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Mean Vegetative cover for the New Pryor Mine Site was 31.6%, with a bare soil mean of S.8 ~rn...s._<~i "..~.~ 43.6%. Litter, Rocks, and other materials •had a mean value of 24.8%. To obtain a-~I6°~ k. a.w..v~ c~ _._; ..::_~ .... _ .. _. _ . _ z_ . ed-to-sample-5.8-transects.- Ws-completed 5 transects w<^~- c.wP~-o-~~~ f3~..~ -Fo ~'~~ cam,-.:-kr~<.~ a-...J~ af~e->¢p with a standard deviation of 3.577. ~fPel rh } •~° h ~+ r ><a., a ~ ffiriPnt s ~ -E e o h~+-r~Rz~ ``'~ -H-.~ D U rs ~ w~ co~.~s~ Bars -Fl..acC s~,.{~2;.... T -k ra... c~<~ s w~-~~ n s or t e rec ~ ~ e. Rolle<-tLl -Fo ~~~ con-d.'-~r°"" °."' -1-b.~ .FJff ~he 5 Ott}d-a hal€atres of reclaimed mine site ~es~was dominated by^grasses and ss- ARCODVron trachycaulum (7.2%absolute cover and 23% relative cover) and Stipa viridula (4.8% absolute value and 15.2% relative cover) were the most dominant of the grasses. Both of the above mentioned plants are natives of Colorado, along with quite a few other thriving plants. Although we didn't hit anLy r-abbit brush of four wing salt bush, while doing ~°._ .ipmt~~y ,~-^- o ~..r...-I -1 ^~ ~^4'~a•-~ co Ilcc+~~ w~ the transects,~we-saa*rnany--at the reclaim site. Woody Plant density was not ~~~ ~-'~- it u ~ not required for this sampling. G ~~ At the site we~'Saw a few rills and a gully. The rills we observed were small and no more than three inches °--a °- ~---` ~- °^ deep. The rills didn't extend more than ten or twelve feet because the contour furrows stopped them from becoming larger. The gully that was Il.ws ~+- ¢~Grn Sa~V,:.......7C (b Vlec~~7y~ observed was fifteen to eighteen inches deep. The gull the doubled ponds~so-t~at ~''l`~ °"'+ _ lows ~ ..~~ no sediment j~}eevitlg the site. to~O T~~he +opo9r~,.,pyLy of ~1rte site ~. 1~ rolling Mulls c,~lfi-, ~l~qo, i-u moderate 51 o~c 9 r atl lent r rar~a i r~ -~am 8-I~•/•,. ~•--^L-~ -_ - ~..1~ ..~~_~,- .emu ,~ ---~-~- , 1h~s si-F~, Is ~om~osed~'af tJorifi,Sauth,cast,andvJes-~ ~-aci n~ S lass