Land acquisition program
Levy funds are invested into the acquisition of environmentally significant land to protect and enhance habitat areas.
Council purchases land using environment levy funding to help achieve the goals of the Environment and Liveability Strategy. We are aiming to:
- protect, preserve and enhance our natural environment and wildlife corridors
- consolidate and grow council’s conservation reserve network
- preserve native plants and animals
- create and protect new habitat areas to offset unavoidable vegetation loss.
Environment levy land acquisition interactive map
Recent land acquisition program highlights:
2023/24
2023/24
1 property purchased to date:
- 14.31 ha of high value habitat at Mount Mellum- expanding East Mount Mellum Nature Refuge to 52.53 ha.
Previous financial years
Previous financial years
- 68 hectares of high-value habitat at Witta - expanding Kirby's Road environment reserve to 280 hectares and further consolidating landscape connectivity between Maleny and Kondalilla national parks
- 65 hectares at Coochin Creek - containing high biodiversity values, further consolidating the regional inter-urban break major green space and protecting 450m of Coochin Creek (flowing into the RAMSAR designated Pumicestone Passage)
- 19 hectares within the Blue Heart Sunshine Coast project area - expanding Coolum Creek environment reserve to 465 hectares
- 13 hectares in Verrierdale, expanding an existing protected area of very high biodiversity values to 37 hectares.
