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1 <br />IRIS MITIGATION AND DESIGN INC. <br />IRIS 2022 Arapahoe Street <br />MITIGATION AND DESIGN, INC. Golden, Colorado 80401 <br />Environmental Consulting Phone: 720- 272 -1985 <br />bleisure @irismitigation.com <br />plots had 5 to 50 percent vegetation loss and only two plots had zero percent vegetation loss. <br />a< <br />The average 2013 vegetation loss due to the Flood along the Creek, according to the plot data, <br />totaled 52 percent loss (see Table 6). <br />Data collected in 2014 from the 10 sampling points along the Creek show that all plots have <br />greater vegetation establishment during the 2014 growing season (see Table 6). Plots with <br />complete vegetation destruction by the Flood are rebounding due to new plot location (Plots 2, 5 <br />and 10). Vegetation establishment in these new plots averaged between 30 to 75 percent <br />cover. Plot 6 had complete loss of vegetation due to the Flood, and had 20 percent vegetation <br />establishment in 2014. Several plots had partial vegetation destruction, including Plots 3, 4 and <br />9. These plots have seen an approximate doubling of post -Flood vegetation coverage. The <br />remaining Plots 1 and 8 had only minor vegetation destruction due to the Flood, and these plots <br />have almost fully recovered in 2014. <br />The overall 10 plots along the Creek are recovering after the 2013 Flood. Only two plots (Plots <br />6 and 10) are struggling to recover due to the extreme amount of scour followed by rock and <br />debris deposition that altered the exact location of the plots. <br />The Creek flowed for several weeks during the spring of 2014 due to high water runoff. This <br />combined with the adequate rainfall throughout the majority of the summer allowed for sufficient <br />hydrology for plant establishment along the Creek. Any vegetation seen under stress in 2014 <br />was due to insect and disease conditions. <br />Schwartzwalder Mine Phase 1 — 2014 Second Annual Mitigation Monitoring Report Page 9 <br />March 2015 <br />1 <br />