Central West Parks
@savewombatforest.bsky.social
A page dedicated to the fight to protect Wombat State Forest and see its permanent protection as a National Park for future generations.
@ParksVic has made a decision to put development ahead of it's legislated responsibility to care for and protect our environment. Heritage Vic confirm no heritage overlay for the Macedon Cross viewscape destruction: midlandexpress.com.au/latest-news/...
Heritage questioned in cross tree clearing | Midland Express
Dispute emerges between Victorian National Parks Association and Parks Victoria over woodland clearing works at Mount Macedon
midlandexpress.com.au
May 19, 2026 at 9:31 PM
@ParksVic has made a decision to put development ahead of it's legislated responsibility to care for and protect our environment. Heritage Vic confirm no heritage overlay for the Macedon Cross viewscape destruction: midlandexpress.com.au/latest-news/...
In 2014 Parks Victoria removed a significant number of Snow gums and other native vegetation. In 2025 FFMV illegally cleared 6.5 Ha next to the communication towers. And now Parks Vic have used the side door to get a permit without proper community engagement... www.theage.com.au/environment/...
Lest we forget: Parks Victoria to clear vulnerable trees for war memorial
The planned bulldozing of vulnerable snow gums this week to restore views of the Mount Macedon Memorial Cross has sparked fury among environmental groups.
www.theage.com.au
April 15, 2026 at 9:06 PM
In 2014 Parks Victoria removed a significant number of Snow gums and other native vegetation. In 2025 FFMV illegally cleared 6.5 Ha next to the communication towers. And now Parks Vic have used the side door to get a permit without proper community engagement... www.theage.com.au/environment/...
The only surprise here is that @victorianlabor.bsky.social claims they have "protected" areas in three new National Parks while still relentlessly salvage logging the Wombat. www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
April 6, 2026 at 8:17 AM
The only surprise here is that @victorianlabor.bsky.social claims they have "protected" areas in three new National Parks while still relentlessly salvage logging the Wombat. www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
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Nature protection in Victoria is being slashed. Staff are being axed, and vital institutions like the Victorian Environmental Assessment Council and Victorian Marine and Coastal Council are on the chopping block.
Let your elected reps know nature can’t afford more cuts.
vnpa.org.au/stop-the-cuts
Let your elected reps know nature can’t afford more cuts.
vnpa.org.au/stop-the-cuts
Nature can't afford more cuts
Let your elected reps know we can't afford more cuts to nature protection in Vic.
vnpa.org.au
February 25, 2026 at 8:11 AM
Nature protection in Victoria is being slashed. Staff are being axed, and vital institutions like the Victorian Environmental Assessment Council and Victorian Marine and Coastal Council are on the chopping block.
Let your elected reps know nature can’t afford more cuts.
vnpa.org.au/stop-the-cuts
Let your elected reps know nature can’t afford more cuts.
vnpa.org.au/stop-the-cuts
The National Park log grabbing opportunists have moved their fine fuel creating, soil compacting, habitat destroying machines are now coming for Blackwood. The forest is five years into recovery and this damage can be firmly laid at the feet of a few select fire "scientists/lobbyists". No shame.
February 16, 2026 at 8:43 PM
The National Park log grabbing opportunists have moved their fine fuel creating, soil compacting, habitat destroying machines are now coming for Blackwood. The forest is five years into recovery and this damage can be firmly laid at the feet of a few select fire "scientists/lobbyists". No shame.
Loophole Logging continues by @ffmv.bsky.social above the Loddon River at Lyonville Springs. Huge damage to a riparian area in an area of forest almost 5 years into recovery. All this in an area soon to be declared a National Park. @stevedimopoulos.bsky.social please call time on this now!
February 9, 2026 at 9:33 AM
Loophole Logging continues by @ffmv.bsky.social above the Loddon River at Lyonville Springs. Huge damage to a riparian area in an area of forest almost 5 years into recovery. All this in an area soon to be declared a National Park. @stevedimopoulos.bsky.social please call time on this now!
A good little article on the gross negligence and ongoing environmental damage to the Wombat Lerderderg National Park from Prof. David Lindenmayer... johnmenadue.com/post/2026/02...
Why ‘salvage logging’ undermines a promise to end native forest logging
Despite announcing an end to native forest logging, destructive logging practices continue in Victoria under the guise of firebreaks and post-storm debris removal – with serious consequences for biodi...
johnmenadue.com
February 2, 2026 at 1:16 AM
A good little article on the gross negligence and ongoing environmental damage to the Wombat Lerderderg National Park from Prof. David Lindenmayer... johnmenadue.com/post/2026/02...
Check out the great Age article by Bianca Hall on the ongoing disgraceful salvage logging in the newly declared Wombat Lerderderg National Park... www.theage.com.au/environment/...
Fresh logs piled high in Wombat State Forest revive concern about removing fallen trees
The forest will become a national park next year, but contractors are now removing more timber from the forest than before the ban on commercial native logging.
www.theage.com.au
January 14, 2026 at 4:35 AM
Check out the great Age article by Bianca Hall on the ongoing disgraceful salvage logging in the newly declared Wombat Lerderderg National Park... www.theage.com.au/environment/...
I highly doubt the forest wars are over but let's hope these Parks are a little bit closer and push the loggers a bit further away... www.theage.com.au/environment/...
As Victoria unveils ‘last national parks’, are the forest wars over?
She tried to drive away from men wielding chainsaws in a forest coupe. But that was only the beginning.
www.theage.com.au
November 1, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I highly doubt the forest wars are over but let's hope these Parks are a little bit closer and push the loggers a bit further away... www.theage.com.au/environment/...
A great article on the importance of fallen logs and their role in forest ecology. This is the sort of science that should be conducted on the windthrow in Wombat. The damage from the salvage logging far exceeds the benefit. www.scientificamerican.com/article/dead...
He’s Spent 40 Years Studying Dead Trees—Here’s What He’s Found
Forest ecologist Mark Harmon has been exhaustively examining dead logs for 40 years, and he’s found a complex world few people see
www.scientificamerican.com
September 17, 2025 at 9:04 PM
A great article on the importance of fallen logs and their role in forest ecology. This is the sort of science that should be conducted on the windthrow in Wombat. The damage from the salvage logging far exceeds the benefit. www.scientificamerican.com/article/dead...
Great to see that this legislation has finally been tabled. It doesn't stop here though - now we need to see that our Parks are properly funded and resourced. Let's hope this legislation sails through...
September 10, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Great to see that this legislation has finally been tabled. It doesn't stop here though - now we need to see that our Parks are properly funded and resourced. Let's hope this legislation sails through...
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It is a disgrace. This is happening in the promised Wombat-Lerderderg National Park. It is impossible that this amount of timber removal of fallen trees is for reduction of fire risk – perhaps we should completely clear the forest to eliminate any risk of a bushfire.
June 19, 2025 at 2:07 AM
It is a disgrace. This is happening in the promised Wombat-Lerderderg National Park. It is impossible that this amount of timber removal of fallen trees is for reduction of fire risk – perhaps we should completely clear the forest to eliminate any risk of a bushfire.
If it looks like a duck; walks like a duck; quacks like a duck. but it's not logging? if it's logged by a logger; loaded by a log loader; sorted at a log yard then delivered 2 a logging mill. Ya'd reckon it's logging. Nah. People are getting pretty sick of being gaslit.
June 19, 2025 at 12:08 PM
If it looks like a duck; walks like a duck; quacks like a duck. but it's not logging? if it's logged by a logger; loaded by a log loader; sorted at a log yard then delivered 2 a logging mill. Ya'd reckon it's logging. Nah. People are getting pretty sick of being gaslit.
They axed VicForests, but the bulldozers are still rolling. Wombat Forest is being trashed under the guise of “salvage”. This is public land, not a free-for-all. Stop the lies. Stop the logging. Legislate the park. #StopTheSalvage #WombatForest #VicGovFail
#StopTheSalvage #ParksNotProfits
#StopTheSalvage #ParksNotProfits
June 4, 2025 at 10:23 PM
They axed VicForests, but the bulldozers are still rolling. Wombat Forest is being trashed under the guise of “salvage”. This is public land, not a free-for-all. Stop the lies. Stop the logging. Legislate the park. #StopTheSalvage #WombatForest #VicGovFail
#StopTheSalvage #ParksNotProfits
#StopTheSalvage #ParksNotProfits
More on the exploitation of the Wombat. Those that enabled this destruction should hang their heads in shame. midlandexpress.com.au/latest-news/...
April 26, 2025 at 10:23 PM
More on the exploitation of the Wombat. Those that enabled this destruction should hang their heads in shame. midlandexpress.com.au/latest-news/...
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New excavation of ‘rings of mystery’ in Victoria reveals rich Aboriginal history
theconversation.com/new-excavati...
theconversation.com/new-excavati...
New excavation of ‘rings of mystery’ in Victoria reveals rich Aboriginal history
Archaeologists and Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung people are shedding new light on a series of enigmatic earth rings located in southeastern Australia.
theconversation.com
January 9, 2025 at 12:09 AM
New excavation of ‘rings of mystery’ in Victoria reveals rich Aboriginal history
theconversation.com/new-excavati...
theconversation.com/new-excavati...
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"The Victorian Government slashed the budget for Parks Victoria in the 2024-25 fiscal year to $180 million from $215.2 million in the 2023-24 fiscal year which was eventually revised to $181.2 million."
#NationalParks #Springst
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#NationalParks #Springst
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Did Parks Victoria have to close public toilets at Black Spur Drive?
Former Healesville resident Ray Donkin found out the public toilets in Dom Dom Saddle Picnic Area were closed down a [...]
mountainviews.mailcommunity.com.au
January 19, 2025 at 10:00 PM
"The Victorian Government slashed the budget for Parks Victoria in the 2024-25 fiscal year to $180 million from $215.2 million in the 2023-24 fiscal year which was eventually revised to $181.2 million."
#NationalParks #Springst
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#NationalParks #Springst
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"As a part of Victoria’s transition out of commercial native timber harvesting in state forests, the Victorian Regional Forest Agreements (RFAs) were terminated on 31 December 2024" ... About bloody time and good ridance! www.deeca.vic.gov.au/futureforest...
January 21, 2025 at 1:55 AM
"As a part of Victoria’s transition out of commercial native timber harvesting in state forests, the Victorian Regional Forest Agreements (RFAs) were terminated on 31 December 2024" ... About bloody time and good ridance! www.deeca.vic.gov.au/futureforest...
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Introducing the workshop facilitator for "Translating Ecological Knowledge into Biodiversity-Positive Design and Management", Dr Zoë Metherell! 🧵 (1/4)
January 4, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Introducing the workshop facilitator for "Translating Ecological Knowledge into Biodiversity-Positive Design and Management", Dr Zoë Metherell! 🧵 (1/4)
Some food for thought for 2025... theconversation.com/in-2025-lets...
In 2025, let’s make it game on – not game over – for our precious natural world
Amidst habitat destruction and ecological grief, let’s make a New Year’s resolution for nature — to care for beetles and butterflies, rainforests and reefs, ourselves, and future generations.
theconversation.com
December 30, 2024 at 9:04 PM
Some food for thought for 2025... theconversation.com/in-2025-lets...
@JacintaAllan @Steve_Dimo @MaryanneThomas Broken promises on new Parks, gutting Parks Vic, and failing nature in a climate crisis—your govt is trashing its environmental credibility. Victorians deserve leadership, not destruction. Step up to the plate. www.theage.com.au/environment/...
‘Chaos’: Parks Victoria under review as national parks promises broken
Speculation is rife within the sector that, at the end of the review process, Parks Victoria could be folded into the environment department.
www.theage.com.au
December 4, 2024 at 5:29 AM
@JacintaAllan @Steve_Dimo @MaryanneThomas Broken promises on new Parks, gutting Parks Vic, and failing nature in a climate crisis—your govt is trashing its environmental credibility. Victorians deserve leadership, not destruction. Step up to the plate. www.theage.com.au/environment/...
Grant W.-Johnson’s work h/lights the risks of poorly defined “active management.” In Wombat Forest, salvage logging is framed as intervention but often prioritizes profits over ecological recovery. Short-term fixes aren’t the answer to long-term forest health. www.publish.csiro.au/pc/fulltext/...
Framing ecological forestry: applying principles for the restoration of post-production forests
Decades of industrial-scale logging have damaged the structure, function, and composition of Australia’s forests; increased the threat from severe fires; and generated social distrust – all in a disru...
www.publish.csiro.au
November 29, 2024 at 6:28 AM
Grant W.-Johnson’s work h/lights the risks of poorly defined “active management.” In Wombat Forest, salvage logging is framed as intervention but often prioritizes profits over ecological recovery. Short-term fixes aren’t the answer to long-term forest health. www.publish.csiro.au/pc/fulltext/...
The government has kicked the can down the road again! No Central West Parks until next year. Not only have they protected (cough,cough) the least amount of public land in a bloody long time but also taken the longest amount of time ever to do it. Meanwhile salvage logging is about to start again!
November 29, 2024 at 5:50 AM
The government has kicked the can down the road again! No Central West Parks until next year. Not only have they protected (cough,cough) the least amount of public land in a bloody long time but also taken the longest amount of time ever to do it. Meanwhile salvage logging is about to start again!
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Our work shows how forests have naturally reduced fire risk over millions of years, and how we can work with them to counter the impacts of climate change.
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Mechanisms by which growth and succession limit the impact of fire in a south‐western Australian forested ecosystem
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.
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November 9, 2024 at 7:05 AM
Our work shows how forests have naturally reduced fire risk over millions of years, and how we can work with them to counter the impacts of climate change.
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...