Advocates say the Moorabool River in Victoria's west is facing a deepening crisis, with a reported 218 new private dams appearing in the catchment since 2012.
Anti-logging activists have gathered in defiance of new Victorian laws that came into effect this weekend, saying the "draconian" legislation is criminalising peaceful protest.
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A number of Victorian Greens MPs have risked arrest today by joining local citizen scientists at the Wombat State Forest for a protest against new laws that were introduced by the Victorian Labor Government.
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