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29 <br />• Mulching. l~ithin the shrubs only seeding treatments, seedlings <br />are 2 or 3 times more abundant on the mulched plots than on the <br />unmulched plots (Table 9). <br />Rollin the seedbed before and after seeding appears to further <br />enhance shrub seedling establishment as counts for big sage, service- <br />berry, and bitterbrush (Table 9) are higher in the rolled and mulched <br />treatment than any other treatment. <br />Nitrogen fertilizer did not have a significant impact on shrub <br />establishment in this study. Shrub counts are not significantly <br />greater in the shrub-fertilizer treatment than the shrub only treat- <br />ment; this same trend is also apparent when comparing the treatments <br />that are mulched with those that were mulched and fertilized. Shrub <br />counts for each replication are recorded in Appendix Table 7. <br />- Total vegetative cover for all plots is similar (Table 9); <br />however, volunteer species make up the bulk of this cover on the <br />plots without the grass-forb seed mixture. Volunteer species were <br />also abundant in the treatment where shrubs, grasses, and (orbs <br />were seeded without any additional management practice. No response <br />to nitrogen fertilizer by the seeded or volunteer herbaceous species <br />was apparent. Unsummarized cover data is reported in Appendix <br />Table 8. <br />• <br />• <br />