east Queensland’s maintain an e��� �������� ater c���� and estuary, is one of few such complex wetland stronghold for threatened species including acid
only substan��� -natural major river system, due systems on the eastern-Australian seaboard. frogs, Ground Parrots and Glossy Black Cockatoos.
to the considerable areas of remnant vegeta��� The Noosa River Wetlands and Lake Weyba are listed The beaches and sand dunes provide nes��
Large areas of undisturbed bushland adjoining the in the Wetlands of Na������W ance Directory The majority of the estuary falls within 6,000ha of habitats for the endangered loggerhead and
headwaters of the river are protected as Na��� and cons��W e a groundwater-fed connected system declared Fish Habitat Areas (FHA). Queensland’s vulnerable green marine turtles every summer.
Park or State Forest, and over 100 Council-managed which provides discharge to swamps, springs, FHA networks are protected against physical
Bushland Conserva��� eserves are located creeks, lakes, the estuary and coastal environment. disturbance from coastal development, while s�� Surveys of migratory shorebirds have revealed
throughout the catchment. These wetlands play an important hydrological and allowing leg�������V t of Noosa’s FHAs are the Noosa River mouth, sandbanks and adjoining
ecological role including: ���� d ‘management A’ (of the highest value) Noosa North Shore as an area of ‘Na���
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The upper reaches of the river are near pris���� and are vital to the commercial and recrea��� and Interna������W ance’ for shorebird
• groundwater recharge and discharge ���� s of the region. These areas include the conserva�����V tralia. More than 50 species of
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changes progressively closer to the river mouth. The • surface water in��
a�� largest seagrass beds in south-east Queensland, shorebirds have been recorded, including many
river foreshores are mostly developed through the • ���
ontrol through short-term storage of long reaches of fringing mangroves forests which species protected under interna����� eements.
lower reaches around Tewan����� ville and Noosa ���aters feature all seven of the Sunshine Coast’s known
Heads, with some areas of Noosa North Shore and mangrove species, and saltmarsh areas, home to The Noosa River system forms part of the Noosa
• habitat for popula����� �e plants and
around the lakes s���� taining a natural riparian the vulnerable Water Mouse. Biosphere Reserve ® which was designated by the
animals, including threatened species
edge. United Na���N duca������ n�������� al
• habitats for animals at vulnerable stages in their The Noosa River is unique among Queensland Organisa�� s (UNESCO) Man and the Biosphere
life cycles estuaries in that it tr������ om freshwater to Program in 2007 – it w���� st for Queensland. This
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and estuary are designated ‘high ecological value’ • refuge for animals during drought. hypersaline waters in the lakes. The freshwater designa����� xtended by UNESCO for a further
lowlands provide habitat for endangered freshwater 10 years in 2019.
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Ecological values under the Environmental Prot aftr) Policy This spectacular and extensive system of freshwater, Along the seaward edge of the river catchment,
2009. The management intent for these waters is to brackish and saline lakes, marshes, heathlands the coastal creeks and wallum vegeta eal
The Noosa River is arguably south-east Queensland’s maintain ane ? ater c ? and estuary, is one of few such complex wetland stronghold for threatened species including acid
only substan -natural major river system, due systems on the eastern-Australian seaboard. frogs, Ground Parrots and Glossy Black Cockatoos.
to the considerable areas of remnant vegeta The Noosa River Wetlands and Lake Weyba are listed The beaches and sand dunes provide nes ?
Large areas of undisturbed bushland adjoining the in the Wetlands of Na and Directory The majority of the estuary falls within 6,000ha of habitats for the endangered loggerhead and
headwaters of the river are protected as Na ? and cons e & groundwater-fed connected system declared Fish Habitat Areas (FHA). Queensland’s vulnerable green marine turtles every summer.
which provides discharge to swamps, springs, FHA networks are protected against physical
Park or State Forest, and over 100 Council-managed
Bushland Conserva eserves are located creeks, lakes, the estuary and coastal environment. disturbance from coastal development, while s Surveys of migratory shorebirds have revealed
These wetlands play an important hydrological and allowing leg t of Noosa’s FHAs are the Noosa River mouth, sandbanks and adjoining
throughout the catchment.
ecological role including: d ‘ralanagement A’ (of the highest value) Noosa North Shore as an area of ‘Na ?
The upper reaches of the river are near pris e groundwater recharge and discharge and are vital to the commercial and recrea and Interna ané’ for shorebird
turalf&cology and character s of the region. These areas include the conserva tralfa. More than 50 species of
changes progressively closer to the river mouth. The e surface waterin a ? largest seagrass beds in south-east Queensland, shorebirds have been recorded, including many
river foreshores are mostly developed through the orftrol through short-term storage of long reaches of fringing mangroves forests which species protected under interna eements.
lower reaches around Tewan ville and Noosa aters feature all seven of the Sunshine Coast’s known
Heads, with some areas of Noosa North Shore and habitat for popula elfilants and mangrove species, and saltmarsh areas, home to The Noosa River system forms part of the Noosa
around the lakes s taiffing a natural riparian animals, including threatened species the vulnerable Water Mouse. Biosphere Reserve ® which was designated by the
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The Noosa River is unique among Queensland Organisa s (UNESCO) Man and the Biosphere
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and estuary are designated ‘high ecological value’ refuge for animals during drought. hypersaline waters in the lakes. The freshwater designa xterided by UNESCO for a further
lowlands provide habitat for endangered freshwater 10 years in 2019.
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