Grampians National Park Gariwerd, Briggs Bluff. Photo: Paul Schliebs (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 AU)

Former park rangers unite for nature

PARK WATCH Article June 2025 | The Victorian Protected Areas Council (VPAC) is dedicated to connecting park managers and protecting national parks, says Felicity Brooke Former Victorian park managers...
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Protecting the protectors

PARK WATCH Article June 2025 | The State Government’s attack on Fisheries Officers will seriously affect enforcement, says Karen Batt, CPSU Branch Secretary Opposition the State Government’s...
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Allan abandons Victoria’s nature protection legacy

NEWS 20 May 2025 | It looks like the Allan Government has officially abandoned Victoria’s decades long legacy of evidence-led nature protection. Contradictions in policy positions continue to...
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Connect and protect Western Port Woodlands forever

TAKE ACTION | The Victorian Government just officially recognised the distinctive magic of the Western Port Woodlands. Recognition is fantastic. But landscape protection is what matters. Snuffly...
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Good news for nature!

Protection for wildlife and habitats is about to be boosted.  From fragile alpine fens, to box-ironbark forests, underwater kelp forests and rare remnant grasslands, habitats across Australia are...
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Shut and reveg Chiltern’s illegal tracks

TAKE ACTION | Chiltern-Mt Pilot National Park is a Box-Ironbark forest of wildflowers, rare orchids and native wildlife. There’s Brush-tailed Phascogales, Squirrel Gliders, Lace Monitors,...
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Undermining nature in Chiltern-Mt Pilot

PARK WATCH Article March 2025 | Jordan Crook, Parks and Nature Campaigner, says the Environment Minister’s intervention with illegal tracks left a national park in worse shape When Parks Victoria...
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Our parks under attack in a swarm of spin

PARK WATCH Article March 2025 | Executive Director, Matt Ruchel, says the Victorian Government’s approach to parks and public land management is veering into dangerous territory Slashing funding,...
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Dyurrite Cultural Landscape Plan

Striking the balance for nature, culture and recreation Rising abruptly up from the once-forested earth surrounding it, Dyurrite (Mount Arapiles) is striking and spectacular.  The rock formation is...
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