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TABLE A -3 <br />BASIN RESOURCES, INC. <br />GOLDEN <br />EAGLE MINE - RANGELAND RECLAIMED AREAS <br />SEPTEMBER 2013 <br />VEGETATION COVER DATA (25 Meter Transects) <br />Initial data and beginning assumptions <br />Number of transescts run = <br />6 <br />Mean <br />Standard <br />Mean <br />Transect <br />Transect <br />Transect Transect <br />Transect <br />Transect Transect Transect Transect Transect Transect Transect Transect <br />Transect Transect <br />Absolute <br />Deviation <br />Relative <br />Species <br />1 <br />2 <br />3 <br />4 <br />5 <br />6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 <br />14 15 <br />Hits <br />Hits <br />Cover <br />Perennial Grasses <br />Pascopyrum smithii <br />19 <br />9 <br />6 <br />11 <br />6 <br />0 <br />8.50 <br />12.70 <br />33.12 <br />Bouteloua gracilis <br />4 <br />10 <br />9 <br />4 <br />2 <br />4 <br />5.50 <br />6.42 <br />21.43 <br />Schizachyrium scoparium <br />1 <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />0.17 <br />0.82 <br />0.65 <br />Bouteloua curtipendula <br />2 <br />6 <br />6 <br />6 <br />2 <br />0 <br />3.67 <br />5.32 <br />14.29 <br />Bouteloua hirsuta <br />0 <br />3 <br />0 <br />0 <br />3 <br />13 <br />3.17 <br />10.07 <br />12.34 <br />Achnatherum hymenoides <br />0 <br />0 <br />3 <br />0 <br />1 <br />1 <br />0.83 <br />2.34 <br />3.25 <br />Achnatherum sp. <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />2 <br />0.33 <br />1.63 <br />1.30 <br />Perennial Forbs <br />Aster sp. <br />1 <br />0 <br />1 <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />0.33 <br />1.03 <br />1.30 <br />Onobrychis sp. <br />1 <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />1 <br />0.33 <br />1.03 <br />1.30 <br />Shrubs <br />Gutierrezia sarothrae <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />1 <br />0 <br />0.17 <br />0.82 <br />0.65 <br />Artemisia frigida <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />2 <br />0 <br />0.33 <br />1.63 <br />1.30 <br />Less Desirable Perennial Forbs <br />Convolvulus arvensis <br />1 <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />0.17 <br />0.82 <br />0.65 <br />Salsola tragus <br />0 <br />1 <br />0 <br />6 <br />3 <br />3 <br />2.17 <br />2.32 <br />8.44 <br />Litter <br />3 <br />4 <br />3 <br />4 <br />5 <br />6 <br />4.17 <br />2.34 <br />16.23 <br />Rock <br />7 <br />8 <br />6 <br />3 <br />24 <br />9 <br />9.50 <br />14.79 <br />37.01 <br />Bare ground <br />11 <br />9 <br />16 <br />16 <br />1 <br />11 <br />10.67 <br />11.08 <br />41.56 <br />25.67 <br />3.44 <br />100.00 <br />Total Vegetation Cover 29 29 25 27 20 24 <br />Total Hits <br />50 <br />50 <br />50 <br />50 <br />50 <br />50 <br />Adjusted Hits <br />2.00 <br />2.00 <br />2.00 <br />2.00 <br />2.00 <br />2.00 <br />Vegetation Cover /100 (per transect) <br />58.00 <br />58.00 <br />50.00 <br />54.00 <br />40.00 <br />48.00 <br />Mean Stand.Dev. <br />All species <br />Total Vegetation Cover/ 100 hits = <br />51.33 6.89 <br /># of Transects Run= <br />6 <br />Relative Cover Annuals /Biennials = <br />0.00 <br />Minimum # Needed= <br />2.98 <br />Thus: <br />Sample size is adequate <br />