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Production. The average forage production for the 1983 Reclamation Seeding <br />from the 1991 monitoring effort was calculated to be 21.96 grams per one <br />quarter square meter (87.84 grams per m2) or 782.7 pounds of air dry forage <br />per acre (Table 4, Forage Production for 1983 Seeding). In 1989, forage <br />production on this site was estimated at 74.14 grams per square meter or 661 <br />pounds of air dry forage per acre. Forage production in 1987 on this site was <br />estimated at 229.26 grams per square meter or 2042 pounds of air dry forage <br />per acre. These comparisons suggest that forage production has declined <br />since initially sampled in 1987 but has apparently stabilized during the last two <br />monitoring periods. <br />Forage production from the 1987 site was estimated to average 15.45 <br />grams per quarter meter (61.8 grams per square meter) or 550.6 pounds of air <br />dry forage per acre. This compares with 130.14 grams per square meter or <br />1160 pounds of air dry forage per acre for this site from the 1989 monitoring <br />effort. <br />A t-test comparison for the total production obtained from sampling the <br />1983 and 1987 reclaimed sites was made to determine if production between <br />the two sites was different. The results of this comparison revealed that at the <br />10 percent level, the forage production associated with the two sites was similar. <br />Densi .1991 Sampling of the 1983 Reclamation Seeding, resulted in an <br />average woody plant density value of 2.90 woody plants or 0.10 shrubs per 50 <br />square meters (Table 6, Woody Plant Density for 1983 Seeding). This compares <br />with an average of 1.0 woody plants or 0.50 shrubs per 50 square meters from <br />the 1989 monitoring and only 0.4 woody plants or 0 shrubs per 50 square <br />meters from the 1987 sampling of this site. While there is considerable variability <br />in the woody plant density counts, these data clearly suggest that there is an <br />increase in woody plant densities caused by the natural invasion of unseeded <br />7 <br />