Alpine National Park wildflowers

New feral horse plan to protect our alpine treasures

NEWS 5 November 2021 | Home to the rare and fuzzy Tooarranna, endangered skinks, crayfish, and fascinating alpine plants, the Alpine National Park is one of Victoriaโ€™s most prized natural...
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Barmah National Park gets a new lease of life

MEDIA RELEASE 7 July 2021 | A new Joint Management Plan for Barmah National Park will increase protection for the areaโ€™s remarkable wildlife as well as its ancient cultural heritage. [โ€ฆ]...
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Complete: Time to list feral deer as a pest

Feral deer destroy shrubs, ringbark trees, trample rainforests, wallow in wetlands, wreck orchardsd vineyards,d theyโ€™re a hazard on our roads. The state governmentโ€™s recent East, West...
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Time for feral horses to leave the Alpine National Park alone

MEDIA RELEASE 26 March 2021 | Conservation groups back plans for action on feral horses in the Alpine National Park. These hard-hooved grazers are wrecking the parkโ€™s highly vulnerable alpine peat...
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Victoriaโ€™s Deer โ€œStrategyโ€

PARK WATCH December 2020 | It has taken two years, but the state governmentโ€™s final strategy to control Victoriaโ€™s million-strong deer invasion has at last been released....
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Federal Court backs national park protection

PARK WATCH June 2020 | A Federal Court judge has ruled that Parks Victoria is free to continue a cull of feral horses in the Alpine National Park. Itโ€™s a [โ€ฆ]...
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Skinny feral horse. Photo: Federation students

Feral horses in national parks

Hard-hooved animals are not native to Australia, and many of our native plants and animals are threatened by their impacts. Feral horses, pigs, goats, camels and deer are now found [โ€ฆ]...
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