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<br />EXECUTIVE SUMHARY <br /> The following report presents the results of second year measure- <br /> ments on soil temperature and moisture, and seeded plant growth on the <br /> tlt. Gunnison Hine Reclamation study plots. <br /> Precipitation was abundant on the site during the winter and <br />- spring, providing excellent spring growing conditions. A dry summer <br /> sent plants into dormancy by the end of July. Hesic mixture species <br />_ declined markedly between 1978 and 1979, resulting in seeding failures <br /> on nearly all mesic south aspect plots. Xeric species showed better <br /> adaptation to all slope aspects and slope angles. Pubescent wheatgrass <br /> and crested wheatgrass performed best among xeric species. Haximum <br /> production was recorded fora xeric drill straw treatment oa a 4:1 north <br /> slope. Eaperimeatal species production was much higher as north aspects <br /> under mulches regardless of slope angle. <br /> Containerized transplants declined from 47°L survival in 1918 oa <br /> level topsoiled plots to 0,~, in 1979; transplants declined from 44$ <br /> survival on level refuse plots to 16x survival in 1979. Ho local trans- <br /> plants were alive is 1979. <br />1 <br />i <br /> <br />11 <br />