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a.3 wetit ?it <br />z.s t wPOO2 <br />tVPCnn ~s comtas~M1 pr 2,9 acres of <br />steeply Slill)rr1G revtYietatlprl Ihdt hd5 d <br />pr?cknnn)ately westerly asp?ct. This umt v:as <br />seeder) tit 1999 and therel'pre, hd5 un(lerupn? <br />seven growutn seasons pnor to sampbng m <br />ZOOti. A total of 32 plant taxa were otrservc"d <br />m the and (see Tablr Af3 l). Curr?nt annual <br />prudutYipn avoss the unit averaged 1,102 <br />pounds tx'r acre i^ 2006 wdh perenrndl yrd55e5 <br />dnd dnnUdl gras,es ih? dUmindni Cdieypne5 ff <br />(s?e Figure 8). Ground cover tit WP007 <br />convsted of •i7.2'!s, Eve vegetahpn. 0.2°+c rock, rr: r~, <br />51.' ~ Irtter, and barn soil exposure of 1.6r-4>. <br />Pc•n:nn~al ciwer aunss the and averaged rt. R~ T T. <br />3i.ti~+:, with annual and bi~,nnial crnrer <br />averay~nq 15.G~4:, 7h? donunan! taxa were O O O O " 2t <br />th~cksv~ke whratgrass, Slbenan whea!yr.TSS, <br />dredlgra55, RUSSIan wildrye, and )apar>ese O O O O O <br />° <br />° <br />"' <br />brcune wdh 12.9 <br />,b, ~.S~k,, G.8 <br />ib, dnd 5.1 <br />~, <br />average arver, respecOVely. Woody Wdnt <br />dens~ry eras determined from 20 beR transects <br />fA>n:,~ly (table 2) trdaleA tiOJ young and <br />,nature stems per aue wdh fourwmg salthush <br />(Atnpler cane cans) the dpm:nant v+oody <br />plant W9Ih reyartl to drvers,ty. WPD07 <br /> <br />ex'~iUded S rasennral grasses and no Perenn~a~ ^~ j <br />++~' • ~'-~' <br /> - _ <br />ror US wdh Iw>[ween 3'+o and 50 °r,• ri iatwe <br />•_ -v~•r <br />Unit b":PU(1/ currc>ntly tads the bonU release dmersdy standard of 3 perennial grasxs and 1 perennial <br />forb wdh betty?en 3°/n and 50'!t, retahvEt cover. This and also fads duect cover bond r?lease compansans <br />to th? rehtnrnce dred5 but passes the pro!1uRi0n companson (see Charts 3 and 5). Thrs and dcx:; not <br />presently meet the woody plant density standard of 9U'%< of 1000 stems per acre and vnll probably not <br />meet thrs rn the foreseeable future due to the heavy rornpehtive uras's cover See: Appendi" AA Section <br />%.3 Icr a discusswn an oubons and recomnrendahons wdn regard tc woody plant den,rty. Noxious <br />wc>cK15 appear to be '.vral pxttrolled ~n thrs umt, hpwever Ihere was one observation pf hprehound <br />Annual brpm?s aarrently represent I3.5`i'< cover ~n retat,vely distinct patches. These patchES should br° <br />mpndoreo,'mapped to d?terrnme d [hey are exoandma or shrmkmg. If morntonny reveals e^pansrpn, use <br />of [he hertnude Plateau ~s rr>cpmmended m conjunction wuh spot rest>ediny, It s posstbte this acbvlty <br />cOU•.d occur as a normal range management txart,ce wdl,out ri,.ettmq the Cxk CDRMS would have to <br />he mnsulled for sp?afif allowances Unl?SS Such dre Currently staled tit Co!owyo"s pennrt. <br />T'hr visual appearance or VJPUU7 s that of a four-year reveejetahon unit as opposed to a s2vor. year <br />pasture. As Such, care`ul mcrndonng should occur agaut In the next two or Ihrrre years. Rernerlrahun <br />may Ur' necessary. <br />Rm Tmro Erorpy a..:~nq 1 ~bbwYU Minn Page 24 Re~opcidbon MnntlOn n~,) - .ApS <br />