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3. Sampling in each type will be done to adequacy, to the <br />maximum prescribed in CMLRD sampling guidelines or to the <br />levels agreed to in this outline. <br />4. The anticipated reference area will be entirely within the <br />permit area and will always be directly adjacent to the <br />affected areas. <br />5. The approved baseline study will adequately describe the <br />vegetation of the entire permit area, therefore removing a <br />portion of the area (i.e., the affected area) after <br />baseline studies will not cause the two areas to be <br />dissimilar. Therefore, and supported by 1., 2., and 3. <br />above, the study area is in essence the reference area. <br />VII. Sampling Methods <br />A. Cover <br />1. Point intercept - 50 meter line with 50 spaced points. <br />2. Report 1st,Lnd, and 3rd hit cover. <br />3. Overstory canopy recorded. <br />4. Cover by species. <br />B. Production <br />1. 1/2 meter square quadrats. <br />2. Production collected by growth form. <br />3. No woody production. <br />C. Woody Plant Density (except aspen tree density) <br />1. 1 meter x 50 meter quadrat. <br />2. Count by species rooted in quadrat. <br />D. Aspen Tree Data <br />1. DBH, height, and age of representative trees. <br />2. Trees greater than 1 inch in DBH counted. <br />3. 5 meter x 50 meter quadrat for the density, i meter x 50 <br />meter quadrat for shrubs. <br />VIII. Other <br />A. T and E inventory for all areas. <br />B. Vegetation map ground truthed during field season. <br />C. Spring flora check (early June). <br />