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Third Stop Work Order announced for Tallaganda State Forest
With yesterday’s announcement, we now will have stopped logging operations in Tallaganda State Forest for a total of 113 days - and counting. A third stop work order has been imposed on all logging operations in Tallaganda State Forest by the EPA until 20 December 2023. ...
Success! Warragamba Dam plan officially scrapped
Good news - the development plan to raise the Warragamba Dam wall has been officially withdrawn! For the first time in five years we can have a sense of certainty that the spectacular valleys of the southern Blue Mountains National Park will not be...
What's happening in Tallaganda State Forest?
Wilderness Australia’s ecologist Andrew Wong inspected Tallaganda State Forest to follow up on rumours of logging operations in critical Greater Glider habitat. What he found was a shocking and intensive logging operation which is occurring in a large unburnt area of core Greater Glider...
Open letter to Premier Jeremy Rockliff
This open letter by The Australia Institute calls for an end to native forest logging in Tasmania. Wilderness Australia is proud to be among the 66 other dedicated groups and individuals pushing for the protection of these highly significant forests. We invite you to...
"It's make or break time."
In an article by the South Coast Register, Wilderness Australia Director, Virginia Young, highlights the importance of community involvement when it comes to wilderness protection. Drawing on over 40 years of environmental activism, Virginia is working tirelessly to educate decision makers and community members...
What does the NSW election mean for Warragamba Dam?
We have a new Government in NSW. It gives us some welcome clarity about the future of the Blue Mountains. It is with a sense of cautious excitement that we are now entering what may be the final stretch of the Warragamba Dam campaign. The...