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Edna Mine Vegetation Final Bond Release Monitoring 2005-2006 <br />community inclusions. Reasons for sample point rejection will be recorded in the <br />field and documented in the baseline vegetation report. When a sample point is <br />rejected, the next randomly generated sample point will be used in its place. <br />Transect Orientation <br />Each line-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 Sample Start Points <br />Vegetation sample start points for 2005 vegetation monitoring are presented in <br />Appendix 1. Sample start points for the Snowberry/Sage and Oak/Mountian <br />Shrub reference areas, and West Ridge: Topsoiled, Moffat: Topsoiled and <br />Habitat Management, Inc. 10 4/8/2025 <br />