Latest news on koalas

Friends of the Earth's SKAT collective has just completed koala scat surveys in the 7,000 hectare Won Wron State Forest, near Yarram. Won Wron is definately a stronghold of the Strzelecki koala, with perhaps...

On the 18th and 19th of May, Anthony Amis from SKAT (Friends of the Earth Melbourne's koala collective)  visited Budj Bim National Park, the site of Victoria's largest mass koala shooting and probably the...

Update 20/5/25: Friends of the Earth Budj Bim site visit see here Update 25/4/25: Locals are informing us that shooters have been shooting from helicopters at Budj Bim all week, meaning that hundreds more...

SKAT's inaugural Koalathon occurred on March 30 2025 in East Malvern.  Over 50 people took part in the event, with $7,000 being raised. Donations to the Koalathon can still happen and the site will...

UPDATE: The March 30 Koalathon is now live and running. Website here. Friends of the Earth's SKAT collective is organising a Koalathon on Sunday March 30.  Participants will be sponsored to walk, run or...

Over the past three years SKAT had determined that Mullungdung and Won Wrote State Forests are the key to ensure the long term viability of the Strzelecki koala population. There are also two very...

Local conservation group, Gippsland Forest Guardians (GFG) are calling on Hancock Victorian Plantations Pty Ltd (HVP) to be open and transparent with their plans for forestry on our Crown land. Under Freedom of Information...

Since early July, SKAT has been surveying the northern half of Won Wron State Forest for Strzelecki koala scats. Around 700 trees have been surveyed, with 86 survey sites completed. SKAT has determined that...

Friends of the Earth has started more "in depth" surveying of Won Wron State Forest for koalas. After surveying nearby Mullungdung State Forest for almost three years, the focus has now turned to the...

Hancock Victorian Plantations controversial plans to log many hardwood areas and replant with pines in the Strzelecki ranges puts Slender Tree-ferns, Gang-gangs, Powerful Owls, Pilotbirds and the rare and endangered Strzelecki Burrowing Crayfish at...