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PARK WATCH June 2019 | Parks Victoria’s well-considered Draft Barmah Wetland Strategy outclasses the Environment and Resources Departments’ non-committal Draft Deer Strategy by a mile, says VNPA...

PARK WATCH June 2019 | Ian Penna writes about what hasn’t happened in the past ten years. The Western Grassland Reserves were proposed to protect “the largest remaining concentration of volcanic...

PARK WATCH June 2019 | VNPA’S Shannon Hurley gives an update on the battle to save Westernport Bay against industrial development. AGL’s proposed ‘Crib Point Gas Import Terminal’ project...

MEDIA RELEASE Tuesday 4 June 2019 | Conservation groups are alarmed at plans for a new authority to take control of national parks along the Great Ocean Road. “A proposed […]...

MEDIA RELEASE 27 May 2019 | The delivery of the 2018 state election’s commitments for some national park upgrades is welcome. But nature needs more attention in the State budget to […]...

MEDIA RELEASE 5 May 2019 | An open letter calling for a strong and effective feral deer management strategy for Victoria has been signed by over 90 Landcare organisations, leading […]...

NEWS 9 April 2018 | Parks Victoria has released a draft Strategic Action Plan for Barmah National Park and the Barmah Forest Ramsar Site.  These are more-or less in the […]...

MEDIA RELEASE 5 April 2019 | Real action to control feral horses in Barmah National Park, Victoria’s greatest River Red Gum protected area, is very welcome. “It is now eight […]...

What should be the role of the Australian Government in the management of our national parks and reserves? We know national parks and conservation areas are popular. Statewide polling consistently...

PARK WATCH March 2019 | The Andrews Government’s special treatment of the racing industry has reached a whole new level. But so too has the rise of community opposition, explains VNPA […]...