2019-03-28_REPORT - C1981028 ‎(2)‎

• Permit No: C1981028
• IBM Index Class Name: Report
• Doc Date: 3/28/2019
• Doc Name: Annual Reclamation Report
• From: Coors Energy Company
• To: DRMS
• Annual Report Year: 2018
• Permit Index Doc Type: Annual Reclamation Report
• Email Name: RDZ
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Keenesburg Mine 2018 Vegetation Monitoring Report
TABLE OF CONTENTS
EXECUTIVESUMMARY............................................................................................................
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1 INTRODUCTION
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2 METHODS
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2.1 Sampling Design
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2.2 Sample Timing
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2.3 Vegetation Cover
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2.4 Herbaceous Production
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2.5 Species Composition
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2.6 Photographs
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2.7 Species Identification and Nomenclature
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3 RECLAMATION SUCCESS STANDARDS
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3.1 2018 Revegetation Success Standards...........................................................................
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4 2017-2018 PRECIPITATION
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5 2018 PEST & DISEASE INSPECTIONS
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6 RESULTS
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6.1 Phase II Monitoring
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6.1.1 Reclamation Area 25
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6.1.2 Reclamation Area 32
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6.1.3 Reclamation Area 33
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6.1.4 Reclamation Area 34
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6.2 Phase III Reclamation Monitoring
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6.2.1 Reclamation Area 29
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6.2.2 Reclamation Area 30
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6.2.3 Reclamation Area 31
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7 DISCUSSION
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7.1 Vegetation Cover............................................................................................................
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7.2 Herbaceous Production
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7.3 Species Composition
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8 SUMMARY
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9 LITERATURE CITED.........................................................................................................
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FIGURES
Figure 1: Keenesburg Mine Site Map............................................................................................. 3
Figure 2: Sample Point Locations (Area 25).................................................................................. 5
Figure 3: Sample Point Locations (Areas 29, 30, & 31)................................................................. 6
Figure 4: Sample Point Locations (Area 32) .....................
Figure 5: Sample Point Locations (Area 33).................................................................................. 8
Figure 6: Sample Point Locations (Area 34).................................................................................. 9
Figure 7: 2017-2018 Precipitation and Average Annual Precipitation ......................................... 11
Figure 8: Absolute Cover of Native and Introduced Species 2016 & 2018 ................................. 26
Figure 9: Cheatgrass Relative Cover 2016 & 2018...................................................................... 26
Figure 10: Non -Noxious Herbaceous Production by Life Form 2016 & 2018 ............................ 27
Figure 11: Wheatgrass in Reclamation Area 25........................................................................... 28
Habitat Management, Inc. i October 2018