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11. ~lctht-ds <br />iming <br />Ftcld sampling was perlilmuYi from July 22'"' through the 26'" of ?0(1''. Phis ume period <br />~oinridcd with maximum vegetative growth potential and development of the majority of <br />plant species found ut both the native vegetation conununity and the rerlaimcd area to be <br />etaluated. Vegetation sampling Icxauons, dates, and methods tecrc dctcnnincd, <br />approved, and pcrti~rmcd by the Division of Miner;ds and (iculogy prior to fieldwork. <br />trampling Design <br />Reface tielehvork ronunenced, the pemut document, amendments to the pcmut, baxlinr <br />data, any prior sampling Bala, applicable maps, and aerial phottgraphs were reviewed to <br />evaluate topography, rCClamaUOn timing, ucd mixes, revcgeurtion ntethais, and <br />applicable rcvcgctation standards. <br />:\ 1:24(NI scale I I" = 20U') map of the <br />reclaimed rnine site IFigure I, bone <br />Facilities) was used to delineate the <br />sampling arcs within the I'umtcr Ixnnit <br />area. Computer generated nntdinn <br />numbers were Used t0 l'SlablNh 8 pool <br />of x,y coordinates for a Cartesian grid <br />that was overlain upon the reclaimed <br />area. From these Ix~ints sample sites <br />were randomly established. Twenty <br />random suntplc locatinns wcrc initially <br />estahlished for the rerlaimcd area. Of <br />these 20 Icxations, 1 ~ were utilized ro <br />ensure reprrscntative sampling over the <br />entire r•chtimcd ar•a Sam Ie sites <br />M'8 i <br />~. <br />~ ~ . p <br />wcrc located in the field through pacing from known landmarks depicted on atria <br />photographs. Figure 1 illustrates the location of the sarnplc point locations. <br />Picld trampling <br />Vctictation ('nscr and lpcrics ('ompmitiun <br />Vegetation cover was estimated by the use of the point-intercept meths(. A laser Itcnl <br />point t~ante was used to minimize instntmcnt error and rnuximizc precision and absence <br />accuracy. Cover transects wcrc 2S ntetets in length, with ten sample data prints collcetcd <br />at >.0 meter intervals along the trmscrt on both sides of the transect rrntcrline, fur :t rural <br />of 1110 points per transcct. Tr<msect oricntution was randomly detcrnnned by random <br />numbers eenentcd (between I and ?601. In no event were trmsects allowed to extend <br />within ten feet of revegetaled area houndaries, to minimize impacts from "edge effect." <br />