2021-06-08 P&E Agenda - Item 6 - Attachment 1 - Noosa Bushland Reserve Strategic Management Plan 2021-2026

the best most resilient areas first. The exception to this is where outlier transformer weeds are
present in a reserve and require control to prevent further spread.

Best Practice Guidelines and triage (looking after the best areas first) approaches to developing
strategic works programs have guided the following Management Framework, Reserve
Prioritisation and Management Program Category approaches.


7.1     Formal Management Framework
A clear and transparent framework for planning is necessary to guide on ground works that
achieve Council’s objectives within the limited funding resources that exist.

A clear and transparent adaptive planning process also allows Council to track the progress of
works against targets and change actions if necessary. Typical adaptive planning processes follow
a Plan – Do – Review process, but most importantly, they need to include sound monitoring and
evaluation components.

Figure 16 outlines the management framework that will be adopted for the Natural Areas program.

Figure 16 - The Noosa bushland reserves management framework




The Strategic level components of the Management Framework are:

    1) The Noosa Bushland Reserves Strategic Management Plan (this document).

    2) Reserve Prioritisation
       A detailed analysis of the 178 reserves has been undertaken to identify where resources
       should be allocated. The process is informed by GIS analysis and Expert Panel review and
       data is housed in a formatted excel spreadsheet. Five tiers of reserve prioritization scoring
       within the prioritisation process are identified.

    3) Reserve Management Program Category Allocation
       The Reserve Management Program categories outline the management intent, planning
       response and on-ground effort allocated and planned for each reserve. They include the

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