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Edna Mine Vegetation Final Bond Release Monitoring 2005-2006 <br />combined West Ridge/Moffat: Previously Disturbed reclamation units are <br />included. <br />VEGETATION PARAMETER SAMPLING METHODS <br />Cover, production and shrub density data will be collected for reclaimed <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 2: Vegetation <br />Monitoring Methods Configuration. <br />Vegetation Cover <br />Point-intercept line-transects will be used to' measure vegetation cover. Point- <br />intercept line-transects will begin at the designated sample start point and will be <br />oriented as previously described above. Aline-transect 10-meters in length will <br />be used to collect cover point intercepts. Point intercept cover measurements <br />will be observed and recorded at 10 centimeter intervals along the sample line- <br />transect from 0.1 meters to 10 meters. Intercept points will be taken along and <br />parallel to the line-transect orientation. A laser bar with the beams set 10 <br />centimeters apart will be used to take cover readings, with the beams being <br />projected perpendicularly to the ground surface. Along each line-transect a total <br />of 100 point-intercepts will be recorded in this fashion. Each point-intercept will <br />be assigned an absolute cover value of 1 %. <br />Cover measurements will record "first-hit" point-intercepts by either: plant species <br />(living vegetation), litter, rock, or bare ground. Litter will include all organic <br />material that is dead. Rock fragments will be recorded when particle size is <br />equal to or greater than one square centimeter (non-erodible particle size). <br />Habitat Management, Inc. 11 4/8/2025 <br />