Cracking the new fire code

PARK WATCH Article September 2025 | The new bushfire code takes small steps but leaves big gaps, says Matt Ruchel, Executive Director Victoria’s Code of Practice for Bushfire Management on...
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Red Deer grazing, Moora Track, Grampians National Park, Victoria Australia . Photo: Rexness | Flickr | CC BY-SA 2.0

Making the most of a sad situation

PARK WATCH Article June 2025 | Decisive action can help eradicate feral deer from national parks following bushfires We have a great opportunity to aerially cull feral deer populations in […]...
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Take action: cracking the fire code

Fire management is serious and truly complicated. It needs to protect lives and look after our natural living web. At the moment the bushfire ‘Code’ used to manage fire on […]...
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Life after fire

PARK WATCH Article December 2023 | Dr Sera Blair, NatureWatch Coordinator, reports on three years of post-fire wildlife monitoring in East Gippsland Since the devastating bushfires in 2019-2020, vast...
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Wrong fire, wrong place

PARK WATCH Article December 2023 | Bertram Lobert, Save Our Strathbogie Forest President, on the balancing act between fire and Greater Gliders Taking legal action is no small thing for […]...
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Enfield Grevillea victim of a flawed experiment

PARK WATCH Article December 2023 | Ben Gill, Nature Conservation Campaigner, investigates disregard for national nature laws  VNPA was shocked to discover the Department of Energy, Environment and...
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Getting fire right

PARK WATCH Article March 2023 | Misinformation is rife in debates about fire management in Victoria. It must be challenged, says Phil Ingamells For years now, VNPA has been critical of […]...
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The other housing crisis: Failing to protect hollow-bearing trees

PARK WATCH Article March 2023 | Bushfire management in Victoria is causing biodiversity decline through significant loss of hollow-bearing trees reports Michael Feller The Victorian Parliament’s...
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