A MONITORING FRAMEWORK
A monitoring framework was proposed for the project based on the Gully and Streambank Toolbox and additional measures to monitor the expected outcomes from project treatments .
A range of techniques was used at each project site based on site characteristics and scope of implementation , landholder requirements and cooperation , proportionate to the budget for the site .
Gold standard monitoring elements . Standard Reef Trust gully and streambank toolbox monitoring techniques . High resolution LiDAR to measure net loss sediment and remote sensing tools
• VegMachine .
• Forage .
• Bare Ground Index .
Representative plots , land condition assessment , measures of soil condition and health on fixed transects :
• Landscape Function Analysis ( Tongway and Hindley , 1999 ) - soil surface condition and associations to connectivity , runoff and infiltration or leakiness .
• BOTANAL ( Tothill et al ., 1992 ) - species composition and relationship to biomass , cover , basal area , if included , and pasture biomass .
• PATCHKEY - dominant functional vegetation group , biomass , cover , basal area and landscape condition estimate .
• Soil description and chemical analysis .
• Soil carbon and microbiology .
• Small plot rainfall simulation . Water quality monitoring equipment installed at suitable sites . Silver standard monitoring elements . Standard Reef Trust gully and streambank toolbox monitoring techniques . Remote sensing tools :
• VegMachine .
• Forage .
Representative plots , land condition assessment , measures of soil condition and health on fixed transects :
• PATCHKEY ( Abbott and Corfield , 2006 ; Corfield et al ., 2006 ) — dominant functional vegetation group , biomass , cover , basal area and landscape condition estimate .
• Soil description and chemical analysis .
• Soil carbon and microbiology .
• Relative measure of infiltration e . g . ring infiltrometers . 19