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The end of native forest logging is finally coming …but now for some real work

NEWS 19 September 2023 | Executive Director, Matt Ruchel, unpacks the imminent end of an intractable industry It was indeed a long-awaited and welcome milestone, when on 23 May the Andrews […]...

State logger plans could destroy endangered alpine plants

NEWS 22 August 2023 | Joint media release: Victorian National Parks Association, Victorian Forest Alliance, Friends of Mount Stirling Community nature groups are urging VicForests to ditch plans to...

Red Deer grazing, Moora Track, Grampians National Park, Victoria Australia . Photo: Rexness | Flickr | CC BY-SA 2.0

National Feral Deer Action Plan welcomed by conservationists

NEWS 16 August 2023 | Feral deer are spreading in droves across Victoria and Australia. There is a serious need to coordinate their management and removal across public and private […]...

Translate your love of the Prom into action

NEWS 5 July 2023 | Updated 12 July Shannon Hurley explains how you can help shape the next 15-20 years of an iconic park’s future. And why you should. I […]...

Alarming discovery by citizen scientists sparks concerns illegal logging will continue

MEDIA RELEASE 29 June 2023 | Citizen scientists from Wildlife of the Central Highlands (WOTCH) and the Victorian Forest Alliance (VFA) have discovered state-owned logging company VicForests has...

Protected: Webinar – What does the logging announcement really mean for our forests?

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End of native forest logging a victory for nature

PARK WATCH Article June 2023 | We are elated! On 23 May the state government announced their plan to speed up the transition out of native forest logging. Native forest […]...

Saving the last one per cent

PARK WATCH Article June 2023 | Grassy Plains Network Facilitator Adrian Marshall says radical changes are needed if the Government is to succeed in retaining the last one per cent […]...

Alliance for woodlands bears fruit

PARK WATCH Article June 2023 | Catherine Watson from Save Western Port woodlands reports on the epic journey to protect this important wildlife corridor from sand mining After 747 submissions,...

Grasslands grapple with growth

PARK WATCH Article June 2023 | Adrian Marshall asks: Does the Geelong Strategic Assessment threaten nature? Geelong’s Northern and Western Growth Areas are 6,000 hectares earmarked for...