A DEDICATED team of conservation volunteers have been left heartbroken after vandals tore through a newly planted section of the Balcombe Estuary Reserve in Mt Martha, destroying hours of revegetation work.The incident, which was discovered on 30 September, saw dozens of young native plants, as well as protective stakes and guards pulled and strewn across in an area called Rabbit Paddock south of Ferrero Reserve.The damaged site was part of a community-led effort spearheaded by the Balcombe Estuary Reserves Group (BERG) Mt Martha to restore native habitat and support wildlife by planting indigenous grasses, shrubs, trees and ground covers.BERG, which…
Tuesday, October 7
