Media Releases

Recent releases

• Making war, not love! Snakes fight for mating rights

  16 May, 2013

  If you see two large venomous reptiles fighting this Spring, please quietly head the other way – they have a serious wrestling match to settle before one can win the girl.

• Mulloway make Coorong a Christmas tradition

  16 May, 2013

  Scientists from the Department of Environment and Primary Industries (DEPI) Arthur Rylah Institute (ARI) researching the movement of Mulloway (Argyrosomus japonicus) in south-west Victoria have found the fish consistently make the long journey from South-west Victoria to South Australia.

• New approach for Raymond Island fire management

  15 May, 2013

  The Department of Environment and Primary Industries (DEPI) and Parks Victoria will trial a new mechanical fuel management program on Raymond Island as an alternative to planned burning and specific to the needs of the island’s environment.

• Talking on water: Have your say on waterways

  15 May, 2013

  Victorians interested in the future management of Victoria’s waterways are being invited public information sessions about the Draft Victorian Waterway Management Strategy.

• The critters just keep on coming at Conran

  13 May, 2013

  When fox control commenced around Cape Conran in May 1999, no-one camping there would have recalled seeing a potoroo or a bandicoot by the glow of the campfire or in the light of a torch.

• Smoke from planned burns

  10 May, 2013

  The Department of Environment and Primary Industries, Parks Victoria and CFA are conducting a large number of planned burns across the region today and over the weekend, taking advantage of suitable weather conditions to reduce fuel loads.

• Barriers shore up the future of the rare Shaw Galaxias

  09 May, 2013

  A partnership between Government agencies, volunteers and scientists has installed barriers to save a rare alpine fish that was in danger of extinction.

• Some Victorian forest tracks closing from tomorrow

  30 Apr, 2013

  Some roads and tracks in Victoria’s forests and parks are about to be temporarily closed for winter and spring from tomorrow (1 May 2013).

• Woolly Ragwort – A Little Aussie Battler fights back

  26 Apr, 2013

  A partnership involving landholders and the Department of Environment and Primary Industries (DEPI) is working to protect two newly discovered populations of one of Victoria’s rarest plants.

• Community invited to learn more about Point Nepean plan

  24 Apr, 2013

  Interested members of the community are invited to attend an information day at Point Nepean Quarantine Station to learn more about plans for the future of the site.

• Escaped campfires cause for concern

  23 Apr, 2013

  The Department of Environment and Primary Industries (DEPI) is asking the public for any information about two escaped campfires that burned bushland on the weekend.

• Campground vandalism causes closure

  22 Apr, 2013

  The Hawthorn Bridge Campground on Latrobe River Road in the Neerim State forest is facing permanent closure after constant vandalism, the most recent incident being the destruction of the toilet block, again.

• Regent Honeyeaters take another flight towards recovery

  16 Apr, 2013

  Around 40 captive bred Regent Honeyeaters will be released in the Chiltern-Mt Pilot National Park in Victoria’s North-east tomorrow (Wednesday 17 April 2013)

• Goldfields Sugar Gliders find ‘sweet spot’ thanks to conservation work

  12 Apr, 2013

  A range of small marsupials, including the Sugar Glider, are making themselves right at home in nest boxes installed by a local conservation project in the Heathcote-Graytown National Park and in state forests around Rushworth and Whroo.

• Community Baiting Programs to start again in East Gippsland

  12 Apr, 2013

  The pressure on foxes and wild dogs living on or close to farmland in far East Gippsland will continue from April 15, when farmers involved in the Community Baiting Programs start burying poison baits on their properties.

• OBP Anniversary - Here’s to the next 30 years of Orange-bellied Parrots!

  11 Apr, 2013

  The effort to save the Orange-bellied Parrot (Neophema chrysogaster) (OBP) from extinction has marked its 30th anniversary with the latest meeting of the team responsible for the effort to save one of the world’s rarest birds.

• Planned burning underway in Frankston

  09 Apr, 2013

  Several planned burns are likely to be conducted in the Frankston area today, as the Department of Sustainability and Environment (DSE) and Parks Victoria take advantage of suitable weather conditions.

• Widespread smoke from planned burns this weekend

  05 Apr, 2013

  The Department of Sustainability and Environment (DSE) and Parks Victoria is advising Victorians there will be widespread smoke across the state this weekend as planned burning increases.

• Keeper of native things furry, feathered or scaled? Have your say on changes to wildlife licensing

  02 Apr, 2013

  Work is underway to make the regulations for owning and selling native wildlife more streamlined and easier to understand for Victorian wildlife enthusiasts, while continuing to protect native animals, birds and reptiles.

• River patrols for long weekend

  26 Mar, 2013

  Mildura residents and visitors are likely to see the Department of Sustainability and Environment (DSE) fireboat Warluyuki later this week as DSE, Victoria Police officers and Parks Victoria rangers conduct patrols to ensure people enjoying the river are doing the right thing and staying safe.