Wombat State Forest
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Logging disrupted
VicForests’ storm recovery works in the Wombat State Forest are continuing despite temporary disruption from anti-logging protesters last Monday. At…
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Forest clearing angers
As ‘salvage logging’ gets under way in the Wombat State Forest, local residents have raised the alarm over the nature…
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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…
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Forests and parks remain closed to visitors
Following the severe weather and storm event last week, the Wombat State Forest, the northern part of Lerderderg State Park,…
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Forest frustration
More than 40 state, national and international groups are calling on the state government to accept recommendations for new national…
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Exploration shock – Residents protest gold drilling in the Wombat
Blackwood residents protested in the Wombat State Forest last week after they discovered mining company Currawong Resources had begun exploratory…
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A win for conservation – National Park recommended for the Wombat Forest
A Wombat-Lerderderg National Park and Cobaw Conservation Park will be created if the state government accepts recommendations released by the…
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Reckless ignorance
Local fire brigades were left in disbelief when they discovered a group of campers in the Wombat State Forest had…
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Forest fears furore
With less than a fortnight before the state election, a fight has erupted over a plan to reclassify the Wombat…
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Higher status for forests
Greater conservation protection for the Cobaw and Wombat State Forests has been proposed following the completion of an investigation into…