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Clipped material was returned to the ESCO laborat Iry and dried at 105 c'C for 24 hours, then <br />weighed to the nearest 0.1 gm. <br />Shrub Density Sampling - Reclaimed and Reference Areas <br />Shrub density sampling was undertaken in all reclamation areas of the Ss+neca II and Seneca II- <br />W mines, and the two reference areas. Shrub density in reclaimed areas, was measured within 2 <br />x 50 m quadrats ("belt transects") oriented along th'e cover transect (where a cover sample ~Nas <br />also taken). Shrub density sampling intensity in the reclaimed areas was; in some cases greater <br />than cover sampling, so that in addition to the twenty to twenty-five shrub density samples <br />taken along the cover transects, up to twenty-five (25) more were located independently, <br />making a total of as many as fifty (50) such samples in reclaimed areas. Additional shrub <br />density plots were located randomly as previously discussed. In the two reference areas, no <br />I <br />shrub sampling was conducted, since it had been sampled very extensively in previous years and <br />resulting data would not have an effect on a woody plant density performance standard. It should <br />be noted that all big sagebrush encountered were referred to Seraphidium tridentatum. <br />i <br />Total numbers of shrub density transects in each area were as Tollows: <br />Reclaimed Area Number of Transects <br />Seneca II Mine ~i <br />1978 Reclaimed Areas 2 5 <br />i <br />1988 Reclaimed Areas '2 5 <br />1991 Reclaimed Areas i1 0 <br />Wadge Pasture i5 0' <br />Mountain Brush Reference Area (none <br />Sagebrush Reference Area none <br />Reclamation Lek '1 0 <br />Native Lek 1 i2 <br />Native Lek 2 ,2 <br />Native Lek 3 i2 <br />Seneca II-W Mine i <br />1991/1993 Reclaimed .10 <br />• <br />a' <br />