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VCAT orders Council to Release Timber Harvest Plan as HVP Withdraw Appeal
June 01, 2025
VCAT has ordered Council to Release Timber Harvest Plan to Gippsland Forest Guardians as Hancock Victorian Plantations (HVP) withdraws VCAT Appeal. Published in the Prom Coast News June 2025
Read MoreThe Forest Stewardship Council and HVP non-conformances
April 29, 2025
A recent complaint by Gippsland Forest Guardians to the Forest Stewardship Council about concerns with HVP's protection of Rare and Threatened Species has led to significant non-conformances. Lisa talks through the background to the complaint and where to from here with Phuong on 3CR...
Read MoreTurtons Creek Rainforest Survey Confirms National Significance
February 27, 2025
On Saturday Feb 22nd, an enthusiastic crowd gathered for a fascinating presentation by Karl Just and Dylan Osler, two of Victoria’s most highly regarded botanists and ecologists.
Read MoreClearing of High Conservation Value Roadside Sparks Outrage in South Gippsland
January 15, 2025
In November 2023, residents of Turtons Creek were shocked to discover the extensive clearing of high conservation value roadside vegetation, including mature Messmate and Blackwood trees, along Dollar-Woorarra West Road. Approximately an acre of native vegetation, bordering cool temperate rainforest, was removed from the...
Read MoreVictoria talks about Slender Tree-ferns with Amy Mullins
May 07, 2024
Victoria outlines some of the amazing discoveries happening at Turtons Creek including the existence of Slender Tree-ferns, a fragile, beautiful and Critically Endangered species.
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