Victorian Forest Alliance

13/10/2026

12/10/2026

Just 18 months ago, 135,000 Ha of Grampians National Park was burnt in a massive fire that razed 80% of the park. In the previous decade or so, many more fires have occurred, particularly in the north, meaning that 90%+ of the park has been burnt, often repeatedly, in the last 10-15 years. Despite this devastation, the response is, astonishingly, to burn more!

The beautiful, mature stringybark woodland and heathland within Grampians National Park near Dunkeld has been attacked by bulldozer in preparation for being burnt by Forest Fire Management Victoria. This is one of the last unburnt parts of the park. Large Messmate and Brown Stringybark have been bulldozed (up to 20+ metres from the track), as has the understorey of heaths and orchids in a great swathe along tracks east of Cooks Road and south and west of the old Dunkeld reservoir and pumping station.

Read the full summary doc by ‘Enough is Enough’ including how to contact decision makers via the link in our bio.

If you love Gariwerd help the community fight this destruction.

08/10/2026

“When we’re told prescriber burns are only effective for a little while, then they lose their effectiveness, it’s a half-truth. They don’t go out of the picture...”

An except from a presentation given by Dr Philip Zylstra in Healesville this August. Watch the whole thing on our website. Go to ‘Fire Resources - Other videos’.

03/10/2026

The LNP and One Nation are promising to restart native forest logging in Vic. Obviously this will be completely devastating to forest ecosystems but it would also elevate bushfire risk for our communities, because logged forests are more flammable.

02/10/2026

“The beautiful, mature stringybark woodland and heathland within Grampians National Park near Dunkeld has been attacked by bulldozer in preparation for being burnt by Forest Fire Management Victoria. This is one of the last unburnt parts of the park. Large Messmate and Brown Stringybark have been bulldozed (up to 20+ metres from the track), as has the understorey of heaths and orchids in a great swathe along tracks east of Cooks Road and south and west of the old Dunkeld reservoir and pumping station.”

Read the full summary doc by ‘Enough is Enough’ via the link in the comments.

If you love Gariwerd help the community fight this destruction.

30/09/2026

From 5 October 2026, new and expanded parks and reserves will come into effect across Victoria’s Central West and Mirboo North, with Parks Victoria assuming management responsibility for more than 78,000 hectares of land.

This is the result of more than 15 years of advocacy, campaigning, scientific surveying and legal action by Wombat Forestcare, the Victorian National Parks Association, Preserve our Forests Mirboo North, the Bendigo & District Environment Council and Ballarat Environment Network.

The changes include the creation of three new national parks, three new conservation parks, seven new or expanded regional parks, and almost 30 new and expanded nature reserves and bushland reserves.

Most popular outdoor activities will continue across the new parks and reserves, including four-wheel driving, trail-bike riding, mountain biking, camping, fishing, bushwalking, picnicking, horse riding and dog walking. Some activities will have different rules depending on the park classification and location. Visitors are encouraged to check updated maps, park pages and visitor information before visiting. You can find more information via the resources listed below.

The new parks are located on the lands of the Dja Dja Wurrung, Eastern Maar, Wadawurrung, Wurundjeri, Gunaikurnai and Taungurung peoples.

28/09/2026

Will we fall for the same old lies?? For decades we told that woodchips were just a byproduct of native forest logging. In fact the “waste” drove the industry in Vic, with over 80% of logs cut used to make short-lived products like copy paper and pallets.

Since commercial logging has ended in WA and Vic the industry has been trying on a range of disguises, and hey presto the same argument is being made: woodchips/charcoal/firewood are just a byproduct of “ecological thinning”.

24/09/2026

The judgement on the Hollows Case will be handed down in the next few weeks. Here’s a recap of why this case is so important.

22/09/2026

In good news a lyrebird chick fledged today!

Lyrebirds are superb ecosystem engineers, displacing on average 155 tonnes of soil and leaf litter per hectare in a single year while foraging for food. They are aeration and composting experts, promoting greater biomass and diversity of invertebrates even while they snack on them! Wishing this little one a long life of song and good foraging (did you know lyrebird can live up to 30 years?!)

19/09/2026

🗓️ This event will be fan-flamin’-tastic! This conversation is essential listening for anyone concerned about bushfire safety and how we treat forests.

Seats are all booked out but there are free on-line bookings.

This Monday Sept 21st 6pm.