REP01889

• Permit No: C1980005
• IBM Index Class Name: Report
• Doc Date: 2/27/1998
• Doc Name: 1997 Reclamation Studies & Shrub Establishment Monitoring at Seneca II & IIW Mines
• Permit Index Doc Type: Reveg Monitoring Report
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

~ ~ TABLE OF CONTENTS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ..................................................... 1
Annual Monitoring ............................................. ......1
Topsoil Depth and Shrub Establishment Study ............................... 1
Mycorrhizae Benefits Study . .............................................1
INTRODUCTION ............................................................2
SECTION A: SHRUB ESTABLISHMENT MONITORING ......................... 3
Introduction .....................................' ....................3
Methods for Shrub Establishment Monitoring ............................... 3
Results from Seneca II Mine ..............................................6
Results from Seneca II-W Mine .......................................... 18
Conclusions ...........................................................21
SECTION B: TOPSOIL DEPTH & SHRUB ESTABLISHMENT STUDY ............ 24
Introduction ..........................................................24
Methods ..............................................................24
Initial Observations ....................................................27
Shrub Survival . .......................................................27
~ • Shrub Vigor ...........................................................28
Canopy Cover. . 29
Conclusions ...........................................................29

SECTION C: MYCORRHIZAE BENEFITS STUDY ........ ...................... 30
Introduction .................................... ......................30
Methods ........................................ ......................30
Future Data Collection ............................ ...................... 32
LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1. Generalized Transect Layout .............. ....................... 5
Figure 2. Topsoil Application Plot Layout . .......... ...................... 25
Figure 3. No Topsoil Application Plot Layout . ....... . . ... : , : .. s : ~$
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Figure 4. Shrub Survival by Treatment .............. .o..
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Figure 5. 5hru~lt );Fight by Treatment ............... . . :.: ... .:. ..,,. ~8
Figure 6. Mycor{l~izse He~efits Study Plot Layout. . , , :..".::...... ~,':. ".: 31
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Table 1. Summary of planting unit characteristics....
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Table 2. Shrub densities for Planting Unit 94-1.. ... _
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Table 3. Shrub densities for Herbivory Study Plot 95-1c ,
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Tabler¢y Shrub densities for Planting Unit 95-2..
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Table 5. Shrub densities for Planting Unit 95-3.. . > . • . "
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