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• Port Phillip Conservation Council Inc
• Invasive Species Council
• Blue Wedges

Garnered from around the internet traps...

• Environment Victoria
  
• Association of Societies for Growing Australian Plants Information and contacts about in the cultivation, propagation, conservation and appreciation of Australia's native flora.
  
• The Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) is Australia's leading national, environmental organisation. It is non-profit, membership-based and is funded by individual Australians via their memberships, donations and workplace giving programs. ACF works for practical solutions to the most urgent environmental problems, solutions that achieve lasting political, economic and social support. 
  
• EarthwatchEarthwatch Institute in Australia was established in 1982. Based in Melbourne, its objective is to expand support for field research in Australia and the Asia-Pacific region and to promote increased public awareness of scientific research and conservation through participation in Earthwatch programs. It is registered as a scientific research institute under the auspices of the CSIRO.
  
• The Environmental Defender's Office Ltd is a not-for-profit community legal centre specialising in public interest environmental law. We help the individuals and community groups who are working to protect the natural and built environment. The EDO is part of a national network of EDOs who help to protect the environment through law in their States.
  
• Greening Australia  Known as a tree planting organisation, Greening Australia  also provides on-ground expertise, public awareness and education, and leadership in native vegetation management.
  
• Melbourne Water Frog Census a community-based frog monitoring program within greater Melbourne.
  
• Victorian National Parks Association "People caring for nature - that's what the Victorian National Parks Association (VNPA) is all about. It's why we run Victoria's largest bushwalking and outdoor activities program. And it's what lies behind our strategic and successful campaigns for nature conservation and biodiversity. It's the connection between many thousands of VNPA members and supporters of all ages and backgrounds, and it's the reason the VNPA exists."
  
• The Victorian Frog Group aims to provide for the needs of all those interested in Australian frogs. This community group invites members to participate in activities and meetings held regularly.
  
• WWF Australia's mission is to achieve the conservation of nature and ecological processes by: preserving genetic, species and ecosystem diversity: ensuring that the use of renewable natural resources is sustainable both now and in the longer term, for the benefit of all on earth: and promoting actions to reduce to a minimum, pollution and the wasteful exploitation and consumption of resources and energy Contact: 07 3839 2677. 
  
• Backyard Birdwatch from the ABC to help you identify birds found in urban Australia.

Some selections from the Vicnet website

• Australians for an Ecologically Sustainable Population
  
• Braeside Park Friends Group A recreation and conservation park containing valuable and beautiful remnants of flora and fauna once found flourishing naturally throughout the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne. Details of Braeside Park Friends Group and list of indigenous plants.
  
• CERES Community Environment Park A community environment project located beside the Merri Creek in Brunswick. CERES is also the name of the Roman Goddess for agriculture.
  
• EcoRecycle VictoriaPartnering industry, local government and the community in minimising the creation of waste, promoting the sustainable use of resources and better managing the disposal of residuals.
  
• Eco-shout The internet protal to Melbourne's green underbelly. Find active groups, events, news, sustainable businesses, share housing . Working for a safe and ecologically sustainable environment for Victoria now and in the future through the protection and restoration of air, land and water quality and the control of unwanted noise.
  
• Field Naturalists Club of Victoria
  
• Green Web Meeting place for concepts, campaigns, management and products which are linked to the environment. Based in Kew, Victoria
  
• Hobsons Bay Environmental Network
• This site hopes to connect all groups and individuals interested in the natural environment of Hobsons Bay.
  
• Hughes Creek Group Community action for natural regeneration and effective conservation of our environment. Working to care for the environment.
  
• Indigenous Flora and Fauna Association IFFA is the not for profit group for people interested in preserving, restoring and studying indigenous plants and animals. Based in Melbourne Australia.
  
• Marine Care Ricketts Point Marine Care Ricketts Point is a community organisation whose aim is to foster species diversity conservation of the Ricketts Point Marine Sanctuary.
  
• Monash University (Clayton campus) Environment Group Home Page Student group united in our concern for the welfare of planet earth and all of its species
  
• Mordialloc-Beaumaris Conservation League Inc Environment action group based in the Melbourne bayside suburb of Mordialloc. The League was formed in August 1969 and has constantly campaigned to protect the local environment. The League actively seeks to influence decision making processes through participating in community consultation, preparing submissions and attending hearings, letter writing and networking with other organisations. New members sympathetic to the League's objective are welcome.
  
• MSGV Mammal Survey Group of victoria
  
• Natural Resources Conservation League of Victoria Promoting the conservation, improvement and sustainability of our nation's natural resources through the production and supply of quality plants, qualified advisory services and education programs.
  
• Parks Victoria Responsible for over 4 million hectares of the State's national and regional environmental, recreational and tourism attractions.
  
• Public Land Council of Victoria Supporting sustainable multiple use of public land in Victoria, Australia.
  
• Riverlands Conservation Society homepage Homepage of the Riverlands Conservation Society, a community conservation organisation in Melbourne.
  
• Round the Bend Conservation Co-operative Ltd Round the Bend is an Australian residential native bushland co-operative near Melbourne Victoria. Our aim and work is to preserve our bushland.
  
• Society for Growing Australian Plants Plant nativePlant autumnSave water
  
• Sustainable Living calendar A calendar of events releated to Sustainability in all its aspects. Its free and anyone can place an event on it.
  
• Swan Bay Environment Association Recognises the importance of Swan Bay as a wetland of national and international importance and is actively working to ensure the area remains in a natural and unspoilt state. The Association encourages passive recreational and educational use of the Bay.
  
• The Marsuipal Society of Victoria Inc The Marsupial Society of Victoria is concerned with the conservation, study and keeping of native marsupials in Victoria
  A My Connected Community Site. 
• The Wilderness Society - Victoria A non-profit non-governmental organisation with the mission to preserve wilderness, protect wilderness, promote wilderness, and promote the rights of wilderness. See also: Wilderness Society National Site
  
• Trust for Nature (Victoria) The trust will strive to ensure that all significant natural areas in Victoria are conserved. The Trust will strive to ensure that all significant natural areas in private ownership in Victoria are conserved
  
• Victorian National Parks Info for Highlands, Gippsland, Murray River, Grampians, Gold Fields, Great Ocean Road (from Australian Tourism Net's guide to Australia's National Parks)
  
• Victorian WaterWatch Waterwatch brings together schools and community groups, Landcare Groups, and landowners, councils and water authorities to test the quality of their local stream or water source so that practical actions can be taken to maintain and improve water quality
  
• Weed Science Society of Victoria To promote wider interest in weeds and their management and control. To promote opportunities for exchange of information and ideas based on research and practice. To encourage the study of weed science and the dissemination of its findings.
  
• WHOMP Wildlife Help on Mornington Penisula is a group of shelters for Australian Native Wildlife committed to providing quality care to injured and orphaned animals.
  
• Wildlife Care Network Inc. Dedicated to the rescue, care and rehabilitation of Australian wildlife. Info about the Wildlife Care Network and Australian wildlife rehabilitaion for the public and the professional wildlife rehabilitator.
  
• Wildlife Victoria Volunteer-based charity which rescues sick and injured animals and provides expert care and rehabilitation to bring them back to good health.