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The Victorian government’s Deer Control strategy was at last released on October 30. You can find it here. The strategy contains some quite frightening info—with photos— about the damage increasing deer populations are doing to the agriculture sector and protected … Continue reading →

As we’ve previously reported, work is under way to produce a new management plan for Kalimna Park, in the Balak Kalik Manya (Walking Together) project. A progress report by Harley Douglas, manager of the project, is published below. It’s worth … Continue reading →

The Royal Commission into national natural disaster arrangements has released a report nearly six hundred pages long scoping the scale of natural disasters in Australia, and what can be done to avert the worst consequences of such events. You can … Continue reading →

The Commission has made over a hundred recommendations.  The question is: how many of them will actually be implemented? This will depend on how much political pressure is put on to Government: but you can get a sobering clue from … Continue reading →

A couple of years ago we expressed surprise at the apparently supine attitude of the state Labor government before the hunting lobby. Its so called ‘deer strategy‘, for example,  was ‘more concerned to gratify the hunting lobby than to respond … Continue reading →

FOBIF has decided to have a Zoom AGM on Monday November 9 at 7.30. Members and supporters are cordially invited to attend. You’ll need to register to do this. Those who register will be sent a log in link, in … Continue reading →

A new management plan for Kalimna Park will be released for consultation before the end of the year. The plan, part of the Balak Kalik Manya (Walking Together) project, is part of ongoing indigenous co management  in the park. Not … Continue reading →

FOBIF has submitted an objection to the planning  permit application for a new supermarket in Duke Street Castlemaine. Our submission is essentially a repeat of our objection to a previous version of this permit application. We said at the time … Continue reading →

‘Environmental infrastructure’ is one of those phrases that makes the eyes glaze over, but actually, all it means is: things that help you enjoy good places. That is, bush tracks, ways of enjoying parks and gardens, and so on. As … Continue reading →

The September issue of Wombat Forestcare newsletter is now out, and can be found here As usual, it’s a great read, containing articles about owls, the continuing uncertain status of the Wombat Forest, bird calls, fungi, and a very sobering … Continue reading →