2021-06-17 OM Agenda - Item 2 - Attachment 1 - Draft Noosa Bushland Reserve Strategic Management Plan 2021-2026

Table of Contents
1. Introduction ............................................................................................................................... 5
        1.1          Council’s Bushland Reserve Network ....................................................................... 5
        1.2          Reserve prioritisation................................................................................................ 6
        1.3          Purpose of the Plan .................................................................................................. 6
2.      Vision & Objectives ............................................................................................................. 7
        2.1          Council’s Vision for Noosa Bushland Reserves Network .......................................... 7
        2.2          Noosa Bushland Reserve Network’s Objectives ....................................................... 7
3.      Statutory & Strategic Obligations ....................................................................................... 9
        3.1          Legislative Drivers .................................................................................................. 10
        3.2          Planning Drivers ..................................................................................................... 10
4.      Bushland Reserve Values ................................................................................................. 12
        4.1          Biodiversity values ................................................................................................. 12
        4.2          Ecosystem Services Values ................................................................................... 15
        4.2.1        Catchment Values ........................................................................................................... 16
        4.2.2        Recreational Values......................................................................................................... 17
        4.2.3        Landscape and Scenic Amenity Values .......................................................................... 18
        4.2.4        Climate Change Amelioration .......................................................................................... 18
        4.3          Cultural & Historical Values .................................................................................... 18
5.      Pressures on the Bushland Reserve Network ................................................................. 20
        5.1          Invasive Species .................................................................................................... 20
        5.2          Fire......................................................................................................................... 22
        5.3          Nutrient Pollution .................................................................................................... 22
        5.4          Human Impacts on Open Space and Urban Interface ............................................ 23
        5.5          Human/Wildlife Conflict .......................................................................................... 23
6.      Current Management Planning & Resourcing ................................................................. 24
        6.1          Reserve Planning History ....................................................................................... 24
        6.2          Reserve Tenure ..................................................................................................... 24
        6.3          Current Management Resourcing .......................................................................... 25
        6.3.1        Internal Council Investment ............................................................................................. 25
        6.3.2        Community Involvement .................................................................................................. 25
7.      Noosa Reserve Management Framework 2021-2026 ....................................................... 27
        7.1          Formal Management Framework ........................................................................... 27
        7.2          Reserve Prioritisation Method ................................................................................ 29
        7.3          Reserve Prioritisation Results ................................................................................ 31
        7.4          Reserve Management Planning Mechanisms ........................................................ 33
        7.4.1        Reserve Management Plans ........................................................................................... 33
        7.4.2        Ecological Restoration Plans ........................................................................................... 34
        7.4.3        Bushland Operational Assessments ............................................................................... 34
        7.5          Annual Reserve Inspection Reports ....................................................................... 37

Noosa Bushland Reserves Strategic Management Plan 2021 – 2026                                                                              Page 2