2020-05-12 Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING REPORT                                                                                                    12 MAY 2020


BRANCH ACTIVITIES                 RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                         CURRENT PRIORITIES                             THE NEXT QUARTER
Community Bushland Care Program      Successfully delivered an information      Maintaining Bushcare work sites               Engagement of external trainers to
                                      session for the Burgess Creek               while volunteer activities have                deliver 3 workshops to registered
                                      Restoration project. 50+ people             ceased due to COVID-19.                        volunteers with the aim of further
                                      attended which is very encouraging.        Exploring ways to keep volunteers              enhancing knowledge and skills
                                     Successfully launched a new group           engaged during COVID-19 changes                within the program (dependant on
                                      at Noosa Waters, Shorehaven                 to service i.e. digital presentations,         COVID situation).
                                      Bushland Reserve.                           relevant       interesting     articles,      Annual Bushcare leaders meeting to
                                                                                  interesting info on our Bushland               discuss the year ahead. (dependant
                                                                                  reserves and what our Natural Areas            on COVID situation).
                                                                                  team are up to.                               Commencement of a trial Cane Toad
                                                                                 Continued production of promotional            trapping program in Castaways
                                                                                  material (flyers etc.) for groups that         Creek as part of UQ's Cane Toad
                                                                                  are wanting to boost their numbers.            Challenge (dependant on COVID
                                                                                 Explore citizen science opportunities          situation).
                                                                                  to integrate into the program.
Yurol Ringtail Project               Community Engagement Plan and              Continue to support community                 Continue to support HQP/ DAF/ QPS/
                                      coordinated         communications          information, customer queries and              Landcare with Yurol-Ringtail State
                                      underway for Yurol-Ringtail State           engagement with HQP and DAF to                 Forest      Conservation      Project
                                      Forests Conservation Project in             ensure stakeholder and community               particularly in relation to customer
                                      partnership with HQ Plantations             awareness of harvesting underway.              enquiries and advise on vegetation
                                      (HQP) and the Department of                                                                restoration works.
                                      Agriculture and Fisheries (DAF)
                                      guided by the Transition Committee.
                                     Community tree planting at Ringtail
                                      on 29 February, 140 volunteers
                                      planted 2000 trees.
Pest Management                      Completed 3rd quarter of Biosecurity       Feral pig control trapping in Federal         Complete 4th quarter of Biosecurity
                                      Surveillance Program including the          and Kin Kin areas.                             Surveillance program.
                                      inspection of properties in the Kin        Fox control trapping in coastal               Complete development of 2020 –
                                      Kin, Pinbarren, Cooran and that part        reserve areas from Sunshine Beach              2024      Biosecurity    Surveillance
                                      of Como that is within the Noosa            to Peregian coinciding with the start          Program      and      seek    Council
                                      Council boundary.                           of the breeding season.                        endorsement.
                                     Annual Wild dog trapping program           Fireweed control on properties in the         Complete first round of Coordinated
                                      completed in Cootharaba, Kin Kin,           Cooroy area.                                   Wild dog control baiting program.
                                      Pinbarren and Federal.




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