If a tree falls in the Wombat Forest, Gayle Osborne of Wombat Forestcare will hear it. In the last few days, she's heard and seen some disturbing activity....

Your voice is incredibly important. Use it to call out VicForests. Under the guise of  ‘salvage logging’ rules, VicForests is expanding logging in the proposed Wombat-Lerderderg National...

PARK WATCH Article December 2021 | Central west parks creation legislation drags as a new species is found in Wombat Forest, writes Executive Director Matt Ruchel....

NEWS 29 June 2021 | On the 24 June 2021, The Victorian Government responded to the VEAC Central West Investigation about new national parks in central west Victoria. The government […]...

MEDIA RELEASE 24 June 2021 | The Andrews Government has just announced a huge milestone: the creation of three new national parks....

TAKE ACTION | The forests of the central west remain unprotected. On 21 June 2019, the Andrews Government was handed an expert report recommending the protection of 60,000 hectares of […]...

MEDIA RELEASE 21 June 2021 | The Andrews Government is “all talk, no protection” when it comes to delivering on two-year old expert recommendations to protect 60,000ha of forest and...

MEDIA RELEASE 27 April 2021 | Over forty state, national and international groups representing hundreds of thousands of Victorians, call on the Andrews’ Government to accept recommendations for new...

TAKE ACTION | A mighty collaboration of groups are using a series of full page ads in six papers across key regional centres (Bendigo, Ballarat, Castlemaine, Moorabool, Daylesford, Macedon) to...

PARK WATCH March 2021 | Investment in nature protection provides great economic benefits, explains Executive Director Matt Ruchel. We know the forests of the Central West are home to 370 […]...