Meeting papers

Attachment 1: Environment Project Grant applications 2023 – 2024 – Summary
       Applicant                 Project name                                                            Project overview


NICA                   Girraween Nature Refuge (GNR)      •   This project extends the existing rehabilitation works which have been around the perimeter of GNR and the
                       Rescue                                 adjoining perimeter of the Weyba Link/ Girraween section of Noosa National Park (2013-2023).
                                                          •   NICA will hold monthly volunteer working bees to remove invasive weeds from the GNR. They will work
                                                              systematically through critically affected areas to ensure a healthy and biodiverse wildlife corridor and
                                                              protection for the vulnerable Wallum ecosystem.
                                                          •   Contractors will work on the heavier infestations, particularly woody weeds, vines and large grasses.




Noosa Environment      Grassroots Foreshore Management    •   The Noosa EE Hub in collaboration with Peregian Beach Bush Care will deliver a grassroots program of
Educational (EE) Hub   "Custodians of Place" - Peregian       foreshore management best practice education.
                       Chapter                            •   The project is designed to help underpin the Eastern Foreshore Management Plan by contextualizing the plan
                                                              for the local community. Noosa EE Hub are packaging the work completed by Peregian Beach Bush Care into
                                                              a context that makes it understandable and relevant to locals.
                                                          •   The program will be innovative, hands on and practical in its approach to target locals in their patch, while
                                                              building a sense of pride in their natural assets as a collective space managed by the whole of community.




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