IPA

Natural Resource Management

Managing natural resources is an essential part of caring for Country and Culture

Our natural resources include:

• The water that flows from the mountain streams to the inlet and the sea
• All the plants and animals that live on our land and sea country
• The rocks, the soil, the sand and the mud that are the foundations of country

With our partner agencies we will:

• Monitor water quality across IPA
• Control priority weeds in East Trinity and other disturbed areas
• Continue remediation of acid sulphate in East Trinity Reserve
  Control feral animals, especially pigs, deer, horses, fire ants, cats, dogs and Asian Honey Bees
• Develop & implement fire strategy

Goal

To achieve best practice management of land and sea natural resources and the ecosystem services they provide.

Targets

• Manage weeds on East Trinity Environmental Reserve to minimise impacts on natural resources and ecosystem services;

• Assess weed impacts on remainder of the IPA and develop appropriate management responses;

• Reduce feral pig populations to minimise impacts on natural resources and ecosystem services;

• Assess impacts of other feral animals and develop appropriate management responses;

• Develop Fire Management Strategy in collaboration with partner agencies;

Monitoring and Evaluation

• Document effort and achievements in weed and feral animal management;

• Report on key achievements and/or challenges at each MYSPIC meeting, as appropriate;

• Report on all targets in annual IPA Program reports;

• Assess progress towards achieving Goal in the five-year review of the IPA Management Plan.