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Racehorses tear up Belfast Coastal Reserve-Photo Chris Smyth

Racehorses should train on new sand track, not in coastal reserve

MEDIA RELEASE: 20 June 2017 Racehorses should be immediately removed from the Belfast Coastal Reserve following the of the Warrnambool Racing Club’s new sand training track. “The...

Victoria’s western forests threatened under new logging plans

MEDIA RELEASE: 14 June 2017 Threatened species including the iconic red-tailed black cockatoo and some of the most vulnerable and fragmented forests left in Victoria will be at risk under new...

BCRAG member and Killarney resident Clinton Williams monitors commercial horse training at 'The Basin' in the Belfast Coastal Reserve. Photo: © Jenny Fawcett

Horses hurting hoodies

It has been a poor breeding season for threatened hooded plovers in the Belfast Coastal Reserve, reports Chris Smyth. Local community monitoring of one beach alone revealed that of 11 hatched chicks,...

There is no visitor accommodation at all within Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, and climbing Uluru is now actively discouraged and rarely allowed. Park impacts are very low, and visitor satisfaction is rising. Photo: Phil Ingamells

Making parks and tourism work

We don’t need large private developments in our parks, says Phil Ingamells. How do we,nd the rest of the ever curious world, satisfy ourppetite for nature without loving it to death? How do we...

Red-tailed black cockatoo. Photo: Bob McPherson

Alarm at logging of western forests and woodlands

Our new report clearly demonstrates proposed commercial logging in the west of Victoria should be banned, says our executive director Matt Ruchel. Until recently the Victorian Government’s logging...

The beginnings of a shellfish reef? Oysters growing on a settlement plate. Photo: Kade Mills

Resurrecting reefs

ReefWatch’s Kade Mills reports back on an ambitious strategy to bring back the forgotten shellfish reefs of Port Phillip Bay. We all know what an oyster is. Many of us even enjoy their creamy,...

'He that plants trees loves others beside himself'. Photo: David Fletcher

Celebrating two decades of growth

This year marks the 20th anniversary of Project Hindmarsh and the Hindmarsh Landcare Network. Hindmarsh Landcare facilitator Jonathan Starks looks back over their history. What started out as a...

Andrews Government fails legal test on commercial horse training in coastal reserve

MEDIA RELEASE: 7 June 2017 The Victorian Government made the wrong legal call when it approved the licensing of commercial horse training at Belfast Coastal Reserve, according to new legal...

Do love letters get any bigger than this?

Clear blue skies and cool mountain air welcomed 400 committed conservationists to the Mt Donna Buang summit on the weekend as we formed a giant human sign spelling out support for a new Great Forest...

Giant human sign spells out Victoria’s support for Great Forest National Park

MEDIA RELEASE – 14 May 2017: Four hundred committed people gathered at the summit of Mt Donna Buang in the Yarra Ranges National Park yesterday to create a giant human sign spelling out...