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TABLE OF CONTENTS <br />INTRODUCTION..................................................................................................... ............................... 1 <br />METHODS............................................................................................................... ............................... 1 <br />Reclamation Units and Sampling Locations ............................................................ ............................... 1 <br />Extended Reference Area Sampling ....................................................................... ............................... 1 <br />CoverSampling ..................................................................................................... ............................... 1 <br />Herbaceous Production Sampling ........................................................................... ............................... 2 <br />WoodyPlant Density Sampling ............................................................................. ............................... 2 <br />Lifeforms Used in Data Presentation ...................................................................... ............................... 3 <br />Plant Species Frequency and Density Measurements .............................................. ............................... 3 <br />PlantSpecies Listing .............................................................................................. ............................... 3 <br />PhotographicRecord .............................................................................................. ............................... 3 <br />StatisticalMethods ................................................................................................ ............................... 4 <br />StatisticalDesign ............................................................................................... ............................... 4 <br />Sample Adequacy Calculations .......................................................................... ............................... 5 <br />ConfidenceLimits ............................................................................................. ............................... 5 <br />Performance Standards for Use in Interim Monitoring Assessment ......................... ............................... 5 <br />Coverand Production: ...................................................................................................................... 5 <br />WoodyPlant Density: ....................................................................................................................... 6 <br />ClimaticData ........................................................................................................ ............................... 6 <br />RESULTS................................................................................................................. ............................... 6 <br />InterimMonitoring ................................................................................................ ............................... 7 <br />2006 Reclaimed Area ......................................................................................... ............................... 7 <br />Shrub Concentration Areas Woody Plant Density ................................................... ............................... 8 <br />Reference Areas (data collected in 2012 during Phase III Bond Release Monitoring at Yoast Mine) ....... 8 <br />Aspen Reference Area (2012) ............................................................................ ............................... 8 <br />Mountain Brush Extended Reference Area (2012) .............................................. ............................... 9 <br />Sagebrush Extended Reference Area (2012) ..................................................... ............................... 10 <br />Steep Mountain Brush Extended Reference Area ( 2012) ................................... ............................... 10 <br />DISCUSSION......................................................................................................... ............................... 11 <br />ClimaticConditions ............................................................................................. ............................... 11 <br />Cover.................................................................................................................. ............................... 11 <br />HerbaceousProduction ........................................................................................ ............................... 12 <br />WoodyPlant Density ........................................................................................... ............................... 12 <br />BackgroundDensity ......................................................................................... ............................... 12 <br />Shrub Concentration Area Densities ................................................................. ............................... 12 <br />Species Diversity and Composition ...................................................................... ............................... 13 <br />SampleAdequacy ................................................................................................ ............................... 13 <br />LiteratureCited ....................................................................................................... ............................... 14 <br />