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r <br />• in this direction would take the operator out of the selected <br />r <br />vegetation type. If this occurred, the operator paced south <br />from the starting point. Then, the operator rotated 90 degrees <br />to the right and paced the number of steps indicated by the <br />,- second random number. The point thus arrived at was used <br />' for cover, production and shrub density estimates. <br />Reference areas (each 1.0 acre in size) were established <br />outside the area to be affected by mining or related <br />activities for the strip mine study area vegetation types <br />only. These sites will be used for cover, production and <br />'- density comparisons when bond release is anticipated. Due <br />to the small size of the underground portal area disturbance <br />(less than ten acres), reference areas were not established <br />i. for the vegetation type9 occurring there at the recommendation <br />of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board (personal <br />`- communication; Mike Savage). Revegetation success will meet <br />minimum criteria established by the pre-mining baseline study <br />_ for the proposed affected areas on this site. On the reference <br />_ areas the southwest corner of the site was designated the <br />starting point with an approximate east-west line along the <br />~- south edge of the reference area as the x axis and an <br />approximate north-south line along the west edge of the <br />area as the y axis. A set of two 2-digit numbers was taken <br />.; <br />L <br />-5- <br />