REFERENCED DOCUMENT - Weed Management & Vegetation Rehabilitation Plan - MCU13/0064

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INTRODUCTION
1.1 Preamble

Duke Environmental was commissioned by Robert James Sherrard & GFT (TEE)
Pty Ltd to undertake this Weed Management and Vegetation Rehabilitation Plan.
The report has been compiled generally in accordance with the Land Protection
(Pest Route Management) Act (2002), the Fisheries Act (1994), Planning Scheme
Policy (PSP) 18 (Ecological Assessment Guidelines) and PSP 3 (Landscaping
Plants and Guidelines) of the Noosa Plan (2006).

The Vegetation Rehabilitation Plan addresses revegetation strategies and weed
Management procedures for degraded areas identified in the Duke Environmental
Ecological Assessment Report (EAR) (Ref: ACO7631ECO) dated May 2007, and
provides advice in regards to local authority legisiation and planning guidelines.

This report should be read in conjunction with the EAR (Ref: AC07631ECO) dated
May 2007.

1.2 Aims and Objectives

The aims of this document are to:

1. Provide procedures and management guidelines with the intent of
rehabilitating degraded areas within the subject site;

2. Provide a framework for compliance with regard to relevant State and
Local Legislation and Planning Guidelines;

Specific objectives of the document include the following:

» To provide detailed methodology for the rehabilitation of river bank
vegetation and rehabilitation works including plant schedule details,
performance and monitoring requirements, corrective actions,
timeframes, responsible persons and maintenance schedule/bond
details;

e To provide procedures detailing the management of exotic/invasive weed
species; .

¢ To provide methodology to allow environmental safeguards to be carried
out correctly; and

¢ Tomanage site activities effectively.

 

ADO7631REHAB
May 2007

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