Nature's Voice
The Victorian National Parks Association's newsletter Nature's Voice helps keep members up to date with current conservation issues, campaigns and successes.
It is distributed as a printed newsletter to members, available as a pdf download from our website, and sent free as an ebulletin to subscribers.
If you are interested in writing an article or submitting photos for Nature's Voice, contact editor Michael Howes on (03) 9347 5188.
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Edition 12, April-May 2012
- Abbott and Gillard walk away from environment
- Groups stand up for habitat regulations
- Ranger speaks out for parks starved of funds
- Cattle foul rivers, threaten health
- Sea Science seminars
- Firewood free-for-all
Edition 11, February 2012
- Alpine cattle grazing decision a victory for good sense
- Murray-Darling draft plan fails to deliver
- Nationals take on hunting and parks
- Anglesea heathlands handed to Alcoa
- Urban sprawl threatens wildife
- NatureWatch launches new project
Edition 10, October-November 2011
- Landmark decision protects Alpine National Park from grazing
- Firewood decision an attack on our parks
- Report offers hope for riverside habitat
- Bandicoots need homes too
- Great Victorian Fish Count 2011
Edition 9, July-August 2011
- Alpine cattle grazing
- Urban grassland reserves
- VEAC marine investation
- Fire and biodiversity symposium
Edition 8, April-May 2011
- Burke rallies alpine cattle grazing crowd
- Gillard weakens Murray-Darling plan at her peril
- Parks development push
- Big blue returns to our waters
Edition 7, February 2011
- Cattle discovered trampling Alpine Tree Frog habitat
- Scientists urge end to alpine cattle grazing
- Govermnent committed to marine inquiry
- Central Victoria's natural gems sparkle online
Edition 6, October-November 2010
- Your environment, your future, your vote!
- VEAC campaign pays off
- Thirsty 13 dying for a drink
- Basin plan already a gamle for the environment
Edition 5, July-August 2010
- VNPA makes waves on marine parks
- Government breaks duck shooting promise
- Central Vic forests opened to woodchipping?
- 'Wild Walks' in Victorian parks a questionable idea
Edition 4, April-May 2010
- Let's add Mt Stirling to the Alpine National Park!
- Mt Buffalo gondola - fantasy or threat?
- Bushfires royal commission update
- Horses take over the Alps
Edition 3, February 2010
- Political parties must lift game on environment
- Biodiversity White Paper a mixed bag for conservation
- Port red-faced after bay dredging blunder
- Urban grasslands must be saved
Edition 2, October-November 2009
- Garrett holds key to grassland protection
- Burnoffs will not stop catastrophic fires
- Brumby fails to protect rivers from cattle grazing
- Fish stock trial plan a threat to marine life
Edition 1, July-August 2009
- Urban sprawl threatens native grasslands
- Time to save our streamsides
- Port Phillip Seagrasses still at risk
- Bastion Point decision betrays coastal strategy
Update
In July/August 2009 the VNPA replaced its newsletter Update with Nature's Voice. The change included a move to colour reproduction, a new design and the creation of a VNPA ebulletin, allowing members to help save paper by receiving the newsletter in an electronic form.