This dataset includes digital soil map products of key soil condition indicators covering the Regional Forest Agreement regions of eastern NSW. Raster maps at 100 m resolution reveal baseline (approximately 2008) levels of the soil indicators soil carbon, pH, bulk density, hillslope erosion and others.

The NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment (DPIE) and the University of Sydney with collaboration from the University of New England, were engaged by the NSW Natural Resource Commission (NRC) to prepare this data as part of the NSW Forest Monitoring and Improvement Program. Full descriptions of the soil map products, methods and results are presented in this technical report:

Moyce MC, Gray JM, Wilson BR, Jenkins BR, Young MA, Ugbaje SU, Bishop TFA, Yang X, Henderson LE, Milford HB, Tulau MJ, 2021. Determining baselines, drivers and trends of soil health and stability in New South Wales forests: NSW Forest Monitoring & Improvement Program. Version 1.1

The publication and related datasets can be accessed from the following link:

https://datasets.seed.nsw.gov.au/dataset/nsw-eastern-forest-soil-condition-report