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2.0 METHODOLOGY <br />2.1 DISPOSAL AREA <br />In the disposal area, woody plant density was measured by <br />counting rooted stems occurring within rectangular 1 meter by .50 <br />meter plots. A 100•-foot tape was stretched in randomly selected <br />directions within the oak-shrub community and the .50 m? plots <br />were read at the ten-foot intervals along the tape. South and <br />southeast facing slopes were sampled to most closely approximate <br />the planned final contour aspect of the disposal area. <br />2.2 WILLOW CARR REFERENCE AREA <br />A Willow Carr reference area sampling site was also <br />selected to most accurately depict the areas to be revegetated <br />using this standard. These areas are generally elevated above <br />the Purgatoire River with only narrow bands along the river <br />directly influenced by its moisture. For this reason, the old <br />Willow Carr reference area was selected with willow dominated <br />wetland vegetation along the river and grasslands on the drier <br />sites above. Transects cvere randomly located within the area, <br />but were oriented in a north-south direction so they would cross <br />1 both vegetation zones. <br />Cover was measured by recording hits at every _°oot along a <br />100-foot tape. Hits were recorded by species, litter, or bare <br />ground. Production was sampled along these same transects in 1/4 <br />m2 plots that were clipped b;~ species. Woody plant density was <br />~ measured in the same manner described for the disposal area. <br />