Red Gum and Rivers
River Red Gum national parks along the Murray, Goulburn and Ovens rivers need regular floods to survive
These parks are home to hundreds of threatened or near threatened native plants and animals, and contain some of Australia's most important wetlands.
But without water, they are dying of thirst. The Victorian and Commonwealth Governments must urgently buy water to secure these parks for the future.
Bailieau takes axe to red gum parks
In another backwards step the Baillieu Government will re-introduce logging into the Barmah National Park on the Murray River under the guise of 'ecological thinning' trials.
Murray-Darling Basin plan - have your say
The Murray-Darling Basin Authority has finally released its draft plan to save the rivers and wetlands of the Murray-Darling Basin for public comment, but it's not enough. Have you say on this vital issue.
Parks not paddocks
Calls to reintroduce cattle grazing into Victoria's red gum national parks ignore the fact cattle are not an effective tool for fuel reduction and that they damage fragile wetlands and pollute waterways.
Red gum parks dying for a drink
Victoria's new River Red Gum national parks haven't seen a major natural flood since 1993, leaving the hundreds of species that rely on these forests desperate for more water.
Victoria's rivers and wetlands at risk
Three out of every four of the grand old River Red Gum trees along the Murray River are dying from lack of water. And all those animals, birds and plant-life that rely on these forests will die with them.
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Nick Roberts is the Red Gum Icons Project Officer. You can email him on gveg@mcmedia.com.au.