2017-02-23_REPORT - C1981020

• Permit No: C1981020
• IBM Index Class Name: Report
• Doc Date: 2/23/2017
• Doc Name: Vegetation Sampling Report
• From: J. E. Stover & Associates, Inc.
• To: DRMS
• Annual Report Year: 2016
• Permit Index Doc Type: Reveg Monitoring Report
• Email Name: JHB
• Email Name: JRS
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1.0 INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................... 1
1.1 General................................................................................................................................ 1
1.2 Precipitation ......................................................................................................................... 3
1.3 Background and Standards for Success .................................................................................. 5
2.0 SAMPLING METHODS ............................................................................................................... 7
2.1 Sample Site Selection / Location ............................................................................................ 7
2.2 Determination of Ground Cover ............................................................................................. 7
2.3 Determination of Current Annual Production .......................................................................... 9
2.4 Determination of Woody Plant Density ................................................................................... 9
2.5 Sample Adequacy Determination ......................................................................................... 10
3.0 RESULTS ............................................................................................................................... 11
3.1 2016 Phase III Bond Release Block ..................................................................................... 11
3.2 Sagebrush Reference Area .................................................................................................. 11
4.0 SUCCESS COMPARISON ......................................................................................................... 17
5.0 LITERATURE CITED ............................................................................................................... 19

APPENDIX A - (Tables, Charts, Maps, and Photographs) ............................................... Following Page 19

In Text Maps, Tables, Charts, and Figures

Map 1 Phase III Bond Release Sample Unit Locations - 2016 ................................................. 2

Table P Monthly Precipitation for Colo. Nat. Monument, CO, 2005 - 2016 .................................. 4
Chart P1 Seasonal Precipitation… (June - May) for Colo. Nat. Monument, CO, 2005 - 2016 .......... 4
Chart P2 Seasonal Precipitation… for Colo. Nat. Monument, CO, 2016 vs. 73-Yr Average ............. 4

Figure 1 Sampling Procedure at a Systematic Sample Site Location... ........................................ 8

Table 2 Vegetation Cover - Average Cover Summary - 2016................................................... 12
Chart 1 Average Cover Summary - 2016 ............................................................................... 13
Chart 2 Relative Cover (Composition) Summary - 2016 .......................................................... 13

Table 3 Vegetation Production Summary - 2016 .................................................................... 14
Chart 3 Vegetation Production Summary - 2016 .................................................................... 14

Table 4 Woody Plant Density Summary - 2016 ...................................................................... 15
Chart 4 Woody Plant Density Summary - 2016 ...................................................................... 15

Table 1 Revegetation Success Criteria Comparisons - 2016 .................................................... 17
Charts 5-9 Revegetation Success Criteria Comparisons - 2016 .................................................... 18