Biosecurity Management performance targets

The following performance targets for Biosecurity Management are taken from the 2004-2014 Long Term Council Community Plan for Northland:

• Promote pest management options for quava moth and tropical grass webworm

• Undertake pest management operations in support of landholders and community groups, within defined community pest management Areas, in accordance with community pest management plans prepared for each area.

• Control a variety of pest plants around the region (Manchurian rice grass, African feathergrass, spartina, nassella tussock and lantana)

• Provide advice on the control of pest plants, animals and insects and an identification service

• Monitor infestations of Bathurst bur, nodding thistle and Californian thistle and ensure landholders are implementing agreed plant eradication programmes

• Enforce boundary clearance of gorse, broom and ragwort in response to complaints.

• Enforce quarry and roadside weed policies

• Promote the introduction of appropriate biological control agents