Victoria Updates

Brown Mountain –irreplaceable old-growth forest being logged - November 10, 2008

A few weeks ago in late October, VicForests sent logging contractors into significant stands of old-growth forest on Brown Mountain in far East Gippsland. The Brumby Government has broken their election promise. Not only have iconic areas like Survey Road been heavily logged in the two years since this election commitment was made, Brown Mountain is now also falling to the chainsaws and bulldozers.

Latest Victorian forest and water catchment updates - May 12, 2008

With greater protection for old-growth forests in Victoria’s far East, a new National Park for the Cobboboonee in the far South-west and a process to protect the iconic Redgum forests along the Murray, it has been another successful 12 months for Victoria’s forests. But with large areas of old growth forests and many of Melbourne’s water catchments unprotected, there is still much to be done.

Sustainable purchasing - September 18, 2007

When purchasing building materials and paper-products, informed consumer choices can make a big difference to our forests. You don't have to threaten the habitat of endangered species or old growth forest every time you build or use paper. The Wilderness Society's forest campaign is informing people how to make these choices.

Wilderness Tours - June 21, 2007

The Wilderness Society Victoria would like to invite you to join us for a breathtaking and informative tour of the Central Highlands, just 90 minutes East of Melbourne. The Central Highlands, part of the Great Dividing Range North-east of Melbourne, cover an area over a million hectares. This area contains iconic places like the Yarra Valley, the Acheron Way, Lake Mountain, and Mt Baw Baw, all surrounded by magnificent mountain forests.

Have your say on the protection of Cobboboonee - hurry, submissions close this week - July 23, 2007

Have your say on the protection of the Cobboboonee region of South-West Victoria this week - a week that sees the final week of submissions on the proposed area of protection for this magnificent area.

Goolengook Forest Campaign Update - December 11, 2003

On the morning of March 5, forest campaigners across the country woke to the shock that the Bracks government had sent the chainsaws and log trucks into Goolengook, arguably the most precious and contentious area of forest on the Australian mainland. What ensued was a 5 week forest rescue campaign against a huge police operation.

Wongungarra Wilderness Protected - December 01, 2003

Just to the south of Mount Hotham was the last area of identified high quality wilderness not protected in Victoria. At the bottom of the valley, the pristine Wongungarra River cuts its way through the heart of Victoria's high country.

Big win for Victoria's Box-Ironbark Woodlands - September 16, 2003

The Box-Ironbark country stretches across northern Victoria from Stawell in the west to Wodonga in the north-east. It joins with similar woodlands that form the wheat and sheep belts of NSW and South Australia. Only 17 per cent of the original Box-Ironbark woodlands and forests exist today and almost all of these have been subject at some stage to intensive logging.

Central Highlands: Who's chipping away our forests - September 16, 2003

With two new export woodchip mills at the docks in Geelong alongside Midway, there have never been so many log trucks heading from the Central Highlands to Geelong.

Logging Melbourne's Water Catchment - September 07, 2003

Stretching out from the northeast suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria's Central Highlands cover more than 1,000,000ha and encompass Lake Eildon and Baw Baw National Park. Within the spectacular forests of this area lie Melbourne's water catchments, which provide drinking water to more than three million Victorians. Five of these catchments, which supply 28 percent of Melbourne's drinking water, are open to clearfell logging.