Soil Conservation

Using the Bymount Subcatchment Group as an example of soil conservation activities and how they can be effective

Landholders may consider pasture establishment to be a high risk operation. Research trials and landholder experience have shown that the pasture establishment process can be made much more reliable if some basic guidelines are followed.

Whoa-boys are low profile, trafficable earth banks that intercept runoff flowing down roads and tracks, carrying it safely to a stable outlet and maintaining natural flows through the catchment.