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l <br /> Revegetation Monitoring Plan: <br /> Species cover and shrub and tree density will be monitored to measure the plant growth and density <br /> and to evaluate the success of reclamation efforts. Monitoring activities will take place until <br /> performance standards are reached. <br /> Followingseeding/planting, 5 transects one er acre should be permanently established on the <br /> ( P ) P Y <br /> slopes or benches. These will be 50 meters in length with ends marked with fiberglass poles (for <br /> visual evidence) as well as rebar driven into the ground. Sampling will be conducted in August of <br /> each year for a period of 5 years after seeding and planting is complete. A color photograph oriented <br /> along the transect from the origin will be taken at each site. Copies of these photographs will be <br /> attached to each annual report. <br /> Cover data will be collected using a point intercept method in which data will be recorded as <br /> interceptions of a point with plant species,litter,standing dead plant material,soil or rock. The cover <br /> sampling points will be optically projected using an optical point projection device such as Cover- <br /> Point. One hundred points will be collected at each transect and distributed evenly along the transect <br /> with a pair of points collected at each meter mark. The pair of points will be sampled on opposite <br /> sides of the transect, 0.5 m from the transect. <br /> The point intercept method of cover assessment is specified because it provides superior objectivity <br /> and repeatability. This method collects more information about abundant species that about rare <br /> species. <br /> A full accountingof all plant species encountered within each of the areas sampled for cover will be <br /> P P P <br /> compiled. Along point intercept transects,species presence will be noted within the area one meter to <br /> either side of the transect (50m x 2m = square meters). These presence data along with point <br /> intercept data themselves will be used to produce values for species density expressed on a per 100 <br /> ( sq. m basis. <br /> t <br /> Performance Standards: <br /> Prior to mining,trees,brush and vegetation in the Nation Forest land would be removed,and mulched <br /> or stored. Some large material would be left in the soil to provide better stabilization during <br /> reclamation. Top lift soil(salvaged from 0 to 6" on original site)will be placed last <br /> Then,topsoil in the National Forest land(approximately 6- 18 inches)would be stripped,stockpiled <br /> and vegetated with a sterile seed crop such as regreen. <br /> Donated or imported topsoil will not be used on NFS land. Average topsoil thickness should be <br /> between six inches (the minimum for successful grass seeding) and one foot. With time, topsoil <br /> materials would migrate into the backfill materials and improve moisture retention and tree root <br /> development. <br /> i <br /> -7- <br /> I <br /> i <br />