Park Watch articles

PARK WATCH December 2020 | A report on ten years of volunteer monitoringn the Brisbane Ranges by Caitlin Griffith and Christine Connelly. As well as being a wildflower hotspot, the Brisbane Ranges...

PARK WATCH September 2020 | No one wants Westernport Bay to be turned into an artificial swimming pool, explains campaigner Shannon Hurley. Our beautiful and beloved Westernport Bay likely brings...

PARK WATCH September 2020 | We are increasingly alarmed by the Andrews Government’s delay in approving newional parks – especially as it continues to make decisions to the detriment of...

PARK WATCH September 2020 | The failures in protecting one of our most critically endangered ecosystems – grasslands – from Melbourne’s ever-increasing urban sprawl is finally being publicly...

PARK WATCH September 2020 | The reveal of the failures of the Melbourne Strategic Assessment (see previous article) comes right at a time when the Morrison Government is reviewing our national...

PARK WATCH September 2020 | The spectacular annual Spider Crab aggregation event may have all but been and gone for this year, but that does not mean the campaign to #SaveOurSpidercrabs is over, says...

PARK WATCH September 2020 | Following Matt Ruchel’s reflection on the tenth anniversary of the Red Gum Parks in the previous edition of Park Watch, Professor Jamie Pittock from The Australian...

PARK WATCH September 2020 | Victoria’s go-it-alone approach to Traditional Owner Recognition and Settlement Agreements has made joint management of our national parks the ‘new normal’, says...

PARK WATCH June 2020 | This July 2020 marks ten years since the formal declaration of theast major addition to the national parks estate in Victoria. Executive Director Matt Ruchel reflects on the...

PARK WATCH June 2020 | Nature Conservation Campaigner Jordan Crook on the continued logging in the Central West. The forests and woodlands of Victoria’s west are sometimes referred to as the...