by adrian | Jan 31, 2022 | Uncategorized
Two hundred years of land clearing are leading to extinction. Victoria’s 2018 State of the Environment Report indicated that between 1990 and 2015 native grasslands and herblands have declined by 20% from approximately 2.3 million hectares to 1.8 million hectares....
by adrian | Nov 10, 2021 | Uncategorized
The Grassy Plains Network has identified a set of eleven high-quality grasslands across Melbourne that are under threat. There are more – of course – but these are the most important, and they are in need of urgent action. These eleven are primarily in Hobsons Bay and...
by adrian | Oct 15, 2021 | Uncategorized
GPN have worked with fab designer Liz Dalgleish to come up with four posters calling out the perilous position of the critically endangered Spiny Rice-flower (Pimelea spinescens) in Hobsons Bay. We love HB’s grasslands, but half of them are completely...
by adrian | Oct 14, 2021 | Uncategorized
GPN Facilitator Adrian Marshall recently gave a talk to Friends of Steele Creek. Tickets went fast and the discussion following his presentation was brisk. The talk ranged across the Western Grassland Reserves, the urban growth corridors as well as grasslands in the...
by adrian | Oct 5, 2021 | Uncategorized
The Star has run a good article focussing on the potential impacts of the Airport Rail Link here: https://brimbanknorthwest.starweekly.com.au/news/fears-for-grasslands/
by adrian | Oct 5, 2021 | Uncategorized
GPN today made its submission on the proposed changes that will see most, if not all, grassy ecosystems go without a Recovery Plan. We kept it brief, not to waste our time – it’s not as though any Recovery Plans have been written to date, and there’s been...
