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 threatened...

PARK WATCH March 2021 | Whoo hoo – a fantasic find in the forest shared by Nature Conservation Campaigner Jordan Crook. With deep hoots, Powerful Owls have been discovered for the first time in...

TAKE ACTION | If there’s one thing that hit home in the last year, it’s that no one can know the future. But we can protect it. A year has passed since the Andrews Government failed to...

MEDIA RELEASE 18 February 2021 | Newly released economic modelling highlights the value of investing in new parks in regional Victoria’s central west. The release marks the one-year anniversary of...

MEDIA RELEASE 11 February 2021 | Powerful owls have been discovered for the first time in decades in the forests of Mount Cole, highlighting the need for the Andrews Government to forge ahead with...

PARK WATCH December 2020 | We need to get on with creating new national parks in the central west, says Executive Director Matt Ruchel....

PARK WATCH December 2020 | While COVID-19 and bushfires have undoubtedly been major distractions for government, the Andrews Government was already tracking poorly on protected area policy, writes...

MEDIA RELEASE 20 October 2020 | Nature-starved Melburnians yearn for the bush and new national parks, according to new opinion poll results. A new opinion poll of 1,009 Melburnians over the age of...

PARK WATCH September 2020 | We are increasingly alarmed by the Andrews Government’s delay in approving newional parks – especially as it continues to make decisions to the detriment of...

MEDIA RELEASE 17 August 2020 | One year on from tabling in the Victorian Parliament, an independent expert report recommending better nature protections gathers dust on a Minister’s desk, while...