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Submission: Warburton Mountain Bike Destination Environmental Effects Statement

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Reject bike tracks in Yarra Ranges National Park

Page updated: 25/01/2023 The Yarra Ranges Council wants to build 44 trails spanning 177 kilometres as part of The Warburton Mountain Bike Destination. A large part of this project is […]...

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 Victoria’s most prized natural...

Complete: Don’t let a ‘Holden’ opportunity race past

In one of the most cleared regions of the most cleared state is an oasis of native vegetation – the Western Port Woodlands. And the former Holden Proving Ground is […]...

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Submission: Warburton Mountain Bike Destination Environment Effects Statement

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The track and the stonefly

PARK WATCH March 2021 | Campaigner Jordan Crook explains how poorly planned mountain bike tracks risk the survival of an exceptionally rare species. From the outset, it needs to be […]...

It’s an unhappy anniversary for threatened wildlife and frustrated communities in the central west!

MEDIA RELEASE 21 June 2020 | A year can be long time for wildlife facing extinction without protection in national parks from threats like mining and logging. Exactly 12 months […]...

A short walk in Little Desert National Park. Parks Victoria should be promoting short walks across the state, not spending millions on unnessary infrastructure in highly sensitive areas, to service a very small 'market'. Photo: Phil Ingamells

Who’s in charge?

PARK WATCH March 2018 | The tourism industry is assuming control of our national parks. Phil Ingamells looks at two cases where things are going awry. The Mount Buffalo land […]...

Our parks protect many gems including the southern emu wren.

National parks for sale – again!

PARK WATCH March 2017 | Three current proposals for commercial developments in national parks are seriously worrying, and there could be more to come, warns Phil Ingamells. Has Parks Victoria’s...