Tag: Wombat State Forest
Kyneton rallies for the forest
About 500 Kyneton locals joined Victorian Greens Senator, Janet Rice, and comedian Arj Barker in an organised protest march last Sunday against salvage logging in the Wombat State Forest.
Sheep rescued after eight years in the Wombat State Forest
The fourth lost sheep survivor of a truck rollover near Daylesford eight years ago has been located and reunited with its mates at Edgar's Mission Farm Sanctuary.
‘Legislate the parks’: Enviro groups call for end to logging
More than 50 regional, state and national environment groups have signed an open letter to Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan, calling for an immediate end to logging in the west of Victoria and the legislation of three promised National Parks.
Protesting anti-protest laws
Victoria’s anti-protest laws targeting forest protectors were contested through a state-wide survey action for threatened flora and fauna on Saturday.
Forest conservationists fear union wants logging to return
An alliance of local conservation groups has condemned a proposal made by the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union to source sawlogs for paper...
Campaign to protect the forest
In just six weeks Wombat Forestcare has raised more than $12,000 for a campaign to stop VicForests’ salvage logging operations in the Wombat State...
Snap rally to stop logging
More than 50 people attended a snap rally in Gisborne on Friday to voice their concerns about VicForests’ salvage logging in the...
Forest furore
Victoria's Conservation Regulator is assessing a number of allegations of non-compliance with timber harvesting laws in the Wombat State Forest.
Stakes high for forests
In the same week that the Victorian Government announced permanent protections for Victoria’s three new national parks, the government also flagged new...
Logging disrupted
VicForests’ storm recovery works in the Wombat State Forest are continuing despite temporary disruption from anti-logging protesters last Monday.
Forest clearing angers
As 'salvage logging' gets under way in the Wombat State Forest, local residents have raised the alarm over the nature and intent...
A new national park
Three new national parks will be created following the Victorian Government's tabling of its response to the Victorian Environmental Assessment Council’s Central...
