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New Horizon Mine <br />4.0 RESULTS <br />4.1 Irrigated Pasture <br />Revegetation evaluation for Irrigated Pasture consisted of monitoring 2008 (Year 7) and 2013 (Year <br />2) units. The 2008 Irrigated Pasture unit comprised 0.48 acres and the 2013 Irrigated Pasture unit <br />comprise 0.53 acres. The Irrigated Pasture Reference Area was also evaluated to provide performance <br />comparison. Information of irrigation can be found in Section 5 and Attachment 5 in the 2015 Annual <br />Reclamation Report. Because of the small acreage of the units, production was not evaluated during this <br />interim monitoring effort. However, forage quality calculations based on ground cover evaluations are <br />presented for informational purposes. <br />2008 Unit (Year 7): <br />Sampling on the 2008 Irrigated Pasture unit consisted of systematic distribution of 10 ground cover <br />transects. A total of 8 plant species were encountered within the 2008 Irrigated Pasture unit evaluated in <br />2015 (Table 2). Ground cover in the 2008 Irrigated Pasture unit (Table 2 and Charts 1 and 2) consisted <br />of 86.50% live vegetation, 0.0% rock, 4.20% litter, and bare ground exposure of 9.30%. Desirable <br />perennial cover across the unit averaged 86.30%, with annual and biennial cover averaging 0.011/o <br />absolute cover. Noxious weeds cover was 0.20% absolute cover. Dominant taxa were meadow brome <br />(Bromus biebersteinn) and alfalfa (Merlicago saNva) with 51.20% and 21.50% average cover, <br />respectively. For information purposes, the relative forage quality based on ground cover was 99.8% <br />(Table 2). <br />2013 Unit (Year 2): <br />Sampling on the 2013 Irrigated Pasture unit consisted of systematic distribution of 10 ground cover <br />transects. A total of 23 plant species were encountered within the 2013 Irrigated Pasture unit evaluated <br />in 2015 (Table 2). Ground cover in the 2013 Irrigated Pasture unit (Chart 1 and Table 1) consisted of <br />64.10% live vegetation, 0.0%6 rock, 10.500/o fitter, and bare ground exposure of 25.4GO/o. Desirable <br />perennial cover across the unit averaged 27.20%, with annual and biennial cover averaging 25.00% <br />absolute cover (14.60% from forbs and 11.4% from grasses). Noxious weeds cover was 10.90 0/0 <br />absolute cover. Dominant taxa were dandelion ( Taraxacum offianale) and `Triticale' ( Tnficum x 5'ecale <br />cereale) with 14.60% and 1.1.40% from grasses average cover, respectively. For information purposes, <br />the relative forage quality based on ground cover was 42.40/6 (Table 2). <br />CEDAR CREEK ASSOCIATI-N, Inc. a New HodRon Mine <br />2015 Interim RevegetaUon Evafua6on <br />2015 Annual Reclamation Report Page 27 <br />