Park Watch Articles

PARK WATCH March 2021 | Who would have thought? Asks Executive Director Matt Ruchel. “Ineffective”, leading to “piecemeal decisions”, “outdated”, and “not fit to address current or...

PARK WATCH March 2021 | Proper management of biodiversity requires strong scienceeadership, says Nature Conservation Campaigner John Kotsiaris. Over theast twelve months, Victorians have heard a...

PARK WATCH March 2021 | Parks Protection Campaigner Phil Ingamells takes a look at the Greater Gariwerd Landscape draft management plan. After a bizarre group of bare-chested neo-Nazis stormed...

PARK WATCH March 2021 | We must protect our forest refuges. By Jordan Crook and Matt Ruchel. In a year where the word ‘unprecedented’ was overused to the point of losing meaning, the 2019-20...

PARK WATCH March 2021 | Whoo hoo – a fantasic find in the forest shared by Nature Conservation Campaigner Jordan Crook. With deep hoots, Powerful Owls have been discovered for the first time in...

PARK WATCH March 2021 | Victoria’s finest wild mountain should not fall prey to development. Here’s why, from Phil Ingamells.  When Bogong National Park was proclaimed in 1981, the park...

PARK WATCH December 2020 | We need to get on with creating new national parks in the central west, says Executive Director Matt Ruchel....

PARK WATCH December 2020 | While COVID-19 and bushfires have undoubtedly been major distractions for government, the Andrews Government was already tracking poorly on protected area policy, writes...

PARK WATCH December 2020 | What do four inquiries have to say about last summer’s bushfires? Campaigner Phil Ingamells looks at some eyebrow-raising recommendations....

PARK WATCH December 2020 | 2028 Victorian threatened species are in need of conservation action, writes Campaigner John Kotsiaris....