Attachment 2 - Noosa Biosecurity Plan 2026-2031

 appropriate weed and animal control for                                            collaborative (MEC)
 these species.                                                                     projects
 Develop training and resources and work                           New initiative   Year 2.
 with Council departments and                                                       Subject to
 contractors to instil good weed hygiene                                            resources
 practices.
 Develop a standard operating procedure      LDMG                  New initiative   Subject to
 (SOP) to guide emergency response for       State agencies                         resources
 major biosecurity events where the LDMG
 is called on by state agencies to assist
 with control (eg H5 Avian Influenza, Foot
 and Mouth, African swine)
 Create a central data management                                  New initiative   Subject to
 system to collate and share pest                                                   resources
 information and for inputting into other
 state and national datasets. Collate
 existing data using CRMs, DAs, ERPs,
 BOAs, LFW, VCAs, focusing on habitat
 areas and key species).
 Community capacity building
 Raise community awareness of priority       Landholders           Existing         Ongoing
 invasive species through environmental      Community groups
 events (eg. Noosa Show), Council’s
 website, LfW, Bushcare networks, Urban
 Wildlife Gardens and other organisations
 (eg. Country Noosa, Landcare, MRCCC).
 Initiate targeted education of market       Market stallholders   New initiative   Subject to funding
 sellers and smaller nurseries regarding     Nurseries                              or via Environment
 the sale of invasive plants, such as                                               Grant program
 Asparagus Fern (Asparagus aethiopicus
 cv. Sprengeri and Asparagus africans)
 and Balsam (Impatiens walleriana), at
 markets, fetes and roadside stalls.
 Target a media campaign on a particular     Householders          New initiative   Subject to funding
 weed. e.g. A garden escapee - Singapore                                            or via Environment
 Daisy (Sphagneticola trilobata), Mile A                                            Grant program
 Minute (Ipomoea cairica), Broad Leaf
 Pepper Tree (Schinus terebinthifolia),
 Easter Cassia (Senna pendula var.
 glabrata), and Asparagus Fern, where
 householders are the main contributor, to
 highlight the impact of the weed species
 on several relevant threatened species
 (i.e. beneficial to Whipstick Wattle and
 the Wallum Froglet.
 Work with local laws to increase            Animal owners         New initiative   Subject to
 community awareness of the impact of        Local laws                             resources
 cats and dogs. This may include media
 releases, publications, bell/cat collar
 giveaways or other incentives.
 On-ground works
 a) Invasive plant control
 Continue to undertake targeted weed                               Existing, with   Ongoing.
 control on Council bushland reserves                              potential        Expansion subject
 where threatened species and their                                expansion        to resources



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