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Sorry to hear that Waltraud, unfortunately I'm not going to be of much use here, Michael might have some clues.

Sorry Waltraud can't work this one out. it is an offence under teh Nature Conservation Act (with a maximum penalty of about $5,000) to take reproductive plant material into a reserve without a permit. It is also an offence with similar punishment to bring a pest plant into a reserve. I would advise that if you see some-one doing it take a photo (also of their car number plate if you can) don't directly confront perpetrator but report to the PCS compliance unit, There probably also are litter offences. Try and ensure that photo contains reproductive part of plant such as a flower or seed pod. You may have to photograph this after the dumper has left.

Humans, hey.

The worst problem is a well-meaning guy who mows in the reserve backing his and neighbour's backyards at Rivett Street; he spreads the clippings containing Chilean Needle grass in the nature reserve. I told PCS many times and sent photos; I even asked a witness because it seems that the preference is to not believe me.
When I complain about lack of a management plan, lack of compliance management, rangers not seeing through 1 (one) season because of frequent change of staff, lack of PCS corporate knowledge, lack of knowledge of the history of a site I'm told off as being rude and disrespectful. This really hurts... I have enough. It looks to me as if the urban CNP reserves (except Mulligans Flat and Goorrooyaroo) are now administered for recreational purposes and considered a lost cause for conservation management.

Your last point is also my experience, with the majority of the conservation effort now undertaken by a small number of volunteers.

I'd like to hear from more parkcare groups. Unfortunately, it seems to me that groups work harder and harder (2 ranger positions were culled, one north one south) and have hardly the time and energy or the will to reflect on the situation and express their concern to higher levels of management.
I started to think that is unethical of a Government and its PS to encourage volunteers to do the conservation management of urban reserves under current conditions, some of which I listed above, knowing full well the volunteers can't shoulder all work - it is unsustainable. Volunteers were always supposed to assist; we are not the land manager and we can't cooperate because there is hardly anyone to cooperate with (let alone the expertise input required).