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

Table of Contents
1. Introduction ............................................................................................................................... 5
        1.1          Council’s Bushland Reserve Network ....................................................................... 5
        1.2          Reserve prioritisation................................................................................................ 6
        1.3          Purpose of the Plan .................................................................................................. 6
2.      Vision & Objectives ............................................................................................................. 7
        2.1          Council’s Vision for Noosa Bushland Reserves Network .......................................... 7
        2.2          Noosa Bushland Reserve Network’s Objectives ....................................................... 7
3.      Statutory & Strategic Obligations ....................................................................................... 9
        3.1          Legislative Drivers .................................................................................................... 9
        3.2          Planning Drivers ..................................................................................................... 10
4.      Bushland Reserve Values ................................................................................................. 12
        4.1          Biodiversity values ................................................................................................. 12
        4.2          Ecosystem Services Values ................................................................................... 15
        4.2.1        Catchment Values ........................................................................................................... 15
        4.2.2        Recreational Values......................................................................................................... 16
        4.2.3        Landscape and Scenic Amenity Values .......................................................................... 17
        4.2.4        Climate Change Amelioration .......................................................................................... 17
        4.3          Cultural & Historical Values .................................................................................... 17
5.      Pressures on the Bushland Reserve Network ................................................................. 19
        5.1          Invasive Species .................................................................................................... 19
        5.2          Fire......................................................................................................................... 21
        5.3          Nutrient Pollution .................................................................................................... 21
        5.4          Human Impacts on Open Space and Urban Interface ............................................ 22
        5.5          Human/Wildlife Conflict .......................................................................................... 22
6.      Current Management Planning & Resourcing ................................................................. 23
        6.1          Reserve Planning History ....................................................................................... 23
        6.2          Reserve Tenure ..................................................................................................... 23
        6.3          Current Management Resourcing .......................................................................... 24
        6.3.1        Internal Council Investment ............................................................................................. 24
        6.3.2        Community Involvement .................................................................................................. 24
7.      Noosa Reserve Management Framework 2021-2026 ....................................................... 26
        7.1          Formal Management Framework ........................................................................... 27
        7.2          Reserve Prioritisation Method ................................................................................ 29
        7.3          Reserve Prioritisation Results ................................................................................ 30
        7.4          Reserve Management Planning Mechanisms ........................................................ 33
        7.4.1        Reserve Management Plans ........................................................................................... 33
        7.4.2        Ecological Restoration Plans ........................................................................................... 34
        7.4.3        Bushland Operational Assessments ............................................................................... 34
        7.5          Annual Reserve Inspection Reports ....................................................................... 37

Noosa Bushland Reserves Strategic Management Plan 2021 – 2026                                                                              Page 2