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Noosa Catchment Action Plan

The Noosa Catchment is one of Australia’s healthiest and most important river systems. It supports clean water, thriving wildlife, tourism, and the lifestyle that makes Noosa unique.

Noosa Council is working in partnership with the Council of Mayors SEQ Resilient Rivers Initiative to develop a long-term Catchment Action Plan for the Noosa River and surrounding waterways.

Community knowledge, local values and lived experience will help shape the plan alongside scientific and technical expertise.

The plan will help guide future waterway management, strengthen regional collaboration, and support the long-term health and resilience of the catchment in the face of growing environmental pressures. Caring for our catchment, together.

More Fact Sheets about the Noosa Catchment and what a Catchment Plan will do coming soon.

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Phases

Phases overview
Phase 1: Targeted technical and stakeholder engagement
Targeted technical and stakeholder engagement
Phase 2: Refinement of Technical Report from targeted engagements
Refinement of Technical Report from targeted engagements
Phase 3: Targeted community values engagement
Targeted community values engagement
Phase 4: Draft plan development
Draft plan development
Phase 5: Council to endorse draft Catchment Action Plan for broad community engagement
Council to endorse draft Catchment Action Plan for broad community engagement
Phase 6: Broad community engagement: Have your say on the draft
Broad community engagement: Have your say on the draft
Phase 7: Refining the Catchment Action Plan
Refining the Catchment Action Plan
Phase 8: Council to consider revised Catchment Action Plan for endorsement
Council to consider revised Catchment Action Plan for endorsement
Phase 9: Advise the community on next steps
Advise the community on next steps

Draft plan development

July 11, 2026 2:00 PM - December 31, 2026 1:59 PM

In this phase, Resilient Rivers will draft a Catchment Action Plan for Noosa, using their framework to bring together technical studies and community and stakeholder feedback gathered through targeted and broader community engagement activities.

Before the draft plan is shared with the community for broader feedback, it will be presented to Council for endorsement to proceed to broader community engagement.

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