2016-02-29_REPORT - C1981028 ‎(12)‎

• Permit No: C1981028
• IBM Index Class Name: Report
• Doc Date: 2/29/2016
• Doc Name: Annual Hydrology & Reclamation Report
• From: Coors Energy
• To: DRMS
• Annual Report Year: 2015
• Permit Index Doc Type: Annual Reclamation Report
• Email Name: TNL
• Email Name: DIH
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Keenesburg Mine 2015 Vegetation Monitoring Report
TABLES
Table 1: Reclamation Area 23 Vegetation Cover Data.................................................................. 9
Table 2: Reclamation Area 23 Herbaceous Production Data ......................................................... 9
Table 3: Reclamation Area 23 Species Composition..................................................................... 9
Table 4: Reclamation Area 29 Vegetation Cover Data................................................................
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Table 5: Reclamation Area 29 Herbaceous Production Data .......................................................
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Table 6: Reclamation Area 29 Species Composition...................................................................
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Table 7: Reclamation Area 30 Vegetation Cover Data................................................................
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Table 8: Reclamation Area 30 Herbaceous Production Data .......................................................
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Table 9: Reclamation Area 30 Species Composition...................................................................
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Table 10: Reclamation Area 31 Vegetation Cover Data..............................................................
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Table 11: Reclamation Area 31 Herbaceous Production Data .....................................................
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Table 12: Reclamation Area 31 Species Composition.................................................................
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Table 13: Vegetation Cover Success Standard Comparison.........................................................
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Table 14: Reclamation Area 29 Relative Cover Trends 2006 — 2015 ..........................................
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Table 15: Reclamation Area 30 Relative Cover Trends 2009 — 2015 .......................................... 20
Table 16: Herbaceous Production Success Standard Comparison ............................................... 21
Table 17: Species Composition Success Standard Comparison ................................................... 22
FIGURES
Figure 1: Keenesburg Mine Site Map............................................................................................. 3
Figure 2: Sample Point Locations................................................................................................... 4
Figure 3: 2013-2015 Precipitation and Average Annual Precipitation ........................................... 7
Figure 4: Absolute Cover of Native and Introduced Species 2012 — 2015 .................................. 17
Figure 5: Cheatgrass Relative Cover 2012 — 2015....................................................................... 18
Figure 6: Reclamation Area 29 Absolute Cover 2006 — 2015 ...................................................... 19
Figure 7: Reclamation Area 30 Absolute Cover 2009 — 2015 ...................................................... 20
Figure 8: Herbaceous Production by Life Form 2012 — 2015 ...................................................... 21
APPENDICES
Appendix A: Complete Species List............................................................................................. 24
Appendix B: Precipitation Data 1993 — 2015............................................................................... 26
Appendix C: Cover Transect Photographs................................................................................... 28
Appendix D: Pest & Disease Inspection Reports......................................................................... 40
Habitat Management, Inc. ii October 2015