100
80
Score #/ 100
60
40
20
0
2022 2023 2024
Year
Site 2 LCAT 1- Reshaped & reveg between rock check
Site 2 LCAT 2- Reshaped & reveg upper slope
Site 2 LCAT 3- Control untreated gully
Site 3 LCAT 4- Reshaped & reveg. upper slope
Site 3 LCAT 5- Reshaped & reveg between rock dams
Site 4 LCAT 1- Reshaped & reveg slope upslope of rock check dam
Site 4 LCAT 2- Reshaped & reveg. slope
Site 4 LCAT 3- Less disturbed gully-rock check dams
Site 4 LCAT 4- Control untreated gully
Figure 12. Land condition scores for large-scale gully remediation Sites 2, 3, 4 and control( untreated gully) over three years of monitoring.
Land condition assessment scores at Sites 2, 3 and 4 have generally increased over the three years of monitoring( Figure 12). Site 2 was treated six months earlier than Sites 3 and 4. Scores indicate that it was already in high land condition when the monitoring project began, and that this high land condition has been maintained. Land condition at
Site 3 and 4 is lower than at Site 2. Like Site 1, the drivers of reduced land condition at Sites 3 and 4 were also‘ Soil erosion’ and‘ Dominant pasture species’ Desmanthus“ Progardes”. Site 2 was in A condition in 2024 and had no drivers of land condition listed.
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