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

*(A5.5) Facilitate access to TNC conservation networks and researchers if requested by Noosa Council.

(A5.6) Promote Noosa Council’s Noosa River Plan, Noosa Environment Strategy and shellfish restoration project in at
least one national and one international conference.

(A5.7) Promote Noosa Council’s Noosa River Plan, Noosa Environment Strategy and shellfish restoration project to
corporate, philanthropic and state/federal government audiences to establish further support for conservation
activities that support the Noosa River Plan

Several of the objectives marked with a * are discretionary based on the outcomes of A5.1 and future needs of NSC.

7.2 Revised deliverables

Over the course of the first six months of the project TNC and NSC further refined and agreed on the scope of Objective
5 (i.e. as a result of conversations related to delivery of A5.1). Deliverable A5.4 is no longer required as it is superseded
by the draft Noosa River Plan. Instead, deliverable A5.4 has been revised to:

Review and feasibility of opportunities for sustainable commercial and recreational fishing management options for
the Noosa River.

This deliverable will assist NSC to understand options for revised fisheries management arrangements. The deliverable
will be implemented through a TNC Coda position in either year two or three of the project. The position will recruit
an experienced fisheries manager from TNC US to undertake the review and provide recommendations.

It was also agreed that the feasibility of seagrass restoration as a method of reducing sediment resuspension and
increasing invertebrate biodiversity should be explored. A new deliverable has therefore been added:

A5.8 Assess feasibility of seagrass restoration in Lake Cooroibah as a method of reducing sediment resuspension and
increasing invertebrate biodiversity

7.3 Project workflow

(A5.1) Run workshop with Noosa Council to identify ongoing focus areas for TNC support.

Timeline: 9 months

This workshop has been completed and resulted in changes to Objective 5 deliverables described above in 7.2.

*(A5.2) Provide technical/peer review on minimum five plans/reports/studies if requested by Noosa Council.

    •     NSC to identify feedback opportunities to TNC at earliest opportunity
    •     TNC to identify suitable staff(s)
    •     Template/process for feedback identified prior to review
    •     Review completed

Note: TNC has already undertaken peer review on both drafts of the Noosa River Plan and the Noosa Fishing Futures
research paper.


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