2022-02-08 Planning and Environment Committee Meeting Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                      8 FEBRUARY 2022


Communities                    an extremely successful model called Roving Restorers which was
in Restoring                   initiated on the Blackall Range in 2012 by Hinterland Bush Links.
    Bush
                               In partnership with Noosa Landcare, a Project Officer was appointed
   (Roving
                               to lead the Roving Restorers Noosa Hub. The project was promoted
 Restorers)
                               through Noosa Landcare, MRCCC, Kin Kin Bushcare, NICA and
 Delivered by                  Hinterland Bush Links seeking landholders who wished to have
  Hinterland                   assistance with restoration projects and volunteers to undertake the
  Bushlinks                    Roving Restorer activities.
  and Noosa
                               This project has engaged with 19 landholders who have benefitted
   Landcare
                               from having our volunteers assist with weed management on their
                               properties.
                               20 Roving Restorers activities were held and have assisted
                               landholders in the Noosa Council area and Peregian and Kin Kin
                               Bushcare groups in the 2020/21 FY.
Noosa Indian      $1,400       Indian Myna birds pose a significant threat to our local biodiversity.
 Myna Bird                     These birds compete aggressively with native fauna for nesting sites.
 Reduction
                               These funds are used to deliver a trapping program.
  Project
                               This grant is ongoing and will be reviewed at acquittal time in June
Delivered by
                               2022 and March 2023.
 WILDLIFE
NOOSA LTD



Multi-year Environment Collaborative Grant Round 1
   Project        Amount                                     Outcomes
                  funded
   Coastal       $225,000.00    The project aims to restore ecological linkages and connectivity by
   Connect                      rehabilitating coastal peat creek mouths, dunes and ephemeral
                   Over 3
                                wetlands along Noosa’s eastern beaches to ensure species
 Delivered by      years
                                resilience in the face of climate change.
  the Eastern
    Beaches                     Since initiation, the various groups involved in this project have
   Bushcare                     successfully removed environmental weeds and restored sensitive
 Collaborative                  coastal creek lines through on-ground weeding, rehabilitation,
   with NICA                    revegetation, rubbish removal, monitoring, flora/fauna
                                monitoring/recording and water testing. Multiple talks and
                                community plantings have also been undertaken.
 Keeping it in   $240,000.00    This is a large scale soil conservation project that aims to prevent
   Kin Kin                      the mobilization of soil from rural hinterland to the Noosa River
                   Over 3
                                using various land management techniques.
 Delivered by      years
   Noosa                        So far, this project has restored 2850 sq m of riparian vegetation,
  Landcare                      3.1 ha of revegetation with 8971 plants made up of 184 species.
                                The project has also seen 1.63ha of environmental weeds treated
                                and 1.8 Km of stock exclusion fencing installed.
  Protecting      $21,600       This is a citizen science initiative that aims connect people with
   Noosa´s                      nature through workshops and data collection which is uploaded to
                   Over 3
 Biodiversity                   the Queensland Government Wildnet database.
                   years
   through
                                Some highlights from the 2020and 2021 include;
 community
  programs                          •   Involvement of Bushcare groups and local schools in their
    (Frog                               first long-term monitoring surveys of nearby wetlands.
 Monitoring,                        •   High interest through participation at workshops.
 find a frog)                       •   Extended northern known limit for Litoria verreauxii (the
                                        whistling frog)


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