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INTRODUCTION ---------------------------------------------- <br />CJ <br />On August 8, 1991, the Red Canyon Mine site (Permit <br />Application C - 81 - 034) was visited and sampled for cover <br />only. The reclaimed mine surface represents a single sampling <br />unit and is located within Sections 12 and 13, T 13 S, R 95 W, <br />6th P.M. The mined surface was reclaimed three years ago in <br />1988. <br />The purpose of this study was to determine if the <br />reclaimed community was progressing in a direction that would <br />satisfy the vegetative cover success standard. Sampling was <br />carried out by Matthew S. Hayes. <br />• <br />METHODS --------------------------------------------- <br />Quantitative Sampling - General: <br />Although sample starting points were chosen to be fairly <br />evenly spread over the mine site, they were otherwise randomly <br />placed, therefore following a stratified-random model. The <br />approximate locations of sample points are designated on the <br />enclosed map (see Appendix). Cover transects originated from <br />marked sample locations. A minimum number of ten samples was <br />agreed upon in consultation with Jim Stover of MINREC, Inc. <br />Total vegetative cover was sampled using an optical point <br /> <br />1 <br />