Media Releases

Recent releases

• 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.

• Concept firefighting vehicles tackle the terrain near Tallangatta

  25 Mar, 2013

  The Department of Sustainability and Environment’s (DSE) fleet of concept firefighting vehicles are being put to the test near in the north east near Tallangatta and surrounds this week.

• Planned burning across the Port Phillip region

  25 Mar, 2013

  Stable weather conditions will enable the Department of Sustainability and Environment (DSE) and Parks Victoria to conduct a series of planned burns across the Port Phillip region today.

• Planned burning begins at Point Cook

  22 Mar, 2013

  Melbournians will start to see smoke from planned burns today, as weather conditions allow the Department of Sustainability and Environment (DSE) and Parks Victoria to resume their fuel reduction program.

• There she blows – Keep an eye out for our early whales

  15 Mar, 2013

  The Department of Sustainability and Environment (DSE) has called on Victorians to report any sightings of whales over the next few weeks after two earlier than usual sightings of migrating humpbacks off our coast.

• Unlicensed surveyor fined over land boundary survey

  14 Mar, 2013

  Victorians are advised to confirm the professional qualifications of land surveyors before engaging their services after a Carlton North man was found guilty of charges related to unauthorised land surveying.

• Jumbuk Hall needs care

  14 Mar, 2013

  Jumbuk Public Hall is a community facility managed by the Department of Sustainability and Environment (DSE) through a local committee of management. Jumbuk is a small rural community south of Traralgon in Gippsland.

• Turnaround in small tern breeding on Rigby Island

  14 Mar, 2013

  The Department of Sustainably and Environment (DSE) is pleased to advise that Little Terns and Fairy Terns on Rigby Island near Lakes Entrance have been successful in breeding and raising young this summer season.

• Planned burning preparation underway along Mt Dandenong Tourist Road

  14 Mar, 2013

  The Department of Sustainability and Environment (DSE) and Parks Victoria are carrying out planned burning preparation works along Mt Dandenong Tourist Road from Monday 18 to Friday 22, March 2013.

• Local voices heard on future waterway management

  12 Mar, 2013

  Victorians have had their say on the management of our state’s waterways and will receive feedback outlining how their input will influence future directions.