2015-04-28 Attachment 2 to item 5 Planning and Organisation Committee Agenda - Pest Management Plan 2015-2019

11 Noosa Local Government Area
   Strategic Action Plan 2015-2019

The Strategic Action Plan reflects the cooperative management of weeds and pest animals and includes actions to
be undertaken by all stakeholders. The desired outcomes of the Queensland Weeds Strategy 2002-2006 and the
Queensland Pest Animal Strategy 2002-2006 provide the overall direction for the development of Actions in the Plan. The
Implementation Plan highlights actions within a four year implementation timeframe. Each action identifies stakeholders
responsible for delivering actions, set timeframes and indicators of success against which the Plan will be evaluated.

Ref # Strategic Actions                  Success Indicator          Responsibilities          Time        Resourcing       Status
                                                                                              frame       Note: Absorbed
                                                                                                          = may be car-
                                                                                                          ried out as part
                                                                                                          of an existing
                                                                                                          officer’s duties
Objective 1: Pest Management is planned, coordinated, managed and implemented.
Desired outcome: Strategic directions
1.1   Establish a PMP working group      A PMP Working Group        The PMP Working Group March and Absorbed               Ongoing
      of key stakeholders to oversee     meeting is held every      will be coordinated by   September
      the implementation and review      6 months to review the     Council and will be
      of the Local Government Area       PMP and make recom-        seeking feedback from
      Pest Management Plan (LGAP-        mendations, in consulta-   key stakeholders on the
      MP).                               tion with stakeholders.    effectiveness of the PMP
Objective 2: Strengthen pest management education and communication programs with stakeholders, landholders and the community.
Desired outcome: Awareness and education, Integrated management
2.1   Develop a PMP Communi-             Updated pest manage-       Council to develop web    June 2015   Absorbed         Not start-
      cation and Education Plan,         ment information on        page and email database                                ed but
      including:                         Council website and        for updates.                                           existing
      - Target markets                   stakeholder database.                                                             programs
      - Council pest reporting hotline   Completed PMP                                                                     include
      - Raising community pest           Communication Plan.                                                               Land for
      awareness                                                                                                            Wildlife,
      - Stakeholder lists including                                                                                        Land-
      environment groups                                                                                                   care and
      - Sources of pest publications                                                                                       Council’s
      - Webpage and links to State/                                                                                        Pest
      Commonwealth pest resources                                                                                          Survey
      - Joint events & forums                                                                                              program
      - Early detection
      -information to landholders on
      livestock security
2.2   Deliver education programs to      Education programs are     PMP Working Group and     Education Absorbed grant Ongoing
      raise awareness of pest manage-    delivered to key stake-    stakeholders identified   programs funding.
      ment controls to key internal      holders as per Commu-      in Communication and      are current- Existing LFW
      and external stakeholders on:      nication and Education     Education Plan            ly being     program.
      - Pest identification              Plan.                                                delivered by
      - Priority pest species                                                                 LandCare,
      - Control measures and alter-                                                           Council
      natives                                                                                 Pest Survey
      - Revegetation techniques                                                               program
                                                                                              and
                                                                                              through
                                                                                              Land for
                                                                                              Wildlife
                                                                                              program.
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