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TAKE ACTION | We’re so close to getting new national and conservation parks in central west Victoria! The Wombat-Lerderderg, Mount Buangor and Pyrenees national parks (and conservation parks)...

NEWS 10 September 2025 | This morning legislation for new central west national parks and conservation reserves was tabled in Victorian Parliament! Nature conservation and community groups are...

MEDIA RELEASE  | 10 September 2025 The creation of the Wombat-Lerderderg, Mount Buangor and Pyrenees national parks and other conservation reserves will protect tens of thousands of hectares of...

MEDIA RELEASE 29 August 2025 | Premier urged to deliver promised parks to benefit nature and communities The Victorian National Parks Association has launched full-page print ads in Bendigo and...

TAKE ACTION | The forests of the central west are extraordinary. They’re refuges for wildlife and people, places of connection to Country for First Nations communities. These forests and woodlands...

MEDIA RELEASE 10 July 2025 | The Victorian National Parks Association, Invasive Species Council and Environment East Gippsland have slammed the Allan Government’s decision to open 130,000...

MEDIA RELEASE 4 July 2025 | The Allan Labor Government has dumped long-standing plans for a new Great Forest National Park in Victoria’s Central Highlands after Electrical Trades Union lobbying....

TAKE ACTION | The towering Mountain Ash forests of the Central Highlands are a refuge. Tiny, Critically Endangered Leadbeater’s Possums, Greater Gliders and Powerful, Sooty and Masked Owls all...

PARK WATCH Article June 2025 | With the 2025 federal election done and dusted, Matt Ruchel, Executive Director, asks how did nature fare in the mix of culture wars and […]...

PARK WATCH Article June 2025 | The Victorian Protected Areas Council (VPAC) is dedicated to connecting park managers and protecting national parks, says Felicity Brooke Former Victorian park managers...