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determined by the use of a ten point frame used over a SOm <br />transect. Ten hits every 5 meters for a total of 100 hits per <br />transect. The same sampling methodology was used on the Middle <br />Creek Study area. <br />The desirable cover percentage of the upland was 94.18$. Of this <br />figure 51.43$ was perennial grasses and 0.86$ was grass-like. Of <br />the perennial grasses 47.63$ were of a higher palatability for the <br />cattle which graze on the study area. Those species include <br />Bluebunch wheatgrass (Agropyron spicatum), Slender wheatgrass <br />(Agropyron trachycaulum), Nodding brome (Bromus anomalus), Smooth <br />brome (Brome inermis), Idaho fescue (Festuca Idahoensis), Junegrass <br />(Koelaria cristata), Timothy (Phleum pratense), Kentucky bluegrass <br />(Poa pratensis), Needle-and-thread grass (Stipa comata), Letterman <br />needlegrass (Stipa lettermanii), and Green Needlegrass (Stipa <br />viridula). <br />The percentage of less palatable grasses and grass-like species was <br />4.59$. Those species include Western Wheatgrass (Agropyron <br />smithii), Pubescent wheatgrass (Agropyron tricophorum), Bottlebrush <br />squirreltail (Sitanion hystrix), Columbia needlegrass (Stipa <br />Columbiana), Sedges (Carex), and Rushes (Juncus). Included within <br />the total percentage is 0.10$ of unknown perennial grass. <br />The desirable cover percentage of the creekside was 88.44$. Of <br />this figure 56.49$ was perennial grasses and 11.54$ was grass-like. <br />Of the perennial grasses 53.27$ were of a higher palatability for <br />the cattle. Those species include Intermediate wheatgrass <br />(Agropyron intermedium), Slender wheatgrass (Agropyron <br />trachycaulum), Smooth brome (Bromus inermis), Idaho Fescue (Festuca <br />idahoensis), Meadow Fescue (Festuca pratensis), Mat muhly <br />(Muhlenbergia richardsonis), Timothy (Phluem pratense), Bigbunch <br />blue grass (POe~ ampla), Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis), <br />Letterman needegrass (Stipa Lettermanii), and Green needlegrass <br />(Stipa viridula). <br />The percentage of less palatable grasses and grass-like was 14.91$. <br />Those species include Western wheatgrass (Agropyron smithii), <br />Pubescent wheatgrass (Agropyron tricophorum), Spike redtop <br />(Agrostis tenuis), Meadow barley (Hordeum brachyantherum), Reek <br />canarygrass (Phalaris arundinaceae), Sedges (Carex), and Rushes <br />(JUncus). Included within the total is 0.05$ of unknown perennial <br />grass. <br />This demonstrates that there is not a significant difference in the <br />amount to more desirable grass species between the upland <br />vegetation and the riparian vegetation. In fact there are more <br />than three times the amount of less desirable grasses in the <br />riparian area. <br />Production data was collected simultaneously with the cover data. <br />Five random plots of 1/4 m2 were place along each transect, and <br />vegetation was clipped according to life form, oven dried and <br />weighed to the tenth of a gram. The percentage of perennial grass <br />