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~ ..:_ <br /> <br />Blue Ribbon Coal Company will reclaim [he Riparian revegetation area to <br />the Shrub Community standards listed above unless the Division either seta an <br />appropriate standard for the Riparian Co®:unity under Rule 4.15.7(2)(d)(vi) or <br />requires establishment of a Riparian Community reference area (see <br />Section 2.04.3(2)(b)(ii) of thin application). <br />Methods to be used for sampling of revegetated areas are: <br />o Cover: Total herbaceous cover will be sampled using random 1-m2 <br />quadrats and an ocular estimation technique. Cover estimate• by <br />species rill be accomplished and rill include all herbs and shrubs <br />leas than 0.5 meters in height. A minimum of 30 plots per community <br />will be sampled and sample adequacy tested. Up to 20 additional plots <br />per community rill be taken as necessary to attain sample adequacy. <br />Shrub cover rill be estimated using the line-strip method from <br />randomly located 10-meter tapes. ien tapes rill be read per <br />community. Shrub height, in O.l~eter increments, rill be estimated <br />for each individual encountered by species. <br />o Productivity: Total herbaceous productivity will be estimated from <br />ly2 random quadrats by clipping live current year production at <br />ground level. Clipping rill be done by major species plus <br />miscellaneous grass, grasslikes, and forba. Clipped material will be <br />oven dried to eonetant veigbt and weights recorded to the nearest <br />0.1 gram. Data rill be reported on s lb/acre basis. A minimum of <br />15 plots will be eiipped in each revegetated community; sample <br />adequacy will be tested and additional plots clipped where necessary <br />to attain sample adequacy. <br />o Shrub Density: Total number of stems per acre rill be measured <br />through counting stems greater than 0.5-meter in height in <br />rectangular plots, 2-m z 10-m, that are randomly located. Ten shrub <br />density plots per revegetated community will be sampled at a minimum. <br />Height of each individual counted rill be recorded in 0.1-meter <br />ineremente by apeciea. Stem count will also be recorded by species, <br />11311 (Rev. 6/15/621 <br />