During seeding, which hillside movement is preferred?

During seeding, which hillside movement is preferred?

• A. Traveled up and down the hillside rather than along it.
• B. Tracked along the hillside.
• C. Never walked on the hillside.
• D. Only walked at the ridge.

Answer: (A)

Move across the slope rather than following its length. When you travel up and down the hill, you create short, distributed disturbance lines that break up potential runoff paths and keep soil from concentrating in a single erosion channel. This reduces soil compaction and loss of seedbed integrity, helping seeds stay in place and water infiltrate. Going along the hillside tends to leave a long, continuous track that concentrates water flow and promotes erosion and soil disturbance in one area. That pattern can undermine seeding success and accelerate slope erosion. Saying you never walk on the hillside isn’t practical for seeding, and limiting movement to only at the ridge would neglect seeding and stabilization for most of the slope.

Move across the slope rather than following its length. When you travel up and down the hill, you create short, distributed disturbance lines that break up potential runoff paths and keep soil from concentrating in a single erosion channel. This reduces soil compaction and loss of seedbed integrity, helping seeds stay in place and water infiltrate.

Going along the hillside tends to leave a long, continuous track that concentrates water flow and promotes erosion and soil disturbance in one area. That pattern can undermine seeding success and accelerate slope erosion.

Saying you never walk on the hillside isn’t practical for seeding, and limiting movement to only at the ridge would neglect seeding and stabilization for most of the slope.