2014-01-28 Planning & Organisation Committee Item 4.4 Attachment 1

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           Noosa Council
Temporary Local Planning Instrument
(Protected Vegetation Overlay) 2014

44
                                       Noosa Council
                               Temporary Local Planning Instrument
                               (Protected Vegetation Overlay) 2014

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       Weed control
  |   Declared weeds are now classified into 3 classes:
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      Class 1 - None recorded                                                             |
      Class 2 - Saccharis halimifolia (Groundse| Bush)
  |   Class 3 - Cinnamomum camphora (Camphor Laurel), Lantana camara (Lantana)            )
      While occurrences were very rare, all Groundsc! must be completely cradicated to meet local
  |   and state government requirements. This can be done manually (cg. pulling small plants out
      by the roots or digging out larger ones) or using a combination of manual work and herbicide
       (cg. cut / swab large ones with 50 / 50 glyphosate / water.                        |
 |    Routine weed control on Lantana will be necessary as part of an on-going silviculture
      program. Lantana (abundant) and Camphor Laurel (rare) will need to be controlled where
      natural regeneration is threatened. Leaving Lantana unchecked has adverse effects for
      biodiversity, timber production and sustainability. On the other hand Lantana has some
 |    positive attributes in a regenerating ecology, so a slow but regular approach will probably
      work the best. Funding and / or assistance with labour arc available frum several levels of |
      government to address the problem in the 4 ha conservation area along the creck. This area is
 |    certainly a priority from an ecological perspective.
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      Areas designated as open space and fircbreaks can be slashed / grazed to control weeds. The
      idcal time to carry out weed control in difficult areas is soon after disturbance from logging
      operations. Careful removal / treatment in and around netural regrowth can be done by
      pulling out small plants by the roots or using a cane knife / brush hook and where necessary ,
      treat stumps with glyphosate (2s above). Patches of Lantana with little or no native regrowth
      evident could be sprayed with glyphosate solution. Care should be taken during ail weed
 |    control activities to avoid damage to establishing native seedlings and saplings.
      Other weeds can be controlled on a routinely at the landholders discretion, as they do not fit |
      the Class | — 3 categories. The exception to this is the revegetstion area, where weeds must to
 |    be controlled for at least 3 years to ensure successful re-establishment of native vegetation.
      Specific information on weed treatments can be obtained through focal government weed |
      officers or the Department of Natural Resources and Mines web site.
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       3.3) Site specific management                                                     |
      Site specific management issucs and techniques are outlined below and relate to areas
|     designated on ‘Layer 2’. The acrial photo (including contours and DCDB) provided by
      council is used as a bese layer. Overlays were compiled and provided by the landholder st the |
      same scale as the basc map.
|      Conservation area ! (approx 3.4 ba)                                              |
       100m strip adjacent to Belli Creek Road. This arca is designated for minimal selective
      harvesting only and will got be managed using silvicultural methods (ic no thinning and
|     pruning). Some weed control will be carried out.
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