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

       categories of ‘Protect’, ‘Enhance’ or ‘Monitor’. The Management Program Category
       identifies the anticipated and planned type, frequency and extent of management resources
       allocated to each reserve.

The intent of each Management Program category is as follows:
    Protect Program
       Aims to preserve the current vegetation condition of a reserve through the undertaking of
       minor restoration works (<5 years in duration) where necessary as a result of annual
       inspections and / or in accordance with a Bushland Reserve Management Plan if one is
       necessary for the site due to conflicting management issues.

      Enhance Program
       Aims to intensify, increase, or further improve the condition, value, and/or extent of
       vegetation within a reserve. Works undertaken in accordance with a current Bushland
       Reserve Management Plan (where one is necessary for the site due to conflicting
       management issues), and subordinate Ecological Restoration Plan and/or BOA.

      Monitor Program
       Aims to observe and check the trajectory and quality of vegetation condition of a reserve
       over a period of time. Annual Reserve Inspections occur, in accordance with a Bushland
       Reserve Management Plan if one is necessary for the site due to conflicting management
       issues.

       Reserves within each category may be allocated one or more of the following reserve
       planning mechanisms based on the reserve issues and restoration requirements are:

       a) Reserve Management Plans (RMP)
          Reserve Management Plans documents the values within the reserve, statement of
          management intent, threats (mapped condition assessment via a BOA), recovery
          potential, community uses, built assets construction and maintenance, and prescribes a
          broad five year schedule of on-ground works to address management issues. Further,
          the plans incorporate a Fire Management Plan.

       b) Ecological Restoration Plans (ERP)
          Ecological restoration plans guide the rehabilitation effort for subject reserves. The
          plans will provide a clear ecological restoration approach and targets through a
          Bushland Operational Assessment (BOA) process. Ecological Restoration Plans require
          review at 5 year intervals and provide discrete targets for monitoring overall
          achievement of the key objectives of the Reserve Management Plan.

       c) Bushland Operational Assessments (BOA’s)
          BOA’s provide detailed data on both the discrete landscape management units at the
          reserve level in addition to assigned condition/resilience scores and specific
          management actions for each management unit. BOA’s follow a ridged structure
          allowing for the process to be repeated at 5 yearly intervals and provide comparable
          data on reserve condition improvement or decline over time.

   4) Annual Reserve Inspection Reports
      Reserve Inspections will be undertaken yearly for all reserves to inform Council of both
      proactive and reactive actions necessary for annual resource allocation and Work Orders.




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