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Logging in Victoria's central highlands.

Victoria’s forests are not magic puddings

PARK WATCH March 2017 | Matt Ruchel, member of the Forest Industry Task Force and VNPA Executive Director, explains why sawmills and the pulp and paper industry don’t understand how […]...

Pod of burrunan dolphins forms a 'fishing wall' to herd fish near the proposed site of a new jetty at the Quarantine Station.

Dolphins in danger

PARK WATCH March 2017 | A new jetty has been proposed for the Quarantine Station in the Point Nepean National Park master plan. It would have a devastating effect on […]...

Some of the incredible native plants found at Anglesea include the delicate salmon sun orchid.

Anglesea Heathlands’ flowers empowered

PARK WATCH March 2017 | It’s official – the internationally significant Anglesea Heathlands will be included in the Great Otway National Park in the autumn session of state parliament. This...

Our parks protect many gems including the southern emu wren.

National parks for sale – again!

PARK WATCH March 2017 | Three current proposals for commercial developments in national parks are seriously worrying, and there could be more to come, warns Phil Ingamells. Has Parks Victoria’s...

Proposed logging in western state forests slammed

PARK WATCH March 2017 | Our executive director Matt Ruchel raises the alarm on plans to log Victoria’s western forests. Concern and anger has been sparked among conservationists by a […]...