2020-07-07 P&E Agenda - Item 3 - Attachment 1 - TNC Project Management Plan

                    To improve the environmental health of the Noosa River Estuary through active restoration
Project Goal        and conservation activities that engage the Noosa Community in meaningful conservation
                    and support economic and community wellbeing.
                                                   Expected
                                                                                                     Party
                                                   completion date
                                                                                                     responsible
Objectives          Deliverables                   (from 1 July 2019 Measurable outcomes
                                                                                                     for
                                                   unless otherwise
                                                                                                     Deliverable
                                                   stated)
                    (A3.1) Community, industry
A-3 Community
                    and stakeholder
engagement
                    consultation to identify                          Records of public and
                    most appropriate                                  stakeholder consultation,      TNC &
Strengthen
                    community volunteering          18 months         including one-on-one           Noosa
community
                    opportunities (e.g. shell                         meetings, open forums,         Council
interest, support
                    recycling, oyster gardens,                        media, etc.
and participation
                    oyster watch, video
in Noosa River
                    monitoring).
restoration by
                    (A3.2) Establish at least one
establishing a                                                        Record of volunteer hours
                    community volunteering
community                                                             dedicated to community
                    program identified from the
volunteering                                                          volunteering programs, such
                    above process which takes       18 months                                        TNC & NSC
program to                                                            as: shell recycling, oyster
                    into account current and
support oyster                                                        gardens, oyster watch, video
                    future resources,
restoration                                                           monitoring.
                    management and interest.
                    (A4.1) Restoration at two
                    sites (approx. 40m-50m                            At least two (2) sites with at
                    shore length per site) which                      least overall 80m shore
                                                    24 months
                    tests oyster substrate                            length of oyster ecosystem     TNC
                    design, configuration and                         restored and being actively
                    deployment methods and                            monitored.
A-4 Oyster          oyster growth and survival.
ecosystem                                                             In addition to the two pilot
                    (A4.2) Restoration across
restoration                                                           sites, a number of sites
                    multiple sites, as
                                                                      comprising a minimum of a
                    determined by restoration       36 months
Restore oyster                                                        further aggregated 600m2       TNC
                    suitability modelling and
ecosystems                                                            surface area of restored
                    outcomes of community
across the lower                                                      oyster ecosystems in the
                    consultation.
estuary                                                               Noosa River estuary.
                    (A4.3) Monitoring and
                    evaluation study for both
                                                    Ongoing for       Annual monitoring and
                    pilot and full restoration
                                                    duration of       evaluation report card with
                    sites. Monitoring to include                                                     TNC
                                                    project, at least 6 monthly status reports to
                    oyster metrics,
                                                    6 monthly         be provided.
                    invertebrates and fish use
                    (detailed in MER plan).
                    (A5.1) Run workshop with
A-5 Noosa River
                    NSC to identify ongoing
Plan                                                9 months          Workshop completed.            TNC & NSC
                    focus areas for TNC
                    support.


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