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Perennial grasses was the dominant plant life form, contributing 32.62 % of the total plant <br />cover or 69.05 % of the total relative plant cover. Annuals and biennials was the second most <br />dominant plant form, contributing 7.81 % of the total plant cover or 16.53 % of the total <br />relative plant cover. Shrubs was the third most dominant plant life form, contributing 5.62 % <br />of the total plant cover or 11.89 % of the total relative plant cover. Perennial forbs was the <br />fourth most dominant plant form, contributing 0.71 % of the total plant cover or 1.51 % of the <br />total relative plant cover. Noxious weeds was the fifth most dominant plant type, contributing <br />0.38 % of the total plant cover or 0.81 % of the total relative plant cover. Succulents was the <br />sixth most dominant plant form, contributing 0.10 % of the total plant cover or 0.20 % of the <br />total relative plant cover. <br />Sand Dropseed was the most dominant plant species encountered, contributing 19.38 % of the <br />total plant cover or 41.03 % of the total relative plant cover. Crested Wheatgrass, was the <br />second most dominant plant species, contributing 5.10 % of the total plant cover or 10.79 % of <br />the total relative plant cover. The third most dominant species was Fourwing Saltbush, which <br />contributed 4.14 % of the total plant cover or 8.77 % of the total relative plant cover. Blue <br />Grama, was the fourth most dominant plant and contributed 4.05 % of the total plant cover or <br />8.57 % of the total relative plant cover. <br />The locations of the 21 cover transects sampled on this site are shown on Map 21, Loadout <br />Reclamation - 2014 Transect Location Map. Table 2, 2014 Statistical Summary and <br />Sample Adequacy Calculations, documents that the number of transects required to <br />characterize the "total plant cover" and "allowable plant cover" at the 90 % confidence interval <br />was 9.3 and 20.2, respectively. Since sample adequacy was achieved using the CDMRS <br />sample adequacy formula, for "allowable plant cover" on both the Loadout Reference Area <br />N=15 and Nm=13.9) and the Loadout Reclamation Area (N=21 and Nm=20.2) the calculation <br />of the ultimate "allowable plant cover" revegetation success standard can be made by direct <br />comparison. <br />When this site was sampled in 2013, "total plant cover" averaged 29.22 %, litter cover <br />averaged 34.61 % and "allowable plant cover" averaged 25.65 %. When sampled in 2010, the <br />average "total plant cover" value was 51.30 %. When sampled in 2006, "total plant cover" <br />averaged 44.67 %. <br />Forage Production. The results obtained from the sampling of the 30 forage production <br />transects are found in Table 23, Loadout Reclamation - 2014 Production. The total <br />perennial herbaceous forage production averaged 24.85 g/1/4 m' or 885.8 pounds of air-dry <br />forage per acre. Perennial grasses produced 24.57 g/1/4 m' or 875.6 pounds of air-dry forage <br />per acre and accounted for 98.8 % of the perennial herbaceous forage production. Perennial <br />forbs produced 0.29 g/1/4 m` or 10.2 pounds of air-dry forage per acre and accounted for 1.2 % <br />of the perennial herbaceous forage production. <br />The locations of the 30 forage production transects are shown on Map 21, Loadout <br />Reclamation - 2014 Transect Location Map. The sample adequacy calculations in Table 2, <br />2014 Statistical Summary and Sample Adequacy Calculations, document that the number <br />of samples required to characterize the parameter of perennial herbaceous production at the 90 <br />% confidence interval was 81.5 transects. <br />When sampled in 2013, the total perennial herbaceous forage production averaged 12.81 g/1/4 <br />m2 or 456.5 pounds of air-dry forage per acre. When sampled in 2010, the average total <br />perennial herbaceous production was 31.61 g/1/4m2 or 1,126.6 pounds of air-dry forage per <br />21 <br />