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Draft Copy <br />STIPULATION ~5 - WITHIN 90 DAYS AFTER PERMIT ISSUANCE, THE PERMITEE MUST <br />PROVIDE THE DIVISION WITH AN ACCEPTABLE SPECIES DIVERSITY SUCCESS STANDARD FOR <br />THE REVEGETATED AREAS OF THE MINE. <br />The following table lists the species diversity and equitability recorded <br />in the five different types of vegetation growths at the mine site. Snowmass <br />proposes to use the numbers for species diversity success criteria for reveg- <br />etated areas of the mine site. These numbers will be determined by the same <br />method used to gather the baseline vegetation data for the mine (Appendix 3-V, <br />Volume 11). <br />Species <br />Diversity Equitability <br />Riparian Woodland 26.36 1.17 <br />Mountain Shrubland - Dry Phase 12.75 0.68 <br />Mountain Shrubland - Moist Phase 17.00 0.60 <br />Aspen Forest 18.71 0.52 <br />Mixed Coniferous Forest 17.82 0.78 <br />The formulas that will be used for species diversity and equitability are: <br />Species Diversity = S /log N <br />Where "S" equals number of species in a sample and "N" equals the total <br />number of individuals (transects) in a sample. <br />Equitability = - ( N) log (N ) <br />Where "ni" equals the cover value for each species encountered in a com- <br />munity and "N" equals the total vegetation cover in a community. <br />