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In the cover tables, columns labeled "First Hit Average Cover" and "First Hit Relative Vegetation Cover" <br />include only data from first hits. "Frequency ", "All Hit Average Cover ", and "All Hit Relative Vegetation <br />Cover" columns contain data from both first and second hits. In this section of the report, we will only <br />discuss absolute cover for all hits (from the "All Hit Average Cover" column), unless otherwise stated <br />because cover performance standards as specified in the permit relate to all -hit data. <br />In the production tables, data are expressed as oven -dry pounds per acre (lbs /acre). These figures were <br />calculated from the average weights for the 0.5 square meter samples. For woody plant density, data <br />collected in each 100 square meter plot were extrapolated to estimate the number of individuals expected <br />per acre. <br />Interim Monitoring <br />2006 RECLAIMED AREA <br />(Photographs 1 -11, Tables 1 -3) <br />Cover <br />(Table 1) <br />Native perennial cool season grasses were the predominant lifeform observed in the 2006 Reclaimed <br />Area, contributing 13.9 percent all -hit vegetation cover. Of this, the majority (8.2 percent) was western <br />wheatgrass (Pascopyrum smithii) with Agassiz bluegrass (Poa pratensis ssp. agassizensis) and basin <br />wildrye (Leymus cinereus) contributing 1.9 and 1.5 percent respectively. Introduced perennial forbs were <br />the second most abundant lifeform contributing 5.9 percent toward total all -hit vegetation cover. This total <br />was predominantly composed of alfalfa (Medicago sativa) at 5.6 percent. Native Perennial Forbs <br />contributed 3.7 percent toward total all -hit cover predominantly composed of blue flax (Linum lewish) and <br />showy goldeneye (Heliomeris multiflora) each with 1.2 percent. Native Shrubs contributed 3.2 percent all - <br />hit vegetation cover. Big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) was the predominant species contributing 3.0 <br />percent. Introduced annual and biennial fortis and native annual and biennial forbs contributed 2.8 and <br />1.2 percent respectively. Introduced perennial cool season grasses and introduced annual grasses <br />contributed only 0.5 and 0.4 percent toward total first -hit vegetation cover, respectively. Although not <br />comprising much cover, bull thistle (Cirsium vulgare), houndstongue (Cynoglossum officinale), and <br />Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense) were present with 18 %, 100 %, and 73% frequency respectively. Cover <br />by Canada thistle was 0.2% and for houndstongue it was 0.6 %. <br />Total average vegetation cover, for first hits, was 31.4 percent. Total average vegetation cover, for all <br />hits, was 31.5 %. Standing dead, litter, bare soil, and rock each had 1.2, 34.4, 31.7, and 1.4 percents first <br />hit cover, respectively. Average species density was 25.6 species per 100 sq.m. <br />C^ <br />