PERMFILE67549

• Permit No: C1981022A
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 3/4/2002
• Section_Exhibit Name: EXHIBIT 2.05-E6 REVEGETATION PLAN
• Media Type: D
• Archive: Yes

2.8 TECHNIQUES FOR EVALUATION OF RECLAMATION SUCCESS
• The reclamation success will be qualitatively evaluated during routine inspections of the reclaimed
srces. These evaluatiotss shall include an assessment of noxious weeds, species diversity and the
general health of the vegetation. Results of these evaluations will be included in the annual
reclamation reports required under Rule 2.04.13.
Reclaimed areas will be checked annually after snowmelt for the formation of rills and gullies. To
document each inspection, a report will be prepared and the report will be available for inspection as
required under Rule 5.02.4. Rills and gullies deeper than nine inches will be noted on the report. By
the end of September of the same yEaz, laborers or small equipment will be used to fill, grade or
otherwise stabilize rills and gullies deeper than nine inches. The repaired area will be seeded and
mulched by the end of the same yEaz. Mulch will be anchored to the ground with netting if
appropriate.
A common reference area has been established for the juniper woodland and mountain shrubland
plant communities. Evaluations of reclamation success will include comparisons of total vegetative
cover, herbaceous production, and species diversity, The evaluatiorss for the total vegetative cover
and herbaceous production will be based on a comparison of reclaimed area and reference area non-
noxious, perennial values. Data will be collected for each parameter in the recl:med area and the
reference area and statisticallycompared if necessary.
Species diversity success will be evaluated via technical standards. The evahration of species diversity
success will depend o the size of the !and unit being released. Because there is a cumulative effect to
species diversity (as opposed to the other vegetative parameters) where larger area can be expected to
accumulate more species as habitat diversity increases, smaller areas are expected to be less diverse
than larger tracts. Where a bond release request involves acreage s,~mming to more than 10 acres, the
following species diversirystandard will apply.
Of the perennial species present in the reclaimed areas, at least four will have a relative cover
between 3 and 60%. Of these four species, at least one will be a fort or shrub, and applicable
perennial grasses will be cool-season species.
Where a bond release request involves acreage s++**+ming to less than 10 acres, the following species
diversirystandard will apply.
Of the perennial species present in the reclaimed areas, at least three will have a relative cover
between 1 and 60%. Of these three species, at least one will be a forb or shrub, and
applicable perennial grasses will be cool-season species.
Quantitative monitoring of revegetation success will occur in parallel with Phase II and Phase III
bond release requesu. As part of a Phase II bond release request, which is planned to occur prior to
the fifth year after seeding, redaimed areas will be sampled for absolute cover to deternune if the
reclaimed community has been achieved 90% of the cover success standard. Only first-hit cover data
will be collected. No production data would be collected at this time. The diversity u checked in
accordance with the Division's Bond Release Guidelines, to assess the progress of revegetation to
detersnine if sufficient number of species are being established.
Quantitative sampling will ako take place in the ninth and tenth years after seeding reclaimed surfaces
if a Phase III bond release request is considered warranted at that point. Sampling methodology will
reflex that outlined below.
PR04 H-7 Revised May 2001