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<br />Irieteorology- <br />I4easure wind speed and direction for possible evapotrans- <br />t <br />piration calculations; meas>>re total sr.isuended partic~rlates <br />and d.ustfall for haul road Rnd crusher, <br />Terrestial F.cology- <br />Rstablish ecolor;ical interrelationships. <br />Specios diversity of both plant and animal life are inter- <br />dependent and must be stixdied to determine the mix of plant <br />and animal life that can be sustained in a normal functioninf* <br />ecosystem. In many relatively small rehabilitated areas. through- <br />out the crest, native herbivores have invaded in such numbers <br />that the newly established plant species have been destrovAd <br />resulting: in land resource deterioration.d <br />Veeetation- <br /> <br />Plappin!* of principal plant communities; m~.:~snre snncifically <br />density, cover, and possibly production; establis~ interr~lation- <br />s~~i.p to soils; docr.raentation. <br />Vegetation data is important in that it establishAs a standard <br />for evaluating the reclamation pros;ram, Thus, such information <br />as species density, canopy cover, and biomass prod~~ction for <br />specific sites is needed. Guidelines presented in C, ;1, boo'{'s <br />and C, D, Bonham's "Techniques for Vegetation Measurements and <br />Analysis Tor a Pre- and Post-I-tining Inventory" (1977) are su~pested,9 <br />A general. species inventory was made and percent composition <br />