PARK WATCH Article December 2021 | Executive Director Matt Ruchel says it is time to stop the decline and start recovery. ...

UPDATED 9 May 2022 | Can you imagine finding an Eastern Quoll in your garden shed? Or a Regent Honeyeater visiting your window sill? Or at the beach, a Hooded […]...

Our native animals and natural places are part of what makes Victoria the place to be. But within a few generations, once-common animals and plants have all but disappeared. The Ecosystem Decline...

PARK WATCH September 2021 | The proposed changes to the Code of Timber Production include adding new protections for large trees in Victoria, writes Campaigner Jordan Crook.  The Environment...

MEDIA RELEASE 10 September 2021 | Legislation introduced to Victoria’s Parliament this week is not the best way to improve management of the Great Ocean Road. “Establishing a new Great […]...

NEWS 3 September 2021 | Victoria’s beautiful beaches and ocean might not be within reach to all of us at the moment, but they’re definitely on our mind. And, after […]...

TAKE ACTION | The Victorian Government is doing a Major Event Review on the impact the 2019-20 bushfires had on native forests and the native forest logging industry. It’s hard […]...

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Most Victorians assume our state Wildlife Act exists to protect wildlife. In reality, the Wildlife Act of 1975 largely exists to protect exotic game animals (like deer) and regulate the […]...

PARK WATCH March 2021 | Who would have thought? Asks Executive Director Matt Ruchel. “Ineffective”, leading to “piecemeal decisions”, “outdated”, and “not fit to address current or...