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Action on feral horses welcome

MEDIA RELEASE 5 April 2019 | Real action to control feral in Barmah National Park, Victoria’s greatest River Red Gum protected area, is very welcome. “It is now eight years since the...

Is it time to make national parks truly national?

PARKATCH March 2019 |ith a federal election looming, what is the role of the Australian government in the management of our prime natural areas – national parks? By VNPA Director Matt Ruchel....

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Action on feral horses welcome

MEDIA RELEASE 5 April 2019 | Real action to control feral in Barmah National Park, Victoria’s greatest River Red Gum protected area, is very welcome. “It is now eight years since the...

Is it time to make national parks truly national?

PARKATCH March 2019 |ith a federal election looming, what is the role of the Australian government in the management of our prime natural areas – national parks? By VNPA Director Matt Ruchel....

Shifting sands

PARK WATCH March 2019 | The Andrews Government’s special treatment of the racing industry has reached a whole new level. But so too has the rise of community opposition, explains VNPA Nature...

States of equine confusion

PARK WATCH March 2019 | Will high country feral horse management ever make sense? Not while people ignore decades of science, says VNPA Park Protection Campaigner Phil Ingamells. Will we ever deal...

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Protecting Barmah’s great wetlands

TAKE ACTION | Parks Victoria has released a draft Strategic Action Plan for Barmah National Park and the Barmah Forest Ramsar Site. These are more-or less in the same area, and contain...

Say no to commercial racehorse training on Victoria’s public beaches

TAKE ACTION | Tell the Premier, Environment Minister, and Warrnambool City Councillors to put an end to damaging commercial racehorse training in the Belfast Coastal Reserve....

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Protecting Barmah’s great wetlands

TAKE ACTION | Parks Victoria has released a draft Strategic Action Plan for Barmah National Park and the Barmah Forest Ramsar Site. These are more-or less in the same area, and contain...

Say no to commercial racehorse training on Victoria’s public beaches

TAKE ACTION | Tell the Premier, Environment Minister, and Warrnambool City Councillors to put an end to damaging commercial racehorse training in the Belfast Coastal Reserve....

Stop the Great Ocean Road national parks land grab

TAKE ACTION | Send your message to both Labor and the Coalition calling for them to immediately rule out any changes to the core purpose of national parks along the Great Ocean Road, or anywhere...