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Pyrenees Highway: looking for answers

Posted on 10 April, 2016 by fobif

FOBIF has made a submission to Vicroads on the Safe Roads project, which aims to reduce ‘run-off roads’ accidents, mainly by installing barriers and removing vegetation likely to be on the end of a crashing vehicle. Our submission aims to … Continue reading →

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Good news, bad news

Posted on 4 April, 2016 by fobif

Local ecologist Damien Cook came across an unusual road kill near the Chewton- Fryerstown road in late March: an Eastern Pygmy Possum. According to a recent article on the Museum Victoria website, it’s ‘listed as near threatened in Victoria; at … Continue reading →

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FOBIF/Connecting Country Walk

Posted on 28 March, 2016 by fobif

The combined FOBIF/Connecting Country walk on 20 March was an enormous success. The weather was wonderful, Andrew Skeoch and Sarah Koschak’s Strangways property was the perfect location for a guided walk, and it turned out to be a great way to … Continue reading →

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Pyrenees Highway: some preliminary questions

Posted on 22 March, 2016 by fobif

Representatives of several conservation groups, including FOBIF, have done a couple of reconnaissance trips along the Pyrenees Highway to look over trees marked for the chop as part of Vicroads proposed Safe Road Project. FOBIF will be making a submission … Continue reading →

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Some dog park questions

Posted on 21 March, 2016 by fobif

FOBIF has written to the Mount Alexander shire regarding the off lead dog park proposed for the Botanical Gardens. The relevant parts of the letter follow: ‘While FOBIF believes that an off lead park is a good and common sense … Continue reading →

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