2015-10-13 Planning & Organisation Agenda Attachment 1 to Item 6 Draft Flying Fox Management Plan

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 Mitigation type       Recommendation                                                                                                              Responsible

General                The bowls club, in partnership with Council, may consider assessing the feasibility of a trial to reduce fly-out impacts    Bowls club and Council
                       using deterrents (i.e. wires/netting/flagging etc.) to potentially redirect some fly-over. Grant funding may be available
                       from various sources, including through the State initiative ‘Get Playing Spaces and Places – funding to improve
                       facilities’. More information for this grant can be found at
                       http://www.qld.gov.au/recreation/sports/funding/getinthegame/getplaying/.
                       If found to be successful, it may provide a useful management option for other residents that are being severely
                       impacted by faecal drop.

Subsidies/funding      Investigate grant opportunities that may be available to residents and businesses around the roost to assist with           Council and land owners
assistance             general mitigation measures (i.e. seat covers and alternatives to shade cloth awnings for outdoor furniture).

Aircraft strike        Ensure the hospital and private airstrip are aware of large influxes of flying-foxes, and any management that may alter     Council
management             flying-fox behaviour/movements, so that pilots can respond to increased strike risk.

                       Dawn and dusk flights should be avoided wherever possible, and if required by the hospital, helicopters should be           Noosa Hospital and private
                       diverted and patient transfer done by ambulance.                                                                            airstrip

Planning instruments   Consider adequate buffers and other planning provisions for new developments neighbouring Wallace Park.                     Council
to avoid future
impacts

Alternative habitat    Encourage re-establishment of the Goat Island roost through limiting disturbance around the island where possible.          Council




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