SPIFFA is focused on our locally threatened species and threatened ecosystems
We actively promote and support the preservation of existing habitat and the systematic restoration of environmental values, habitat and biodiversity on both public and private lands
For the most regularly updated content, including Tootgarook Swamp news, see our news/events page
See our new page about the increase in prescribed burning on public land
Kadwell's Gully, Lightwood Creek, Greens Bush National Park
SPIFFA was convened in October 1990, incorporated in 1991 and continues to contribute to community education and public debate with the aim of helping to retain the last remaining, greatly diminished, biodiversity of Victoria's Mornington Peninsula region and the Nepean Peninsula, all part of Victoria's Westernport UNESCO Biosphere Reserve
SPIFFA hosts the Peninsula Habitat Management Course and provides a program of free environmental/ecological community workshops funded by the Fouress Foundation
This site is an ecological information, education and networking resource for individuals, students, friends groups, land care groups, students and private and public land managers with lots of content for the general browser too
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Most of the images are hyper-linked to pages on this site or to websites elaborating on to the picture subject. External links will open in a new tab. Please come back afterwards...
Selecting text produces a "search bubble" above the selection, allowing various button options including Google and Wikipedia or tweeting the selected quote with one click
A universal share bar is located at the bottom of the browser window and pages can be emailed or shared via Facebook, twitter or many other social media sites. It can be switched off if you like
In most browsers the Ctrl > + & - key combinations zoom your page in and out, the F11 key toggles full-screen on/off and the middle mouse button (the wheel's a button too) opens links in a new tab, while you stay on the page you're on. But you already knew all that
Search this site for keywords
The famed SPIFFA links page has over 300 environmental, land management and other sites
The downloads page has a selection of natural systems and restoration related PDFs, ebooks and some handy software
To learn about the main banner picture, click here
To join SPIFFA or renew membership online,
go to this page
SPIFFA is a good friend of Hooded Plovers
This is a Hooded Plover chick on a Nepean Peninsula back beach
Listen to a short interview with Malcolm Brown about baby Hooded Plovers and dogs on ocean beaches
Read or download the latest Friends of the Hooded Plover newsletter
See the Fauna & Flora Guarantee Act Action Statement listing the threats to these little birds
See more of Glenn Ehmke's wildlife photographs
We like Bandicoots too...
