You wouldn’t pick Russ Williams for a typical greenie but he’s ready to defend his patch of bush.

​The largest stand of critically endangered Strzelecki Gums in existence has been found at the former Holden Proving Ground, confirming its status as a biodiversity hotspot.

Two inspirational Bass Coast native gardens kick off the Open Gardens Victoria spring season, writes Kate Anderson.

The South Gippsland Conservation Society is pushing for urgent dune reconstruction to prevent further damage.

Tim Herring does the sums on home battery storage.

Council’s flawed rural tourism strategy could be the death knell for farming on Phillip Island, warns Greg Johnson

What’s your favourite local tree? Perhaps the Townsend Bluff eucalypt, climbed and loved by many, or the extraordinary Churchill Island moonahs.

This enemy overpowers everything in its way, but Jon Temby is equally pitiless. And the tide is turning.

Only two specimens have ever been collected and one of them was found in the Western Port Woodlands. Ian Pascoe tells the tale of his favourite fungus.

Sand miners ride roughshod over Bass Coast community with mining regulator’s acquiescence, writes Neil Rankine

Phillip Island’s little penguin population has survived a strong El Nino event, with a higher than expected number of fledgling chicks this breeding season.

The discovery of a rarely seen Eastern Ground Parrot in Inverloch has local birdwatchers wondering if there might be others around. Dallas Wyatt reports.

The newly elected president of the Phillip Island Conservation Society learned activism from some of the best.

There’s a fairy tale quality to Rick Coleman’s introduction to gardening. And he’s ready to share the magic in the Garden Gems series.

Locals naturalists were concerned when they heard an excavator within the hallowed grounds of the Tarwin Lower Cemetery.

Phillip Island residents and business are being asked to dim the lights to protect short-tailed shearwater chicks on their first migration north

A LITTLE penguin found malnourished on the beach has been identified as one of the oldest penguins ever seen at the Phillip Island mega-colony.

Ed Thexton visits the Corinella Foreshore and finds the locals have achieved something remarkable.

Residents chalk up second victory in their battle to preserve the wetland reserve.

Open Gardens Victoria features two contrasting Inverloch gardens, owned by mother and daughter Judy Morcom and Sue Jarvis.