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BCRAG member and Killarney resident Clinton Williams monitors commercial horse training at 'The Basin' in the Belfast Coastal Reserve. Photo: © Jenny Fawcett

Horses hurting hoodies

PARK WATCH June 2017 | It has been a poor breeding season for threatened hooded plovers in the Belfast Coastal Reserve, reports Chris Smyth. Local community monitoring of one beach alone revealed...

There is no visitor accommodation at all within Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, and climbing Uluru is now actively discouraged and rarely allowed. Park impacts are very low, and visitor satisfaction is rising. Photo: Phil Ingamells

Making parks and tourism work

PARK WATCH June 2017 | We don’t need large private developments in our parks, says Phil Ingamells. How do we, and the rest of the ever curious world, satisfy our appetite for nature without...

Red-tailed black cockatoo. Photo: Bob McPherson

Alarm at logging of western forests and woodlands

PARK WATCH June 2017 | Our new report clearly demonstrates proposed commercial logging in the west of Victoria should be banned, says our executive director Matt Ruchel. Until recently the Victorian...

The beginnings of a shellfish reef? Oysters growing on a settlement plate. Photo: Kade Mills

Resurrecting reefs

PARK WATCH June 2017 | ReefWatch’s Kade Mills reports back on an ambitious strategy to bring back the forgotten shellfish reefs of Port Phillip Bay. We all know what an oyster is. Many of us even...

'He that plants trees loves others beside himself'. Photo: David Fletcher

Celebrating two decades of growth

PARK WATCH June 2017 | This year marks the 20th anniversary of Project Hindmarsh and the Hindmarsh Landcare Network. Hindmarsh Landcare facilitator Jonathan Starks looks back over their history. What...

Racehorses tear up Belfast Coastal Reserve-Photo Chris Smyth

Andrews Government fails legal test on commercial horse training in coastal reserve

MEDIA RELEASE 7 June 2017 | The Victorian Government made the wrong legal call when it approved the licensing of commercial horse training at Belfast Coastal Reserve, according to new legal analysis....

Do love letters get any bigger than this?

Clear blue skies and cool mountain air welcomed 400 committed conservationists to the Mt Donna Buang summit on the weekend as we formed a giant human sign spelling out support for a new Great Forest...

Giant human sign spells out Victoria’s support for Great Forest National Park

MEDIA RELEASE 14 May 2017 | Four hundred committed people gathered at the summit of Mt Donna Buang in the Yarra Ranges National Park yesterday to create a giant human sign spelling out support for a...

Buff-rumped thornbill Photo: Patrick Kavanagh Flickr | CC BY 2.0

Victorian budget a step in the right direction for nature protection

MEDIA RELEASE 1 May 2017 | Victoria’s 2017-18 budget includes some important nature protection initiatives and should kickstart the long-term rebuilding of the state’s capacity to look after its...

Hooded plover habitat near Port Fairy. Photo: Ed Dunens Follow | Flickr | CC BY 2.O

Hoodies win beach battle but still at war with Andrews Government

MEDIA RELEASE 27 April 2017 | Moyne Shire Council’s indefinite ban on commercial horse training at Killarney Beach near Port Fairy is a great win for vulnerable hooded plovers and beach users....