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It’s an unhappy anniversary for threatened wildlife and frustrated communities in the central west!

MEDIA RELEASE 21 June 2020 | A year can be long time for wildlife facing extinction without protection in national parks from threats like mining and logging. Exactly 12 months […]...

Community getting crabby: bag limit proposal maintains crab carnage

MEDIA RELEASE 23 September 2020 | Spider crab advocates oppose a reduced bag limit for Australian Giant Spider Crabs, proposed by the Victorian Fisheries Authority, reducing the permitted daily...

Bung Yarnda (Lake Tyers) visitor plan paves the way

NEWS 24 September 2020 | A draft Camping and Access Strategy has been developed for Lake Tyers State Park and it could, or should, be the model for managing access […]...

Talking Crab

Here’s a crab bag of interesting facts about spider crabs. We’ve compiled answers to questions you always wanted to know and more. Thanks to Dr Gary Poore (Museums Victoria) and...

Another unhappy anniversary for threatened species and wildlife of the central west forests

MEDIA RELEASE 17 August 2020 | One year on from tabling in the Victorian Parliament, an independent expert report recommending better nature protections gathers dust on a Minister’s desk, while...

Sera and Kade, wearing hard hats, holding a THANK YOU sign

Thank you for your support!

Your support and generosity has powered the VNPA through its 68th year. Despite the challenges brought about by the bushfires and coronavirus, we have none the less achieved so much […]...

Golden sun moth in grasslands. Photo: It's a Wildlife

Our critically endangered grasslands need to be protected – before they disappear

TAKE ACTION | The extensive exposé in The Age finally exposed the many failures in protecting one of our most critically endangered ecosystems – grasslands, grassy woodlands and grassy...

Make a submission to the inquiry into ecosystem decline in Victoria

TAKE ACTION | Victoria is the most cleared state in Australia and has the highest number of threatened species by subregion in the country – yet we still fortunate to […]...

Truth needs to prevail for effective management of Alpine National Park brumbies

IN THE MEDIA Opinion piece published in The Weekly Times 29 June 2020 | We need to separate myth from reality to effectively manage Victoria’s Alpine National Park, argues Phil […]...

Parks legacy – River Red Gum Parks tenth anniversary

PARK WATCH June 2020 | This July 2020 marks ten years since the formal declaration of the last major addition to the national parks estate in Victoria. Executive Director Matt […]...