After 2 years and 5 Project Officers, Cooloola Coastcare Association Inc (CCAI) has finalised its very ambitious Cooloola Coast Mapping Project funded by the Burnett Mary Regional Group.

“This is only the beginning of an active data source for partners of the project and the community, and can be found on our website http://www.cooloolacoastcare.org.au” said CCAI Projects Coordinator, Maree Prior “You will need Google Earth 4 to operate it”.

26 transects from Rainbow Beach, Cooloola Cove and Tin Can Bay have been selected and mapped. Click on the placemarks for a photo, species area curve and spreadsheet details. Click on Pandanus 2003, 2006 in the left column; the placemarks indicate pandanus, some of which were recorded in 2003/4 and then again monitored and treated in 2006 by Coastcare and Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service.

Maree added, “Further inclusions we hope will be weeds, fire mosaics, shorebird roosts with saltmarsh monitoring, seagrass monitoring and any other information that will aid in coastal planning and decision making.”

Presentations of the Project have been made for Cooloola Coastcare members and guests; the staff at Tin Can Bay P-10 State School to assist in their Reef Guardian Action Plan; the BMRG Coastal Forum at Elliott Heads and the Coolum Coastcare Pandanus Monitoring Forum held recently at Nambour. The website caught the interest of John Sinclair of the Fraser Island Defenders Organisation and Cooloola Coastcare has been invited to submit an abstract for the upcoming Shifting Sands Conference in August this year.

 

Cooloola Coastcare Association Inc is the only Coastcare group in the Gympie Regional Council area and its key role is to form partnerships, offer assistance and/or sponsor other groups including community groups, council, schools, business and tourism in Natural Resource Management projects on the Cooloola Coast to raise awareness, preserve and enhance the natural environment for future generations.

 

For more information please contact Maree Prior, Project Coordinator on (07) 5486-2084 or e-mail mareeprior@gmail.com

 

 

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