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3.0 RESULTS <br /> Tables 1 through 4 and Charts 1 through 4 provide a summary of the 2019 and 2021 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 moderate <br /> grazing of the reclamation vegetation approximately two to three weeks before the survey was observed <br /> at the time of the evaluations. <br /> A total of 50 plant species were observed within the West Mine in 2019 (Table 6). Ground cover <br /> within the unit(Table 2 and Chart 1)consisted of 80.1% live vegetation, 1.2% rock, 16.2% litter, and bare <br /> ground exposure of 2.5%. Total plant cover (excluding noxious weeds) averaged 79.8%. Noxious weed <br /> cover averaged 0.3% and consisted entirely of bindweed (Convolvu/us arvensis) which is a List C noxious <br /> weed in Colorado. The dominant taxa were alfalfa (Medicago sativa), desert alyssum (Alyssum <br /> desertorum),cicer milk-vetch (Astragaluscicel),and western wheatgrass(Pascopyrumsmithii)with 30.0%, <br /> 15.4%, 7.2%,and 6.5%average cover, respectively. Total herbaceous production averaged 1,108 pounds <br /> per acre while total herbaceous production excluding noxious weeds averaged 1,089 pounds per acre(Table <br /> 3 and Chart 3). Woody plant density averaged 366 live shrubs and sub-shrubs per acre,consisting primarily <br /> of gambel oak (Quercus gambelii), roundleaf snowberry (Symphoricarpos rotundifolius), and rubber <br /> rabbitbrush (Chrysothamnus nauseousus) (Table 4 and Chart 4). <br /> A total of 42 plant species were observed within the West Mine in 2021. Ground cover within the unit <br /> consisted of 54.8% live vegetation, 3.5% rock, 33.4% litter, and bare ground exposure of 8.3%. Total <br /> plant cover(excluding noxious weeds)averaged 54.6%. Noxious weed cover averaged 0.2%and consisted <br /> of cheatgrass(Anisantha tectorum)and bindweed. The dominant taxa were alfalfa,cicer milk-vetch,cutleaf <br /> viper grass (Scorzonera lacinatum), and western wheatgrass with 23.7%, 3.4%, 5.8% and 4.9% average <br /> cover, respectively. Total herbaceous production averaged 555 pounds per acre while total herbaceous <br /> production excluding noxious weeds averaged 549 pounds per acre. Woody plant density averaged 341 <br /> live trees, shrubs, and sub-shrubs per acre in 2021,consisting primarily of rubber rabbitbrush,gambel oak, <br /> and roundleaf snowberry. <br /> CEDAR CREEK ASSOCIATES, Inc. 11 Bowie #1 Mine-West Mine - 2021 <br /> Phase III Bond Release Evaluation <br />