Printed from: https://conservationhandbooks.com/footpaths/erosion-control-and-vegetation-restoration/erosion-barriers/
These barriers are built to reduce the erosion of slopes and gullies caused by trampling, in order that vegetation can re-establish. It is essential to keep walkers off the slope or gully, and therefore any scheme must include the building of a new path which takes a more resistant line, together with fences and publicity...