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Empire Eagle Mine Vegetation Final Bond Release Monitoring 2005-2006 <br />Transect Orientation <br />Each tine-transect or belt transect will be oriented in a randomly generated <br />compass direction. Transect direction will be randomly selected using a <br />timepiece with a second hand reading. Upon arrival at the sample start point, the <br />second hand reading will be observed and used to calculate a random compass <br />bearing. The observed second hand value will be multiplied by 6 to generate a <br />random compass heading (i.e., 6 degrees/second X 60 seconds=360 degrees. <br />For example, a second hand reading of 12 results in a transect direction of 72 <br />degrees). Selecting transect directions in this manner serves to minimize the <br />potential to have transects overlap one another when grid spacing is less than <br />165 feet. In the highly unlikely event that adjacent sample point transects be <br />assigned headings that result in their overlapping one another, orientation for the <br />subsequent overlapping transect will be modified by taking another second <br />reading from the time piece and applying this method. <br />' Should a sample transect exit the sampling area, it will be redirected from the <br />point of exit at a 90 degree angle to the original heading back into the sampling <br />area. Also, when aline-transect or belt transect intersects anon-vegetated <br />feature (ie. rock pile, road, rip-rap, etc.), it will be redirected back into the <br />' sampling area at a 90 degree angle to the original transect bearing. <br />' VEGETATION PARAMETER SAMPLING METHODS <br />Cover, production and shrub density data will be collected for reGaimed <br />' vegetation communities and reference areas as required by the permit; DMG <br />rules, regulations and guidelines; and as described and modified within this <br />' vegetation final bond release monitoring plan. Cover, production, diversity and <br />woody stem density sampling methods are described individually in this section. <br />' A graphic representation of sampling methods is provided in Figure 3: Vegetation <br />Monitoring Methods Configuration. <br />Habitat Management, Inc. 9 6/7/2006 <br />