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

 Condition Class             Definition                                     Restoration approach
 3 – Moderate resilience     Although all native vegetation strata may be   Assisted natural regeneration
                             present invasive species are equally
                             dominant.
 4 – Poor resilience         Invasive species dominate the site,            Assisted natural regeneration
                             although some native species are evident.
 5 – Very poor resilience    Large areas of the site do not contain any     Assisted natural regeneration
                             native species, site either cleared or         and/or reconstruction
                             dominated by invasive species.
 6.Nil resilience            No evidence of native plants or recruitment,   Reconstruction
                             soil substrate may be totally disturbed.

Repeating the BOA at regular 5 year intervals allows Council to monitor how the reserve is
responding to management actions and informs adaptive management. The below image
demonstrates the visual and obvious changes that have occurred on the site between the two
BOA’s.

This process requires consistency in undertaking the condition assessments, as a change in
resilience condition could be due to the assessor interpreting the site differently to how it was done
previously.




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