2016 Plans to Protect and Rehabilitate the Silt Jetties into the Future

UPDATE 2023 : it appears some of this never happened. Why ?

FOGL members gathered in 2016 at the Silt Jetties to hear from Parks Victoria’s Sean Phillipson, Manager for Regional Delivery, about plans to protect and rehabilitate this special part of the Gippsland Lakes.

As a stakeholder having had major projects along the Silt Jetties for ten years, FOGL was involved in workshops regarding their future and had input into the development of the current plans, so we were keen to hear how they are being implemented.

Sean showed us maps and gave an extremely interesting talk explaining the background to concerns about instabilities of the Silt Jetties Read More

Mathieson’s Paddock


milk carton guards were not beating the browsers – a refresh with stronger guards on Sunday 21 June
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FoGL Submission to the Inspector General for Emergency Management on Current Prescribed Burning Practices

Concluding Comments: “FoGL stresses a fire ecology strategy needs to be developed and implemented that protects and enhances our biodiversity and is based on the best-available scientific evidence.” … ” We feel that a public awareness campaign needs to be mounted that challenges, with scientific evidence, the belief that planned burns protect communities and do no harm to wildlife and biodiversity.”

FoGL Submission to the Inspector General for Emergency Management