Latest news on koalas

SKAT got a call from a local media outlet early this week about koala deaths in south western Victoria. Unfortunately we were unable to help. Our limited capacity is concentrated on the Strzelecki region....

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...

Despite lack of funding, it has been a very busy couple of months for SKAT. Recent visits to the Strzelecki Ranges, reveal that up to 16,000 hectares of hardwood is currently being converted to...

A new documentary film, The Koalas, will be showing in Melbourne on Tuesday June 18, 6.30pm Cinema Nova and  Saturday June 22, 4pm Thornbury Picture House, 802 High Street, Thornbury). The film produced by...