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3.0 RESULTS <br />Tables 1 through 4 and Charts 1 through 4 provide a summary of the 2019 and 2020 sampling efforts <br />described above. Tabular compilations of raw data and summaries presented in Appendix A on Tables 5 <br />through 12. Photographs of the evaluated areas are also presented in Appendix A. Evidence of light <br />grazing of the reclamation vegetation was observed at the time of the evaluations. <br />A total of 40 plant species were observed within the Run of Mine in 2019 (Table 6). Ground cover <br />within the unit (Table 2 and Chart 1) consisted of 68.9% live vegetation, 3.7% rock, 21.6% litter, and bare <br />ground exposure of 5.9%. Total plant cover excluding noxious weeds averaged 68.8%. Noxious weed <br />cover averaged 0.1% and consisted of cheatgrass (Anisantha tectorum) which is a List C noxious weed in <br />Colorado. The dominant taxa were western wheatgrass (Pascopyron smithii), thickspike wheatgrass <br />(Eiymus ianceoiatus ianceoiatus), and cicer milkvetch (Astragaius cicer) with 24.9%, 12.5%, and 12.5% <br />average cover, respectively. Total herbaceous production averaged 1,142 pounds per acre in 2019 while <br />total herbaceous production excluding noxious weeds averaged 1,141 pounds per acre (Table 3 and Chart <br />3). Woody plant density averaged 320 live trees, shrubs, and sub -shrubs per acre in 2019, consisting <br />primarily of bitterbrush (Purshia tridentate) (Table 4 and Chart 4). <br />A total of 46 plant species were observed within the Run of Mine in 2020. Ground cover within the <br />unit consisted of 51.6% live vegetation, 4.6% rock, 40.3% litter, and bare ground exposure of 4.3%. Total <br />plant cover (excluding noxious weeds) averaged 51.6%. Noxious weed cover averaged 0.1% and consisted <br />of cheatgrass. The dominant taxa were cicer milkvetch, thickspike wheatgrass, and western wheatgrass <br />with 15.3%, 12.6%, and 10.2% average cover, respectively. Total herbaceous production excluding <br />noxious weeds averaged 950.6 pounds per acre in 2020 (no noxious weeds were found in the plots). <br />Woody plant density averaged 331 live trees, shrubs, and sub -shrubs per acre in 2020, consisting primarily <br />of rubber rabbitbrush (Ericameria nauseosa) and bitterbrush. <br />CEDAR CREEK ASSOCIATES, Inc. 11 Bowie #1 Mine - Run of Mine - 2020 <br />Phase III Bond Release Evaluation <br />