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Page 2 <br />INVENTORY METHODS <br />Pedestrian and vehicular surveys of permanently reclaimed areas <br />were conducted to inventory erosion features. Individual features <br />and entire sites were evaluated as outlined in Section 4.3. The <br />existing condition of the single concentrated flow feature, <br />identified in the 1992 report in the South of Shop Area, was <br />documented using method (1) ("Cross-Section Survey") outlined in <br />Permit No. C-80-001 on page 4.3-19. This method was chosen <br />to determine the rate of degradation or agradation within this <br />reach over time. <br />To evaluate the overall erosion condition of various reclaimed <br />areas, the Hureau of Land Management's Erosion Condition <br />Classification System described in Technical Note No. 346 was <br />utilized. This method considers both sheet, and rill and gully <br />erosion, and documents the overall erosion condition of a given <br />site. This method is described in detail in Permit No. C-80-001, <br />Appendix 4.3-B. <br />MONITORING INFORMATION <br />Moffat Area <br />Four areas were classified in the current reclaimed area at the <br />southern end of the Moffat Area in 5 separate surveys. Please <br />reference Exhibit 4 of the 1993 Annual Reclamation Report for <br />locations of these areas. Block 1 was separated into two survey <br />areas. The first being the southernmost section of the block. <br />Block 1 is live handled topsoil that will not receive additional <br />seeding as a test block for live handling roto-cleared topsoil for <br />reintroduction of native plant species. Block 2 is also at the <br />southern end of the Moffat reserve. This area is live handled <br />topsoil that was seeded in the spring of 1993. Block 3 was not <br />classified during the fall survey because topsoil replacement was <br />not yet completed at the time of the survey. This block is live <br />handled topsoil that will be seeded in the spring of 1994. The <br />area was examined in March of this year and had no major flow <br />features. This block will begin formal surveying in the fall of <br />1994. Block 4 was topsoiled in 1993 and will not have additional <br />seed applied as a continuation of the study area started with Block <br />1. Block 5 is live handled topsoil area that will have the <br />approved reclamation seed mix applied in the spring of 1994. At <br />the time of the fall survey this was a very newly topsoiled area. <br />Block 6 was not included in the fall survey, again because the <br />topsoil was not placed until later in the fall. This area is live <br />handled topsoil that will be seeded in the spring of 1994. The <br />spring examination of this area showed no concentrated flow <br />4/18/94 DLB <br />