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• The 1983 Wolf Creek, 1986 Wadge Spring, and Wadge Pasture had the highest cover <br />values, ranging from 65.4 to 65.8 percent. Not far behind were the 1983 Wadge (64.1 <br />percent cover) and the Wadge Pasture Comparison (63.5 percent cover). Lowest percent <br />cover was found in the youngest reclaimed areas. These included the 1986 Wadge (46.3 <br />percent covert, 1986 Wolf Creek area 155.0 percent cover), 1988 Wadge 157.6 percent <br />cover), and 1988 Wolf Creek 160.3 percent covert. Cover in the Mountain Brush and <br />Sagebrush Reference Areas was 78.0 and 72.1 percent, respectively, while cover in the <br />Native Study Area was 85.2 percent. <br />Litter cover was similarly abundant in all the reclaimed areas except the 1983 Wolf Creek <br />and the 1988 Wolf Creek, where the values of 14.1 and 16.3 percent litter cover were <br />substantially lower than the other areas where litter cover was mostly in the middle of the <br />20 to 30 percent range. The litter cover in the 1988 Wadge area, at 32.9 percent was <br />substantially higher than other areas. Litter in the Mountain Brush Reference Area was <br />very low at 16.8 percent, but litter in the Sagebrush Reference Area at 22.4 percent was <br />comparable to that in most of the reclaimed areas. <br />The lowest bare soil abundance in reclaimed areas was observed in the 1988 Wadge <br />reclamation (7.5 percent cover) and the Wadge Pasture (6.9 percent cover). Note, <br />however, that the 1988 Wadge area had relatively high litter cover, while the Wadge <br />Pasture area had moderate litter cover. Other reclaimed areas ranged from 10.0 to 21.5 <br />percent bare soil cover, except the 1986 Wadge where bare soil occupied 26.3 percent. <br />Bare soil cover in the Mountain Brush and Sagebrush Reference Areas was very low at 5.2 <br />and 5.5 percent, respectively. Bare soil cover in the Native Study Area was even lower at <br />3.1 percent. <br />Rock cover was generally very low, except in the 1983 Wolf Creek 14.5 percent rock <br />cover) and in the 1986 Wadge Fall area 13.4 percent rock cover). In all other reclaimed <br />areas, there was about 1 to 2 percent rock cover. <br />In the older reclaimed areas (1986 and older Wadge and Wolf Creekl, introduced perennial <br />grasses and (orbs, especially alfalfa, are the most prominent contributors to total <br />vegetational cover. This trend is noticeable but less developed in newer reclaimed areas <br />(1988 Wadge and Wolf Creekl. <br />Cover in the Mountain Brush Reference Area was dominated by Gambel's oak 126.7 <br />7 <br />