EASTERN BEACHES FORESHORE RESERVES MANAGEMENT PLAN - COMMUNITY CONSULTATION OVERVIEW AND PROPOSED CHANGES (Referred from Planning and Environment Committee dated 8 August 2023 - Item 5.1) · Attachment 2 EBFRMP 2023 Draft - tracked changes

     • Regional Ecosystems - Biodiversity Status (regional ecosystems and special values)
     • Queensland Wetlands
     • Aquatic Ecosystem Rehabilitation Mapping
     • Matters of State Environmental Significance (Threatened (endangered or vulnerable)
       wildlife and special least concern animals, Koala habitat area (SEQ), Wildlife habitat (sea
       turtle nesting areas))
   • Protected Plants Flora Survey Trigger map
   • Modelled potential habitat
   • Vegetation management report (includes regional ecosystems, essential wildlife habitat)
These reports are available on the Eastern Beaches Foreshore Management Plan webpage.
Other sources of information include;
Sea Turtle Nesting Areas: Department of Natural Resources Sea Turtle Nesting Areas26 mapping
identified the Eastern Beaches as a Significant Sea Turtle Nesting AREA. Please see attached
map.

Marine Turtle Nest Monitoring: This map from SCC Open Data27 is made up of all Green Turtle
(green discs) and Loggerhead Turtle (orange discs) nest and track only (turn back) (beige discs)
records collected by Coolum and North Shore Coast Care’s Turtle Monitoring and Action Group
volunteers in Noosa Shire in the 2008/09 to 2021/22 turtle nesting seasons.




Figure 16: Marine Turtle monitoring results


26 Department of Natural Resources. (2022).   Sea Turtle Nesting Areas.
https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/
27
     Sunshine Coast Regional Council. (2023). SCC Open Data (Biota) Marine Turtle Monitoring.
https://www.arcgis.com/home/webmap/viewer.html?panel=gallery&layers=4e379681e85d491a8439aa58be4
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