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noxious weed control, areas requiring restdded interseeding, or areas that have been.plaMed to frees and • <br />shrubs. <br />As stated above, monitoring through quantitative measurements will be canied out periodicelly on <br />revegetated areas at the Seneca II Mine. Periodic monitoring of a given area of reclamation (identified by <br />year of initial seeding) will be conducted in years 2, 4, and 7. Reference area sampling may be conducted <br />coincidentally with revegetation monitoring. For purposes of this discussion, quantitative sampling during <br />the last two consecutive years of the extended liability period is nM considered monitoring. The data and <br />results from the quantitative montoring program will be provided to the Division by the March 30 filing of the <br />Annual Reclamation Report. The vegetation evaluation procedures for testing for reclamation <br />adequacy for Phase III bond release are included as Appendix 13-13. <br />The following discussion details parameters to be sampled, sampling methodologies and sampling intensity <br />for the revegetation monitoring program. <br />Samolina Parameters. • <br />Cover. Cover data will include cover by specles (both absolute and relative values), total vegetative cover <br />and cover values for litter, rock and bare ground. Mosses and lichens will be included if present. <br />Production. Production data will be collected as total herbaceous. In cases where additional composition <br />information is desired, production will be collected by herbaceous growth forms. Shrub production will not be <br />collected. Production values will be in g/m2, Ibs/ac, and kg/ha. <br />Woody Plant Density. The density of shrubs and trees by specles per unit area will be estimated. Shrub <br />and tree establishment areas will be delineated and sampled separately from the general reclaimed units. <br />Values will be presented as #/plot, #/ac and #/ha. <br />Specles List. A list of all spedes observed during sampling will be developed. Common names will be <br />included, as wit: I'de form, origin, and longevity. The initial spedes list will be upgraded in subsequent <br />monkoring efforts. <br />Samplin0 Methodologies. <br /> <br />TR-37 1 &26 Revised 04/05 <br />