Victoria Updates

Victoria’s red gum forests protected in first big win for 2009 - January 02, 2009

In a spectacular New Year’s gift to the environment, Premier Brumby announced the protection of 95,000 hectares of river red gum wetlands in Victoria including four new National Parks along the Murray, Goulburn and Ovens rivers in northern Victoria.

New Target 155 website calls on Brumby Government to stop logging in water catchments - December 19, 2008

A new website www.target155.org.au has been launched to ask the state government to practice what it preaches and stop logging in Melbourne's water catchments.

Warbuton rallies to protect water catchments from logging - December 17, 2008

One thousand concerned residents and supporters took to the streets  of Warbuton calling for an end to logging in our water catchments and marking a transition from timber town to sustainable community.

Red Gum Emergency! Sick 'Murray the Cod' seeks life support - December 16, 2008

Wilderness Society conservationists rushed a sick ‘Murray the Cod’ by Ambulance to the office of several inner city Labor M.P’s seeking emergency life support - in the form of new Red Gum National Parks

New Red Gum National Parks = Happy Campers - December 11, 2008

Protestors called on the Victorian Premier to create new River Red Gum National Parks by setting up a mock campsite on the steps of Parliament House.

Brown Mountain –irreplaceable old-growth forest being logged - November 11, 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 its 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, 2008

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 22, 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 24, 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.