A field experiment was carried out at Siddapur forest area, Uttar Kannada district during 2014-15 on “Studies of moisture conservation structures and compost culture on growth performance of Acacia auriculiformis plantation in hilly area”.  The results indicated that significantly higher plant height (8.78 m), diameter at breast height (7.10 cm) and number of branches per plant (20.05) was recorded in ring basin with 75 g compost culture + 3 kg litter at 9 MAT. Soil moisture content in 0-30 cm depth (10.26%) significantly higher in the treatment receiving ring basin + 3 kg litter at 9th month, over the other treatments.