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1 <br />' VEGETATION SAMPLING FOR 2001 <br />METHODS <br />' Vegetative sampling was conducted on June 27 and 2S, 2001. Sampling on the Pasture <br />Reference Area was conducted for vegetative cover and herbaceous production. Transect <br />' locations for this sampling event are presented on Figure A-1. <br />Vegetative cover on the Pasture Reference Area was sampled using 50-meter point-intercept <br />' [ransects in a stratified random sample design (see Figure A-1). Due to the small size of the <br />reference area, this methodology was implemented to ensure double-sampling resulting from <br />overlapping transects did not occur. A measuring tape was placed parallel to and 19.6 feet <br />' (randomly selected) north of the southern edge of the Pasture Reference Area. The sample <br />[ransects were run perpendicular to the baseline tape with randomly selected points of origin <br />along that tape. The points of origin for transects were randomly selected by multiplying the <br />' length of the reference area (455 feel) by a random number between the bounds of zero and one. <br />The resulting random starting points along the 455 foot baseline [ape were foot marks 15.5, 24.1, <br />66.9, 96.9, 143.8, 158.3, 171.5, 182.0, 232.5. 293.0, 326.2, 406.3, 415.4, 443.2, and 453.6. <br />' Along each [ransect, hvo sampling points, one meter apart, on both sides of the transect were <br />sampled at one meter intervals, resulting in 100 sample points per transect. Each corresponding <br />' sample point was determined by projection of the ocular sight (Cover-Point Optical Point <br />Projection Device, Model 2) vertically downward and physically recording all manner of "first <br />hits". The "first-hits" were recorded as rock, bare ground, litter, or live vegetation. Live <br />' vegetation was further classified to genus and species. <br />The live vegetative "first-hits" were used to calculate total vegetative cover for each [ransect <br />' according to Equation 1. <br />(1) <br />' Number of Hits on Vegetation <br />Total Vegetative Cover = x 100 <br />Total Number of Points <br />' Mean vegetative cover for the area was the mean value for all transects in that area. <br /> <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />100[ Baseline Vegetation StuAy -Empire bline/995/October 18. 1001 A-1 <br />1 <br />