2021-05-11 Planning & Environment Committee Meeting Agenda

PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                                                                          11 MAY 2021


BRANCH ACTIVITIES                        RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                             CURRENT PRIORITIES                           THE NEXT QUARTER
Private Land Conservation                   Ongoing collation of existing and new          Continue delivering the LfW                 Continue delivering the LfW
Partnerships - Land for Wildlife (LfW)       flora and fauna records into a single           program, sign up new properties,             program, sign up new properties,
and Voluntary Conservation                   database with associated map layers.            revisits on demand, roll out LfW             revisits on demand, roll out LfW
Agreements (VCA)                             Uploaded data into WildNet.                     incentive program to members for             incentive program to members
                                            Compiled final list of split-zoned              current financial year.                      for current financial year.
                                             properties for incorporation into the          Identify strategic freehold properties      Place conservation covenants
                                             next planning scheme amendment.                 in the landscape to target for LfW           over 4 new VCA properties.
                                            Updated Council website with better             promotion (based on size, remnant           Delivery of on-ground works to
                                             info on LFW and VCA programs.                   veg coverage, and connectivity to            VCA properties.
                                                                                             existing protected areas).
                                                                                            Promote VCA program to LfW
                                                                                             members.
Community Bushland Care Program             Developed annual work plans for most           Finalise remaining group annual             Continue to provide logistical and
                                             groups.                                         work plans for all the groups.               technical support to all group –
                                            Delivered Frog Identification workshop         Upgrading the Bushcare Webpage.              business as usual.
                                             in partnership with MRCC.                      Developing a process for monitoring         Deliver two more educational
                                            Undertook Climate Week tree planting            online WHS induction attendance.             workshops.
                                             on March 28 at Girraween Nature                Organizing herbicide training
                                             Refuge.                                         (ACDC) for a number of volunteers.
                                            The Heathland Drive Restoration project        Organising new uniforms for 200+
                                             has entered its 4th year and has                volunteers.
                                             surpassed expectation with more than           Planning for National tree Day and
                                             75% of primary works completed and              Bushcare Big Day Out.
                                             now at the maintenance stage.

Yurol Ringtail Project                      DAF continue hardwood harvesting in            Continue to support community               Work with DES, QPWS,
                                             Yurol SF.                                       information, customer queries and            Greenfleet, Landcare to finalise
                                            QUT successful in grant to undertake a          engagement with HQP and DAF to               the Ecological Restoration Plan
                                             drone project to look at wild dog impacts       ensure stakeholder and community             for pine and hardwood plantation
                                             on koalas, with Yurol-Ringtail to be one        awareness of harvesting underway.            areas
                                             of the sites.                                  Draft the Yurol-Ringtail SFs
                                                                                             Ecological Restoration Plan in
                                                                                             consultation with key stakeholders
                                                                                             and the Transition Committee
                                                                                            Working with QUT on baseline koala
                                                                                             survey for the Yurol-Ringtail project.




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