REPOST BEAM Mitchell Environment Group @wallanwallanrp:
"Join the wallan wallan Regional Parkland Alliance to hear about a new parkland proposed for the Upper Merri"
➡wallanwallanrp.org.au
➡events.humanitix.com/introducing-the-wallan-wallan-regional-parkland-online-event
This incredible article in The Monthly explores the culture of 'bush user' groups, and deep dives into what is happening on the ground in Victoria's forests.
It is truly worth a read.
www.themonthly.com.au/march-2026/e...
NO MINES IN THE WOMBAT FOREST! ❌⛏️
Wombat Forestcare members have found exploratory gold drilling equipment in the Wombat Forest this week.
WF is asking residents to write to Jacinta Allen and Steve Dimopoulos, requesting the prompt creation of the promised regional parks and reserves.
REPOST from @greatforestnp:
"Join us on Wednesday 11th March from 6pm at Patagonia Naarm/Melbourne Store for the launch of Tales & Trails - a night of singletrack and stoke, to protect the Great Forest."
"Or, we can increase our demands for a safer, more sustainable future for all, and all work even harder together to achieve this."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/01/a-scorching-summer-has-left-australian-wildlife-on-the-brink-but-it-doesnt-have-to-be-this-way
The opening lines of the VFA submission to the forest fire management consultation process that's open now.
Head to our website to read the submission and craft your own - they close on the 20th.
www.victorianforestalliance.org.au/ffmv-strateg...
March in March for Forests! ✊🏻✊🏽✊🏿 @bobbrownfoundation
"📣 On 22 March, rise up with thousands of people around the country to call for an end to native forest logging.
RSVP or sign up to volunteer — marchforforests.org
#MarchForForests #EndNativeForestLogging"
"If this hot weather is not for you, join us tomorrow to think cool, green thoughts! We have two incredible forests experts lined up to tell us all about the complex and critically important role of forests for planetary health! 🌳🌿🍃"
lighterfootprints.org/why-forests-...
Agencies globally are employing new bushfire detection and suppression technologies to locate and extinguish fires when they start. 🔥
Let's invest in technology that actually works.
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/environment/2026/02/14/the-case-date-bushfire-detection-and-suppression
"In Australian studies, “fuel load was found to have no effect on rate of spread, and only a very minor effect on flame heights”."
➡www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/environment/2026/02/14/the-case-date-bushfire-detection-and-suppression
IMPORTANT: Public consultation is open right now for DEECA’s strategic assessment under the EPBC Act for planned bushfire management works. 🔥🔥🔥
We've made a submission, and we want you to make one too! 🔥
www.victorianforestalliance.org.au/ffmv-strateg...
"One of the reasons that the Wombat-Lerderderg National Park was created was to protect these beautiful Greater Gliders."
Check out the Wombat Forestcare page for the video of FFMV destruction in the recently legislated park just last week.
Only two days left to make a submission to the FSC, or sign on to Gippsland Forest Guardians' submission.
Let's make sure these biodiverse areas don't get turned into pine monocrops!
More info here:
www.gippslandforestguardians.org.au/10_1_petition
Come along to the March in March for Forests - on March 22nd at Parliament Gardens.
See you there!
@bobbrownfoundation
"Evidence-based ecological management is essential in forests and we must aim to avoid risky management, such as the use of widespread mechanical thinning in these forests."
theconversation.com/victorias-mo...
In 2016, Fiona was imagining a hopeful future for her newborn baby.
3 years later, her daughter's first bedroom, along with everything they owned was incinerated in the climate-fuelled bushfires of 2019/20.
Survivors like Fiona are why we can’t afford delay any longer.
#BushfireSurvivors
"As climate change brings warmer temperatures, we expect Mesophellia may increasingly act as an important food source for long-footed potoroos when other resources are scarce."
theconversation.com/potoroos-dig...
“The impact of bushfires on wildlife can be catastrophic. Native animals are often unable to escape fires and are highly vulnerable...”
➡https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/30/victoria-bushfires-threatened-species-australia?
“The Albanese government promised a once-in-a-generation fix to Australia’s broken environment laws. Instead, the draft National Environmental Standards put up for public comment over summer look worryingly familiar,” writes Louise Morris.
Read the full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/4rlvsJ0
We don't think so. 🔥🔥
Right now, there's a consultation happening which could result in FFMV's activities becoming exempt from regulation under the federal environment act: the EPBC. It is so crucial that this is stopped. 🔥
Make a submission:
consult.dcceew.gov.au/draft-tor-st...
“What customers are paying for at the checkout could be timber made of greater glider or swift parrot habitat, which could even be illegally logged.”
www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jan/27/bunnings-accused-of-greenwashing-timber-amid-concerns-about-suppliers-logging
The Forest Stewardship Council are attempting to change the fine print in some of their policy, and Gippsland Forest Guardians have written a brilliant joint submission against these changes.
You can sign on to the submission via the link:
www.gippslandforestguardians.org.au/10_1_petition
@foemelbourne is excited to share that we are organising a second Snow Gum Summit, which will take place in March 2026 on Ngarigo Country in Jindabyne.
www.melbournefoe.org.au/snow_gum_sum...
Great independent article talking through the intricacies of appropriate responses to fires.
@kinglakeforest.bsky.social
michaelwest.com.au/bushfires-th...
VFA supporters are encouraged to stand in solidarity with First Nations peoples on January 26 by attending local Invasion/Survival Day rallies.
Events are being organised across the continent to honour survival, resistance and the call for truth and justice.
Image via ANTAR
Australia’s native birds and wildlife are being poisoned by SGARs, a dangerous class of chemicals which are readily available in supermarkets and online. BirdLife Australia is calling for SGARs to be removed from public sale.
Make a Submission:
➡ birdlife.org.au/protect-auss...
Words from Phil Zystra on controlling the forests, in the wake of new discussions around the validity of planned burn regimes.
www.theage.com.au/national/it-...
"Wardell-Johnson, Zylstra and Lindenmayer argue burning forests actually increases their flammability for many years, by stimulating fresh undergrowth, thinning the mid-story of growth (which allows fires to pass through more quickly), and drying the forest.""
www.theage.com.au/national/it-...
"Within every tree species examined... bark microbes consistently removed hydrogen from the air. In other words, trees could be a major, previously unrecognised, global natural system for drawing down hydrogen out of the atmosphere."
theconversation.com/we-discovere...
@lighterfootprints_: "Join us to hear ecosystems expert Virginia Young talk about the importance of biodiversity and forest integrity to emissions reduction and climate action."
lighterfootprints.org/why-forests-...
