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Membership, Donations & Environmental
Investments for your Future
Noosa & District Landcare Group have an established Public Fund –
The Environment Fund.
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Noosa
Landcare Farm Forestry Program
PO Box 278, Pomona, Qld. 4568
Ph: (07) 5485 2313
Mb: 0407 167 139
Fax: (07) 5485 0413
farmforestry@noosalandcare.org
' TAKING
RESPONSIBILITY FOR OUR CONSUMPTION’
Noosa Landcare Farm Forestry (NLFF)
creates and promotes the concept and
vision of successful ‘whole
of landscape’ management through
forestry to a core network of employees,
contractors, landholders, industry,
volunteers and Local Government leading
to a broad scale acceptance and a
willingness to invest in regional
plantation development and appropriate
revegetation. This section of Noosa
& District Landcare Group consistently
promotes and supports the advantages
of this concept providing a momentum
for continuous industry development.
NLFF Program operates out of Pomona
in the Sunshine Coast Hinterland.
Its operations however, are not restricted
to the local area with plantations
and revegetation works being carried
out in areas such as Gold Coast, Wondai,
North Deep Creek and Double Island
Point.
Resources:
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Human
Base Staff of 14 individuals with increased
staff during periods of intense field
activity.
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Key Staff
Gary
Clarke. Program Manager
Associate Diploma in Applied Science
(Forestry), Certificate IV Workplace
Assessment & Training, Certificate
Level II Chainsaw, A.C.D.C. License,
Construction Blue Card, 7 years Program
Manager - Noosa & District Landcare’s
Farm Forestry Program, 9 years Forestry
Officer – The Forestry Department,
27 years experience in forest industries.
Gary is also a board member of PFSQ.
Kaara
Shaw. Project Manager
Currently completing Bachelor of Applied
Science (Horticulture) at the University
of Queensland, Certificate Level II
Chainsaw, A.C.D.C. License, Chemcert
License, Workplace Health & Safety,
Construction Blue Card, 4 years Project
Officer with NDLG Farm Forestry Program.
Shane
Litherland. Farm Forestry Nursery Manager
Bachelor of Science with Honours –
University of Queensland.
Rick
Sizer. Field Supervisor
Certificates II and III in Horticulture,
Chainsaw Certificate, A.C.D.C. License,
15 years experience in Natural Resource
Management and Horticulture supervisor,
Supervisor with Queensland Forestry
Research Institute.
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Departmental Expertise
NLFF also has access to qualified personnel
from other departments of Noosa &
District Landare which have expertise
in water monitoring, specialized vegetation
mapping and monitoring, a qualified
Regional Eco System assessor, as well
as extensive resources staff trained
in all facets of natural resource management.
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Nursery
The Farm Forestry Program oversees a
purpose built nursery with professional
nursery management and support staff.
Capacity of 100,000-135,000 plants annually.
Direct seeding technology forms the
basis of extensive quality control program
delivering to the public, research organizations,
outside contractors and our own contracts,
top quality plants conditioned for project
specific conditions.
Seed Supply. This propagation facility
is supported by a comprehensive seed
collection and processing network ensuring
genetic integrity for the various geographic
planting zones serviced. The majority
of this network is centered around the
Mary Valley and adjacent coastal regions.
The nursery is presently going through
an operational upgrade which will see
a full recycling of runoff and maximum
capture and utilization of building
runoff to minimize reliance on reticulated
water supplies. It is also envisaged
that restructuring of nursery facilities
will increase production by a further
20% annually.
Noosa & District Landcare also has
a second nursery facility that concentrates
on diversity of species for revegetation
propagation, which provides 50 - 70,000
tubestock per year and is accessible
to supplement our supplies as required.
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Vehicles
4 x 4WD Vehicles fitted with Quikspray
units wet up for planting, firefighting,
herbicide application and staff transport.
The Quikspray technology has been adapted
to carry out a wide range of forest
establishment and maintenance activities.
3 x Planting Trailers. Clean water storage
transport reticulation to facilitate
best practice silviculture in the field.
A.T.V. based herbicide applicator and
field support logistics.
Chainsaw, Brush Cutters, Knapsack and
extensive stores of hand tools relevant
to natural resource management.
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Technical Expertise
Noosa & District Landcare has GPS,
Mapping, Data storage, accounting and
job control facilities with offices
located in Pomona.
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Contractors
A long term working relationship with
our principle contractors has built
strong efficiencies across a wide range
of establishment and land management
projects. All three contractors have
worked together on projects administered
by NLFF Program.
Principle Contractors
- Barcoo Plant Hire
- Blair Contractors
- East Coast Site Preparation
Barcoo
Plant Hire
- Erosion mitigation – 7 excavators,
drott dozers and loader, low loader,
trucks and dogs.
- Infrastructure construction and
maintenance.
- Raw materials – quarry owners
- Site preparation – single
tree excavator based site preparation
- Clear & mulch – excavators.
Drott tub mulchers
- Clear & burn – Excavators,
drott
- Plantation Maintenance – 90HP
4x4 and heavy duty slashers and blade
fitted.
Barcoo has extensive contracts with
DPI Forestry thus have all machines
fitted with appropriate ROPS and MOPS.
Blair
Contractors
- 90 HP 4x4 Blade & heavy duty
slashers.
- Earthworks – 100 hp Bobcat,
all fittings and tracks
- Trucks
- Drott fitted with stick rakes
- Site prep – development of
low impact, low profile, winged ripper
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Forestry : Education and
Training
A staged workshop series with supporting
literature has been developed and implemented,
forming the keystone to successful on
ground forest development over a wide
range of sites, resources and landholder
capacity. ‘In field’ adult
education processes such as demonstration
and participation has been crucial for
the successful teaching of the critical
elements of timing and process in forest
establishment and management.
The use of private property developments
as demonstration sites for workshops,
field days and bus trips presents participants
with a working example of best practice
management and the on-ground recognition
of silvicultural theory.
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NLFF services
- Administers the Noosa Council free
tree program, comprehensive forest establishment
series
- Maroochy Council extension programs,
property planning forest silviculture
- delivery of training elements for
Silver Lining Foundation indigenous
youth
- delivery of training elements to NPA
volunteer network, weed management/revegetation
- demonstrated community based and best
practice forest establishment techniques
through CSIRO and university conducted
field trips.
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Research, Monitoring and
Evaluation
The Farm Forestry program has its basis
in best practice forestry techniques
resulting from spacing, site preparation,
weed management and provenance trials
undertaken by organizations such as
QFRI and DPI&F. The program has
continued to develop processes as a
result of continuous monitoring and
evaluation of growth data gleaned from
established plantations and specific
research plots such as the ‘Nelda
Fan’ spacing and species trial
planted behind the nursery. This work
is carried out by Forestry Consultant
Paul A Ryan on a voluntary basis.
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Affiliations
Noosa & District Landcare are on
the Panel of Providers for both Noosa
and Maroochy Councils which is now the
Sunshine Coast Regional Council. Other
affiliations include: Burnett Mary Regional
Group, Mary River Catchment Coordinating
Committee, South East Queensland Catchments,
Private Forests South Queensland, Noosa
Parks Association, Noosa Integrated
Catchment Association.
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Publications
Noosa Landcare Farm Forestry –
Farm Forestry as a Tool for Landscape
Management..
Noosa & District Landcare - Making
the Farm Work : a practical guide to
Sustainable Land Management for Noosa
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Noosa & District Landcare
Awards
2003 Runner-up Alcoa Queensland Landcare
Award – Community Group
2004 Winner Sunshine Coast Environment
Council Froggie Award – Farm Forestry
- Sustainable Land Use
2007 Winner Alcoa Queensland Landcare
Award – Community Group
2007 Winner Sunshine Coast Environment
Council Froggie Award – Biodiversity
2007 Winner BMRG Burnett Mary NRM Awards
–Biodiversity Conservation Award
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If you wish to know more about our
Farm Forestry projects and program please
contact Gary Clarke on 0407 167 139
or 07 5485 2313. |
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