Park Watch Articles

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....

PARK WATCH December 2020 | Victoria’s new threatened species list should always declare risk of extinction in Victoria, explains Campaigner John Kotsiaris....

PARK WATCH December 2020 | It has taken two years, but the state government’s final strategy to control Victoria’s million-strong deer invasion has at last been released....

PARK WATCH December 2020 | Michael Feller, VNPA Council Member and Conservation Committee Co-Chair, writes of the ongoing loss of our invaluable old trees....