Parkwatch : official journal of the Victorian National Parks Association

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[Melbourne, Vic.] : The Association, 1978-
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No. 246 (September 2011)
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Contents

PARK WATCH 1 , 2
PARK WATCH 3
CONTENTS 3
Environmental legislation needs improvement FROM THE PRESIDENT 4
Help the VNPA with a gift for every occasion 4
FROM THE EDITOR 4
Support nature conservation with a monthly gift 4
Making our national parks truly national 5 , 20
Parks Victoria’s Chief Executive: we will protect natural and cultural values 6 , 7
Melbourne's endangered habitats and species threatened by urban sprawl 8 , 9
Please support our urgent work on threatened urban habitats 8
Take action 9
Volcano Dreaming: grassland panorama 9
Nature Watch: how you can help with grassland conservation 10
Spring/summer monitoring dates for 2011-12 10
Riparian rescue 11
VNPA's riparian plan 11
Victoria's marine world up for grabs? 12
Try snorkelling! 12
Monitoring and research needed to explain species decline 13
Box-ironbark fire ecology 14
Symposium Fire & Biodiversity in Victoria 15
VEAC's Metropolitan Melbourne Investigation: an assessment 16
VEAC report highlights 16
Advertising 17 , 18
A short history of vegetation clearing controls in Victoria 19
KEY MILESTONES 19
Alpine grazing highlights bigger issues 20
Alpine plan called in 20
Take action for federal protection 20
VNPA ANNUAL REPORT 2010-2011 PRESIDENT'S REPORT 21
COUNCIL MEMBERS 21
THE YEAR IN REVIEW: A SNAPSHOT 22
EMPLOYEES 22
BUSHWALKING & ACTIVITIES GROUP 23
VOLUNTEERS & COMMITTEE CONVENORS 23
FINANCIAL REPORT 24
SUPPORTERS. DONORS & PARTNERS 24
The carbon price package and biodiversity 25
About the Carbon Price Package 25
Warrandyte State Park: protecting nature and history IN PARKS 26 , 29
Advertising 27 , 28
Grow West attracts planters from near and far 30
Hindmarsh: another growing weekend 30
It's wildflower show time again! 31
Report shows USA national parks are in jeopardy 32 , 33
Tasmanian park development proposal is over the top 34
Take action 34
Minister 'rules out' private developments in Victoria's parks 34
Sylvia Creek campaign update 35
What you can do 35
Eugene von Guerard and Victoria's national parks – inspiring 'a pure love of nature' 36 , 37
The Untrained Environmentalist BOOK REVIEWS 38
Kayaking around Australia 38
Wyperfeld – Australia's First Mallee National Park 38
250 Victorian Waterfalls 38
In memoriam Charlie Frederick Holmes 1924-2011 39
William Herbert (Bill) Algar 1925-2011 39
Ena Bernice Stewart 1916-2011 39
Douglas Ramsay Myers 1923-2011 39
In memoriam gifts 39
Long-time Prom lighthouse keepers move on 40 , 41
BWAG highlights and updates 42 , 44
Advertising 42 , 43

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