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• harvest period, hay/pasture management, cropping, and grazing management were different <br />for nearly all landowners contacted. The end result of the above is a situation of no <br />guarantees. Guarantees of long term and somewhat consistent management are a critical <br />element that must be reasonably assured when using reference areas. Therefore, Peabody <br />has developed alternate reclamation standards as allowed for under 4.15.7(d) of the <br />Regulations. These standards are discussed in Section 2.05.4(2)(e), Revegetation. <br />For the 1999 vegetation baseline studies, sampling procedures were used that corresponded <br />with those agreed upon in the 1987 permit for sampling sagebrush, irrigated pasture, irrigated <br />hay, and swale/ drainage. In addition, three other plant communities occur in the proposed <br />permit expansion boundary but are outside the area of disturbance. These areas were agreed <br />to be described in a qualitative narrative. These communities are the flood plain of Tuttle draw, <br />a small area of deciduous trees fed by irrigation water on a north facing mesa side slope of the <br />Martin Property and a small area of Pinon and Juniper on a north facing mesa side slope of <br />WFC property. <br />• Table 2.04.10-3 summarizes sampling parameters and intensities for the various types in <br />1987. Table 2.04.10-3A summarizes sampling parameters and intensities for the various <br />types in 1999. Details of sampling methods are provided following this summary. Data <br />Sampling Summary results are in Attachment 2.04.10-3 Sampling Data Summary. <br />• (Revised August 2006) 2.04.10-18 <br />