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Empire Eagle Mine Vegetation Final Bond Release Monitoring 2005-2006 <br />1 <br />point. When cover or woody stem density vegetation samples are to be taken, <br />the production quadrat will be positioned by off-setting it 2 meters to the left of <br />the sample start point at a right angle to the line or belt transect orientation. <br />' Production quadrats will be aligned parallel to the line or belt transect direction, <br />with the 1.0 meter side being parallel to the transect direction. Using this offset <br />' will minimize interference between cover, production and woody stem density <br />sampling activities. <br />' After quadrat placement and prior to clipping all plant species present within the <br />' sample area will be identified and recorded on the field data sheet. Yearly <br />production will be measured by harvesting the herbaceous biomass produced <br />' within the quadrat. Herbaceous growth will be clipped as Gose to ground level <br />as practical. <br />A single herbaceous production sample will be harvested and processed for each <br />quadrat. Herbaceous production samples will include the following plant life <br />' forms when present in the quadrat annual graminoids, annual forts, biennial <br />forts, perennial graminoids and perennial (orbs. Cacti, cushion plants, <br />' succulents, subshrubs, shrubs, trees, designated noxious and targeted weeds <br />species, and plant species formally listed under the Endangered Species Act will <br />not be inGuded in herbaceous production samples. <br />Samples will be oven dried for at least 24 hours using standard accepted <br />methods. Following oven drying, each herbaceous production sample will be <br />weighed and its weight recorded to the nearest 0.1 gram. Production sample <br />information will be reported by life form and total production for each sample <br />point. Trace samples will be reported as 0.1 grams when they occur. <br />Woody Stem Density <br />Belt transacts will be used to measure woody stem density. Shrub/subshrub <br />composition and density will be measured using belt transects that are 100 <br />' Habitat Management, Inc. 12 6/7/2006 <br />