“…Furthermore, the mean bank stability score of CSU pastures was 12 and 30% greater than CSR and RS pastures when the treatments were initiated in May 2005 (Nellesen et al, 2011), implying that the banks in the CSU pastures were more unstable than banks in the CSR and RS pastures at the initiation of treatments within these pastures. From May 2005 to September 2009, bank stability scores increased by 1.68, 1.66, and 4.03% yr −1 in CSU, CSR, and RS pastures, respectively, implying that stream bank stability in RS pastures was declining more rapidly than CSU or CSR pastures (Nellesen et al, 2011;Schwarte et al, 2010). However, trend analysis of the monthly erosion/ deposition data from 2005 through 2007 showed that RS pastures had an increasing trend (i.e., a decrease in bank erosion), whereas no trend was observed in CSU and CSR pastures (Nellesen et al, 2011).…”