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Hunting in parks no job for amateurs

Amateur deer hunters are calling for more access to our national parks, claiming they would help control the damage deer cause and bolster regional economies. But would they? Firstly, let’s...

VicForests' timber release plan targets 12,000 hectares of East Gippsland forest.

Logging plan puts squeeze on Victoria’s high value native forests

Victoria just became the largest logger of native forest in Australia - not a title we should be proud of....

Great Victorian Fish Count 2016: Nemo and Dory have nothing on our fish

MEDIA RELEASE 18 November 2016 | As the weather warms hundreds of divers and snorkelers will flock to the water this summer as part of the biggest citizen science event […]...

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

Government puts horses ahead of protecting our hoodies

Belfast Coastal Reserve near Warrnambool is the second most important breeding site on Victoria's coastline for the tiny Hooded Plover, listed as Vulnerable in Victoria and nationally....

Belfast Coastal Reserve signage. Photo: Chris Smyth

Victorian Government backs racehorses over hoodies

MEDIA RELEASE 15 November 2018 | BirdLife Australia and the Victorian National Parks Association are appalled at the State Government’s decision to allow commercial horse training to continue...

Mt Stirling Summit Tree recognised as a living treasure

The Mt Stirling Summit Tree is unique. It is the only tree on the mountain’s 23 hectare grassy summit and is remarkable for its large size, high altitude, great age, […]...

Racehorses tear up Belfast Coastal Reserve-Photo Chris Smyth

Racehorses tearing up fragile coastal reserve

MEDIA RELEASE 14 October 2016 | A fragile coastal reserve in South West Victoria is being torn up and invaded by racehorse trainers who are using conservation areas as ‘race […]...

Auditor-General scathing of Victoria’s management of Ramsar sites

A report by the Auditor-General's Office has raised questions about whether or not Victoria is meeting its national and international obligations in managing globally significant Ramsar wetlands....

Deer are spreading across Victoria into many sensitive habitats.

Parks Victoria must get crucial resources for new alpine parks plan

MEDIA RELEASE 2 September 2016 | A plan for Victoria’s high country national parks that tackles head on the key threats of climate change, weeds, feral horses and deer must […]...

Farming zone must go at Belfast Coastal Reserve

MEDIA RELEASE 26 August 2016 | A beautiful stretch of coastal reserve between Port Fairy and Warrnambool could be lost to farming if the local council fails to rezone the […]...