2021-02-09 P&E Agenda - Item 6 - Attachment 1 - Draft Noosa Bushland Reserve Strategic Plan 2021-2026

Table of Contents
1.   Introduction .......................................................................................................................... 4
     1.1         Council’s Bushland Reserve Network ....................................................................... 4
     1.2         Reserve prioritisation................................................................................................ 5
     1.3         Purpose of the Plan .................................................................................................. 5
2.   Vision & Objectives ............................................................................................................. 6
     2.1         Council’s Vision for Noosa Bushland Reserves Network .......................................... 6
     2.2         Noosa Bushland Reserve Network’s Objectives ....................................................... 6
3.   Statutory & Strategic Obligations ....................................................................................... 8
     3.1         Legislative Drivers .................................................................................................... 8
     3.2         Planning Drivers ....................................................................................................... 9
4.   Bushland Reserve Values ................................................................................................. 11
     4.1         Biodiversity values ................................................................................................. 11
     4.2         Ecosystem Services Values ................................................................................... 14
     4.2.1       Catchment Values ........................................................................................................... 14
     4.2.2       Recreational Values......................................................................................................... 15
     4.2.3       Landscape and Scenic Amenity Values .......................................................................... 16
     4.2.4       Climate Change Amelioration .......................................................................................... 16
     4.3         Cultural & Historical Values .................................................................................... 16
5.   Pressures on the Bushland Reserve Network ................................................................. 18
     5.1         Invasive Species .................................................................................................... 18
     5.2         Fire......................................................................................................................... 20
     5.3         Nutrient Pollution .................................................................................................... 20
     5.4         Human Impacts on Open Space and Urban Interface ............................................ 21
     5.5         Human/Wildlife Conflict .......................................................................................... 21
6.   Current Management Planning & Resourcing ................................................................. 22
     6.1         Reserve Planning History ....................................................................................... 22
     6.2         Reserve Tenure ..................................................................................................... 22
     6.3         Current Management Resourcing .......................................................................... 23
     6.3.1       Internal Council Investment ............................................................................................. 23
     6.3.2       Community Involvement .................................................................................................. 23


7.   Noosa Reserve Management Framework 2020-2025 ....................................................... 25
     7.1         Formal Management Framework ........................................................................... 26
     7.2         Reserve Prioritisation Method ................................................................................ 27
     7.3         Reserve Prioritisation Results ................................................................................ 29
     7.4         Reserve Management Planning Mechanisms ........................................................ 30
     7.4.1       Reserve Management Plans ........................................................................................... 31
     7.4.2       Ecological Restoration Plans ........................................................................................... 31
     7.4.3       Bushland Operational Assessments ............................................................................... 32


Noosa Bushland Reserves Strategic Plan 2021 – 2026                                                                                     Page 2