Reforestation of degraded mining areas near Creswick had begun with John la Gerche in the 1890s.

Considerable effort also went into reforestation at Powelltown and the Toorongo Plateau near Noojee during the 1940s and 1950s.
These mountain forests of Eucalyptus regnans, E. delegatensis and E. nitens had been killed by bushfire in 1926, and then regenerated naturally.
However, significant bushfires again in 1932 and 1939 killed the young eucalypt regrowth before it was old enough to produce enough seed and the area was replaced by scrubland.
The program lapsed but was renewed in the late 1980s and early 1990s with funding from the Timber Industry Strategy.

The steep hills of the Strzelecki Ranges in South Gippsland had been cleared in the 1880s, but abandoned because it proved too hard to farm successfully.
The scrub, blackberries, rabbits and weeds then took over and the area became known locally as the Heartbreak Hills.
So the Commission commenced a massive reforestation scheme in the 1930s which continued for the next 60 years or so.
The Commission purchased derelict farmland at Allambee (1947–49), Childers (1946–48) and Halls Rd at Boolarra (1949) and by June 1986 the FCV had purchased over 400 properties with a total area of 28000 ha.
At the same time, APM held a similar estate of 24000 ha purchased land plus 8600 ha of crown land leasehold.

Similarly, degraded farmland in the Otway Ranges was purchased and replanted from the early 1930s, including a trial plot of Californian Redwoods, Sequoia sempervirens in the Aire Valley planted in 1936.
 Their initial growth was disappointingly slow but they are now about 60 metres tall and have become a popular tourist destination in the Otways National Park.
Most of the planting work was done by postwar immigrants and refugees from Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Poland, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia.
 The first batch of "Balts" as they became known, arrived at Colac in April 1949 and lived in a Forests Commission camp next the Redwoods.

Reforestation was achieved by clearing the scrub using heavy machines and either broadcast seeding, or by planting with seedlings.
The reforestation of the Strzelecki Ranges and the Otways proved successful and the plantations were included in the area vested with the Victorian Plantations Corporation in 1993.

Reforestation works using Cypress Pine Callitris, were carried out in the dry Hattah - Kulkyne forest in northwest Victoria in 1937-38 to combat soil erosion resulting from the excessive clearing of mallee woodlands for farming.
However this work was severely hampered by large rabbit populations and the vagaries of the weather.
Reforestation of degraded mining areas near Creswick had begun with John la Gerche in the 1890s.
Considerable effort also went into reforestation at Powelltown and the Toorongo Plateau near Noojee during the 1940s and 1950s. These mountain forests of Eucalyptus regnans, E. delegatensis and E. nitens had been killed by bushfire in 1926, and then regenerated naturally. However, significant bushfires again in 1932 and 1939 killed the young eucalypt regrowth before it was old enough to produce enough seed and the area was replaced by scrubland. The program lapsed but was renewed in the late 1980s and early 1990s with funding from the Timber Industry Strategy.
The steep hills of the Strzelecki Ranges in South Gippsland had been cleared in the 1880s, but abandoned because it proved too hard to farm successfully. The scrub, blackberries, rabbits and weeds then took over and the area became known locally as the Heartbreak Hills. So the Commission commenced a massive reforestation scheme in the 1930s which continued for the next 60 years or so. The Commission purchased derelict farmland at Allambee (1947–49), Childers (1946–48) and Halls Rd at Boolarra (1949) and by June 1986 the FCV had purchased over 400 properties with a total area of 28000 ha. At the same time, APM held a similar estate of 24000 ha purchased land plus 8600 ha of crown land leasehold.
Similarly, degraded farmland in the Otway Ranges was purchased and replanted from the early 1930s, including a trial plot of Californian Redwoods, Sequoia sempervirens in the Aire Valley planted in 1936.  Their initial growth was disappointingly slow but they are now about 60 metres tall and have become a popular tourist destination in the Otways National Park. Most of the planting work was done by postwar immigrants and refugees from Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Poland, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia.  The first batch of "Balts" as they became known, arrived at Colac in April 1949 and lived in a Forests Commission camp next the Redwoods.
Reforestation was achieved by clearing the scrub using heavy machines and either broadcast seeding, or by planting with seedlings. The reforestation of the Strzelecki Ranges and the Otways proved successful and the plantations were included in the area vested with the Victorian Plantations Corporation in 1993.
Reforestation works using Cypress Pine Callitris, were carried out in the dry Hattah - Kulkyne forest in northwest Victoria in 1937-38 to combat soil erosion resulting from the excessive clearing of mallee woodlands for farming. However this work was severely hampered by large rabbit populations and the vagaries of the weather.
Forests Commission Victoria