DEECA
-
Who’s going to clean up this mess?
A Woodend mountain biker has expressed frustration after being shuffled between three state government agencies while trying to report illegal rubbish dumping in the Wombat State Forest. Matthew Connor was appalled to discover several piles of bathroom and kitchen renovation waste dumped along forest tracks last month. “A group of us know the bush very…
-
Timber removal challenged
Environmental activists have called out the removal of large volumes of fallen timber from the Wombat State Forest as being done “under the guise of reducing fire risk”. The Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action is removing trees and debris that fell during the 2021 storms but environmental groups argue the works are destructive…