FriendsNET 99 – June 2017
Read about the extroardinary story of how Friends brought the Organ Pipes National Park back to life, the fight to save Sunbury's Jacksons Creek Valley and how the Green Army is helping out on Wirilda Track.
Read about the extroardinary story of how Friends brought the Organ Pipes National Park back to life, the fight to save Sunbury's Jacksons Creek Valley and how the Green Army is helping out on Wirilda Track.
The Friends of Organ Pipes National Park have brought native wildlife back to a place of unique geological features just 25km from Melbourne.
Jacksons Creek Valley is home to rare Aboriginal Ceremonial Rings and protects environmentally significant species and woodland. That's why the local community is fighting for its protection from development.
The Victorian Government has released a new biodiversity strategy and along with it $1 million in community and volunteer action grants.
In this edition of FriendsNET we have a great story about Friends Groups in Indonesia, another about the value of parks in the UK and Scotland, and what to do about feral cats.
Our 11 Friends Groups Portraits demonstrate the capacity, diversity and strengths of our groups and how they contribute to the upkeep of parks and reserves in Victoria.
Australian and Indonesian Friends groups share a passion for nature, and a commitment to protecting parks.
Constitutions can be fraught things, though they don’t need to be. They need to answer some important questions about an organisation and our current situation requires that we reconsider and decide these core questions.
Every year Bogong Moths make a remarkable migration through south eastern Australia. What’s the story behind this mass movement?
Plantings around Iramoo provide valuable seed and showcase the original flora of Melbourne's west.