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Saving soil - A landholder's guide to preventing and repairing soil erosion

Cover of Saving Soil landholder guide

This guide brings together current information from a variety of sources that will provide the reader with a useful resource to:

  • understand techniques to prevent and remedy erosion
  • apply these techniques to their landscape and soil type
  • integrate erosion control in their routine land management
  • fix minor erosion problems
  • know when to seek technical expertise
  • know what to ask experts.

This guide is designed for new and long time landholders, community support officers, extension officers, Landcare groups, and agricultural industry bodies.

We have used the terms landholder and land manager interchangeably, as in many cases the individuals concerned with erosion issues may not be the legal owners or occupiers of the land, or identify as farmers.

The guide is available for download below in full or in sections.

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PDF icon Saving soil - Full version  6.8 MB

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PDF icon Section 1
Front cover, Contents, Introduction.
 429.5 KB
PDF icon Section 2
Farming to reduce soil loss.
 873.9 KB
PDF icon Section 3
Managing water flow.
 1.8 MB
PDF icon Section 4
Dams that minimise erosion.
 849.3 KB
PDF icon Section 5
Stable roads and tracks.
 756.0 KB
PDF icon Section 6
Managing gullies, tunnels and mass movement.
 928.7 KB
PDF icon Section 7
Erosion basics.
 1.1 MB
PDF icon Section 8
Worksheets, More information, Index, Rear cover.
 443.0 KB
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