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Illustration 5: Randomly -generated points for setting up transects for the year 2016. <br />A Trimble Yuma field instrument was used to navigate to each point. Each transect began at a <br />random point and was oriented towards the next numerical point. For example, transect 1 began <br />at point 1 (see sample location map), with its orientation on a direct course toward point 2. In the <br />event that a transect proved unusable, the transect orientation was changed to the direction of the <br />next numerical point. <br />Ten -meter -long transects were delineated utilizing a tape measure. At each meter along the <br />transect (starting at 1), cover data were collected with a 10 -point laser light bar, for a total of 100 <br />points per transect (point -intercept method). The light bar was placed at each meter, <br />perpendicular to the transect, and the first "hit" of the laser on material recorded. Plants were then <br />identified by species. Other recorded hits included bare ground, litter, rock, and noxious weeds. <br />Herbaceous production was measured using the quadrat sampling method, which involved <br />clipping all the biomass in each of two %2 square -meter quadrats. The quadrats were placed at the <br />2 -meter and 7 -meter points on each 10 -meter transect after vegetative cover was measured. The <br />biomass was then bagged in paper bags and labeled by transect. After sampling, the biomass was <br />air-dried at 55° C and weighed. <br />OHIO CREEK TERMINATION OF JURISDICTION DEC 2016 15 <br />AUTHOR: R. REILLEY <br />