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Vehicle access makes it easier for people to dump rubbish on the site, spreading weeds as well as plastic litter that is potentially dangerous to wildlife.

Vehicle tyres can kill or injure young or delicate plants and small animals such as lizards and invertebrates living among the grass tussocks and in the soil.

Vehicle tyres compact the soil and create ruts which can erode. Weeds can grow quickly in the bare soil. Gaps in the soil provide homes for invertebrates and lizards.

Foxes and cats eat native grassland animals including dunnarts, bandicoots and lizards.