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7. Partnerships
Noosa Council works with a wide range of partners and stakeholders to manage the EBFRs.
Council works with dedicated volunteers, and various government, education and community
organisations to protect and enhance the natural, cultural and social values of the EBFRs.


Objective
7.       Develop and foster partnerships to collaboratively manage Noosa’s foreshores.


Outcomes
     •   Partnerships are mutually beneficial and supportive

     •   New memberships for existing partnerships are supported and encouraged

     •   New partnerships are supported and encouraged


Community Bushland Care Program
Community Bushland Care volunteers are very active across the Eastern Beaches, with seven
groups working at multiple sites in and next to the EBFRs. Eastern Beaches Bushland Care
Groups include Burgess Creek Bushland Care, Castaways Beach Bushland Care, Marcus Creek
Bushland Care, Noosa's Bush, Beach and Creek Care, South Peregian Beach Bushland Care,
North Peregian Bushland Care and Sunrise Beach Bushland Care. Some work twice a week,
others weekly, fortnightly or monthly. Some groups work on more than one site, and some
individuals work with multiple groups.

The Bushland Care groups weed and plant in various reserves, and some apply for grants,
administer large ecological restoration projects and contracts, run community events, fund and
implement community infrastructure and deliver community education projects. Other activities
include citizen science data collection, pandanus leaf stripping and community liaison. They are
supported by Community Bushland Care officers in Council’s Natural Areas Team.


Turtles
Turtle monitoring and response in Noosa is a combination of accredited community volunteers and
Council officers. A team of accredited volunteers from Coolum and North Shore Coast Care maps
and monitors sea turtle nests, protects them from foxes with mesh, relocates nests when they are
endangered by storms or tides and monitors turtle hatchings.

Coolum and North Shore Coast Care also advocate for better protection and management of turtle
nesting sites and conducts community education on how the community can help turtles. They
work closely with Queensland Turtle Care, Sunshine Coast Council, Department of Environment
and Science, and Council’s Natural Areas Team. The Natural Areas team also monitors North
Shore Beach for turtle activity during the laying and hatching season and responds to North Shore
turtle strandings.




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