Campaign Updates - Victorian National Parks AssociationVictorian National Parks Association

New central west parks – good, bad and a bit ugly

The devil in the details What’s the good? A 24,000 ha addition to create a larger new Wombat–Lerderderg National Park (around 45,000 ha when added to the existing Lerderderg State...

With reasons this good, why no new national parks?

TAKE ACTION | The forests of the central west remain unprotected. On 21 June 2019, the Andrews Government was handed an expert report recommending the protection of 60,000 hectares of public land in...

Environment Department takes the axe to environment protections in proposed new forest rules

BREAKING UPDATE 23 September 2019: The Environment Minister Lily D’Ambrosio MP has announced in a tweet late on 23 of September that “…there are legitimate concerns around the draft reforms to...

Hoodie chicks are tiny, and dwarfed by the heavy hooves of racehorses. Without protection they don't stand a chance against racing thoroughbreds.

Commercial racehorse training illegal on Warrnambool’s beaches

CAMPAIGN UPDATE 30 October 2018 | Commercial racehorse training has been found illegal under the Warrnambool Planning Scheme – and therefore on Levys Beach, one of the horse racing industry’s...

Mt Cole State Forest in the west of Victoria

Why the west’s forests and woodlands are important

Forest and woodlands on public land in the west of the state (roughly west of the Hume Highway) are fragmented remnants of bush, often surrounded by a sea of cleared farmland. These are important...