Rare visitors threatened by waste: Rare native birds have been sighted in the Spring Creek Estuary and conservation groups like SANE are calling on the community to assist in their protection.

Precious babies on our beaches: Volunteer Hooded Plover monitors have sighted nests at regular breeding site Point Roadknight and at new breeding site Fairhaven.

Embracing the art in coastal conservation: Participants in a unique weed mask-making workshop learnt about invasive weeds with the help of LorneCare as part of the Lorne Sculpture Festival.

Weeding out coastal invaders: The Otway Community and Conservation Network (OCCN) is working to reduce the threat of two invasive weed species, Boneseed Chrysanthemoides monbilifera and Bridal Creeper Asparagus asparagoides.

Heart of the coast restored by hand: Jan Juc Coast Action will work with local volunteers throughout a two year project to restore grasslands atop the Jan Juc cliffs.

Predatory pests targeted in Juc: Jan Juc Coast Action group is embarking on a fox control program in an effort to protect the local environment from the predatory pests.

Nice natives move in: Investigations into mysterious track marks in vegetation areas of Jan Juc by Jan Juc Coast Action have revealed that the native Swamp Rat (Rattus lutreolus) is calling the area home.

 

 

 

 

 

 Joint force protects threatened woodlands: Anglesea Coast Action (ACA ) has joined forces with other coastal volunteer groups, students, a local business and local land managers to protect threatened Coastal Moonah Woodlands.

 

 

 

 

New network to protect the Otways!: Community conservation groups and natural resource management agencies are uniting in a mission to protect and enhance biodiversity in the Otways.

Fighting Furry Ferals: Rabbits in the region are on the rise as the problematic pests gorge themselves on an abundance of lush feed following a wet summer.  Torquay Coast Action is taking on the problam head on.

An underwater world in decline: A message from SANE about how you can get hands on in the battle against climate change and save our Giant Kelp Forests.

Community group born to make a difference!: The story of LorneCare

 

 Volunteers restore coastal heathland: Anglesea Coast Action's success in the Anglesea heathlands.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Surf Coast Times Green Column Article - "Winning battles in the war on weeds" - The succes of the Friends of Eastern Otways Group.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Protecting spectacular Point Addis: A Surf Coast Times Going Green Column on the work of the Friends of Point Addis.

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