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Wombat State Forest

  • State forest surveillance increases

    State forest surveillance increases

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    Midland Express

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    Vic Police shut down an illegal rave in the Wombat State Forest earlier this month, which had more than 1000…

  • Locals mourn logging destruction

    Locals mourn logging destruction

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    Midland Express

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    Members of the Wombat Forest community joined with Extinction Rebellion to draw attention to what they describe as environmentally damaging…

  • Timber removal challenged

    Timber removal challenged

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    Midland Express

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    Environmental activists have called out the removal of large volumes of fallen timber from the Wombat State Forest as being…

  • Kyneton rallies for the forest

    Kyneton rallies for the forest

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    Midland Express

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    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

    Sheep rescued after eight years in the Wombat State Forest

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    Midland Express

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    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

    ‘Legislate the parks’: Enviro groups call for end to logging

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    Midland Express

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    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

    Protesting anti-protest laws

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    Midland Express

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    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

    Forest conservationists fear union wants logging to return

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    Midland Express

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    An alliance of local conservation groups has condemned a proposal made by the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union to…

  • Campaign to protect the forest

    Campaign to protect the forest

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    Midland Express

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    In just six weeks Wombat Forestcare has raised more than $12,000 for a campaign to stop VicForests’ salvage logging operations…

  • Snap rally to stop logging

    Snap rally to stop logging

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    Midland Express

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    More than 50 people attended a snap rally in Gisborne on Friday to voice their concerns about VicForests’ salvage logging…

  • Forest furore

    Forest furore

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    Angela Crawford

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    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

    Stakes high for forests

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    Angela Crawford

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    In the same week that the Victorian Government announced permanent protections for Victoria’s three new national parks, the government also…