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Two young adults fish in Tidal River from an accessible platform in Wilsons Promontory National Park

Parks Victoria will continue to connect people with nature and create a more inclusive environment by developing a new Disability Action Plan.

Weedy Seadragon future looks bright at Flinders Pier

Newly released findings from an independent scientific study have revealed that the potential impacts to the local Weedy Seadragon population from the proposed Flinders Pier works would be localised and temporary.

The view from the cockpit of the firefighting helicopter of recently burned forest.

Large scale and long term action is best for the environment

The natural environment across Eastern Victoria is being supported to recover thanks to the re-commencement of a large-scale conservation program.

An accessible view of 10 Victorian parks

More than 80 per cent of Australians with reduced mobility want more practical and prominent information before they travel and for many, not knowing what to expect can be a major barrier to exploring somewhere new.

A lace monitor at Warby Ovens National Park

National park earns international recognition

Warby-Ovens National Park near Wangaratta in Victoria’s north east, has become the first site in Victoria to be admitted to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Green List of Protected and Conserved Areas.

Steps rebuilt at Cape Conran following the bushfires of 2019-20

Gippsland bushfire recovery works progressing

Over the winter Parks Victoria staff have been hard at work re-opening parks and popular sites in East Gippsland damaged in the devastating Black Summer bushfires.

Uprooted tree blocking Mathias Track at Dandenong Ranges National Park

State-wide storm response continues as rangers tackle extensive damages

Just over two months after a severe weather event brought down hundreds of trees and branches, damaged unique visitor infrastructure and left vast amounts of debris across Victorian parks such as the Dandenong Ranges, our rangers have removed and repaired several kilometres-worth of destruction caused to sites managed by Parks Victoria.

Two students from the Gordon Institute of TAFE planting seedlings at the Dementia Friendly Forest and Sensory Trail in Woowookarung Regional Park

Digging in for community benefit

With trowels, diggers, mallets, and wheelbarrows full of native seedlings in hand, eighteen TAFE students from Ballarat have been working tirelessly with Parks Victoria staff and volunteers to revegetate and beautify the landscape of Woowookarung Regional Park and its Australian-first Dementia-friendly Forest and Sensory Trail.

Sharnie Hamilton, Dja Dja Wurrung Ranger Team Leader and Traditional Owner, at Greater Bendigo National Park.

Meet our rangers on World Ranger Day 2021

At Parks Victoria we’re into nature. And on World Ranger Day we show our respect for the people who keep it safe. World Ranger Day is celebrated worldwide each year on July 31st to commemorate rangers killed or injured in the line of duty and to celebrate the work they do to protect the planet’s natural treasures and cultural heritage.

Safety First means we all come home alive

Marking World Ranger Day July 31, 2021. Ranger Andy Davies recently found himself outside his comfort zone after being elected as Director and Company Secretary of the International Rangers Federation (IRF). Andy was chosen because of his passion for the global community of rangers-people united by their work to protect and preserve all aspects of wild places, historic and cultural sites.