Environment

  • Birds batter vineyard’s harvest

    BIRDS have wiped out about half of this year’s grape harvest at a Colac district vineyard.

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  • Friends of Earth support council push

    AN ENVIRONMENTAL group says Colac Otway Shire Council’s push to ban coal-seam gas mining has “special significance”.

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  • Councillor calls for gas mining ban

    A COLAC OTWAY Shire councillor wants the State Government to ban coal-seam gas exploration.

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  • Fuel spill closes station

    AUTHORITIES closed Colac’s busiest petrol station for an hour after a vehicle leaked 50 litres of fuel.

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  • Humane approach to fox problem

    OTWAYS farmers can trial a new humane method of catching foxes on their properties.

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  • Koalas die in Wye River burnoff

    THE death of koalas in a State Government burnoff near Wye River have angered wildlife activists.

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  • Tree killer spotted at Lorne

    AUTHORITIES have destroyed trees at Lorne to stop the spread of a fungus attacking native plants.

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  • Dogs join hunt for tiger quolls

    DOGS and their sensitive noses have joined a search for an endangered animal in the Otways.

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