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notable change being the shift in snowberry from favoring rotoclear sites to <br />favoring dozed sites. Aspen and rose still show some preference for <br />rotocleared sites but only on fall treatments. <br />Last year there was no significant difference between 1 and 2 lift <br />treatments on over all shrub density. This year there was a preference for <br />2 lifts but only on dozed sites. This appears to be the result of higher <br />densities of aspen on 2 lift dozed sites. This significant interaction <br />where 2 lifts was favored on dozed sites was also true for chokecherry and <br />serviceberry. As was true last year, snowberry favored 2 lifts and rose 1 <br />lift. <br />There were no significant differences in total shrub densities between <br />fenced and unfenced sites. snowberry showed higher densities on unfenced <br />sites. The above is similar to first year results. Departures from the <br />first year results are: 1) serviceberry is no longer showing a preference <br />for fenced sites, 2) Aspen is now showing a preference for fenced sites. <br />Initial results of the grass herbicide treatment show that some species <br />including chokecherry, serviceberry and rose appear unaffected. However, <br />aspen showed a positive response to fusilade treatment while snowberry a <br />negative response to both poast and fusilade. <br />It should be remembered that all of the above results are only <br />indications of the current trends on the study site. None of these <br />treatments are recommended at this time. This is only the second year of <br />the study and differences between the 2 years of study indicate that trends <br />can change quickly. In addition, there are probably a number of <br />uncontrolled variables that could be effecting the results, such as uneven <br />shrub density (other than aspen) on predisturbance topsoil. <br />