REP12625

• Permit No: C1981019
• IBM Index Class Name: Report
• Doc Date: 3/25/2004
• Doc Name: 2003 AHR & ARR Section 9
• Permit Index Doc Type: Annual Reclamation Report
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Table of Contents
1.0 Introduction...
2.0 Results &Discussion ...........................................
...........1
.5
2.1 Overall Summary ...................................................................................................................5

2.2 East Pit .................................................................................................................................11
2.2.1 EP028 - 7`" Year -Cover, Diversity, Production, & Woody Plant Density .......... .......ll
2.2.2 EP029 - 7"' Year -Cover, Diversity, Production, & Woody Plant Density .......... .......14
2.2.3 EP034 - 4"' Year -Cover, Diversity, & Woody Plant Density ............................. .......17
2.2.4 EP035 - 4'" Year -Cover, Diversity, & Woody Plant Density ............................. .......20
2.2.5 EP037 -1~` - 2n° Year -Emergent Density & Woody Plant Density ..................... .......23
2.2.6 EP038 - 2"d Year -Cover, Diversity, & Woody Plant Density ............................. .......26
2.2.7 EP042 - 1~` Year -Emergent Density & Woody Plant Density ............................ .......29
2.2.8 EP043 - 1'~ Year -Emergent Density & Woody Plant Density ............................ .......32
2.3 West Pit . ....................................................................................................................... .......35
2.3.1 WP004 - 7"' Year -Cover, Diversity, Production, & Woody Plarit Density ......... .......35
2.3.2 WP007 - 4"' Year -Cover, Diversity, & Woody Plant Density ............................ .......38
2.3.3 WP009 - 2nd Year -Cover, Diversity, & Woody Plant Density ........................... .......41
2.3.4 WP010 - 2"d Year -Cover, Diversity, & Woody Plant Density ........................... .......44
2.3.5 WP011 - 2"d Year -Cover, Diversity, & Woody Plant Density ........................... .......47
2.4 Section 1 6 ..................................................................................................................... .......50
2.4.1 536009 - 7`" Year -Cover, Diversity, Production, & Woody Plant Density ......... .......50
2.4.2 516010 - 7"' Year -Cover, Diversity, Production, & Woody Plant Density ......... .......53
2.4.3 S16016 - 4"' Year -Cover, Diversity, & Woody Plant Density ............................ .......56
2.4.4 516017 - 4"' Year -Cover, Diversity, & Woody Plant Density ............................ .......59
2.5 Fre Area ....................................................................................................................... .......62
2.5.1 FA001 - i'~ Year -Seedling Density & Woody Plant Density ....................................62
2.5.2 FA002 - 1'~ Year -Seedling Density & Woody Plant Density .............................. ......65
2.5.3 FA003 - 1~` Year - Seddling Density & Woody Plant Density ............................. .......66
2.6 Summary by Area ......................................................................................................... .......67
2.6.1 East Pit ........................................................................................................... .......67
2.6.2 West Pit .......................................................................................................... .......70
2.6.3 Section 16 ....................................................................................................... ......73
2.6.4 Fire Areas ....................................................................................................... .......76
2.7 Summary by Year .......................................................................................................... ......76
2.7.1 1996 Revegetation ........................................................................................... .......76
2.7.2 1999 Revegetation ........................................................................................... .......80
2.7.3 2001 Revegetation ........................................................................................... .......80
2.7.4 2002 Revegetation ........................................................................................... .......87
2.8 Planted Seed Establishment ............................................................................................ .......89
3.0 Conclusions........
4.0 Literature Cited...
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In-Text Tables, Charts, Figures, and Maps
Map 1 -Vegetation Sampling Unit Locations - 2003 .........................................................................3
Table P -Precipitation at the Cobwyo Mine, 2001 - 2003 ................................................................4
• Chart P -Precipitation by Growing Season at the Cobwyo Mine, 2001 - 2003 .................................4
Chart 1 -All Sampled Areas -Average Ground Cover by Lifefonn - 2003 .......................................7
Chart 2 -All Sampled Areas -Relative Ground Cover (Composition) by Lifeform - 2003 ..................7