Meeting papers

OBJECTID       CONSIDER            WEEDTYPE          PRIORITY    EXTENT                                         NOTES                                       INSP_DATE
                                                                          Paddock fenced well across boundary and very near creek , electric fence, wheel
  142      Yard Extension                            Urgent     250m2     barrow, horse trailer. Suspected source of horsepoo.                            Mar 2017
           Weed Infestation - Tradescantia zebrina -
  143      Strategic          zebrina                Urgent     80m2                                                                                        Mar 2017

  146      Yard Extension                           Urgent      100m2     Most veg cleared down to edge of mangroves , planting , filled, retaining wall.   Mar 2017
           Weed Source
  148      Plant - Strategic                        Urgent                Very weedy garden on road reserve.                                                Mar 2017

  149      Hard Rubbish                             Urgent                Fill and concrete slabs pushed into mangroves.                                    Mar 2017
           Vegetation
  151      Damage                                   Urgent                Enormous old parsonia vine cut, left in tree.                                     Mar 2017
  152      Garden Rubbish                           Urgent      100m2     Big piles all through bush behind this property.                                  Mar 2017
           Vegetation
  153      Damage                                   Urgent                Several large parsonia vines, larger than my arm, cut and left in trees.          Mar 2017

Figure 13: Example BOA management considerations attribute table

Ecological Rehabilitation Plans
The BOA maps and attribute tables are at the heart of the Ecological Rehabilitation Plans - the site
specific plans that inform and details works needed to improve the condition of the natural area.
They guide on ground and site-specific activities of Council, contractors, and community members
to achieve best -practice ecological restoration.

Information includes hydrological information, social and environmental values, surrounding land
management, management considerations, current condition, current weed infestations, target
regional ecosystems and restoration targets and other management considerations.

The reserves are broken into management zones, each typically containing similar weeds, and
similar required work and amount of work. Works typically include weed control of all the weeds, in
a manner that protects and encourages native species germination. Breaks in internal connectivity
are identified in Council’s Bushland Operational Assessment (condition)BOA mapping, and their
remediation planned and implemented where possible. Potential external linkages to other
bushland will be is identified via desktop mapping and confirmed during nearby condition mapping
processes.




Saving Noosa’s pandanus palms

Noosa lost more than 75% of our pandanus palms during the pandanus leaf hopper outbreak in the
1990’s, and perhaps another 10-15% of these palms have been lost in subsequent years, due to
later leafhopper infestations, natural senescence or succumbing to earlier damage, and broader
vegetation impacts such as fire and vegetation damage. Many of the battle-scarred survivors still
show missing limbs, reduced crowns, and reduced health, and most of the current healthy
pandanus in the dunes were planted later by community groups and Council. Natural pandanus
germination is significantly reduced by the reduced numbers of mature and healthy seed producing
adults, and by the degradation of the understory with weeds such as glory lily, asparagus fern and
Singapore daisy.

Prior to the pandanus leafhopper outbreak, Eastern Beaches natural pandanus populations were
likely affected by artillery training into the dunes during WW2, anecdotally reported sandmining,
and the impacts of residential and community land development. With these losses, and
subsequent protection and planting, it is estimated that Noosa’s pandanus population is currently
about half of that at European colonisation, with ongoing significantly reduced natural germination
rates14

14 Ecosystem Management and Biosecurity Solutions. (2018). Pandanus Preservation Project Noosa:

Protecting an icon and coastal biodiversity with science, collaboration and action. Unpublished
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