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• The revegetation forage production success standazd for this area is 6.11 g/1 /4mZ or 217.8 pounds of air-dry forage per acre. Since this site averaged 22.10 g/1/4mZ or 787..3 pounds of air- dry forage per acre, it can be concluded by direct comparison that this area satisfies the revegetation success standard with respect to total herbaceous forage production. When RMR sampled this site in 1996, they reported that the average total herbaceous forage production on this reclaimed site averaged 17.24 g/1/4mZ or 614.4 pounds of air-dry forage per acre. When ESCO sampled this site in 1999, they reported that the total herbaceous forage production averaged 19.9 g/1/4m2 or 709.2 pounds of air-dry forage per acre. In the 2005 sampling of this site, forage production averaged 28.60 g/1/4mZ or 1,019.3 pounds of air-city forage per acre. The locations of the 30 production transects sampled on this site in 2005 are shown on Map 3, Pre-1986 Reclamation -Vegetation Transect Location Map. Copies of the individual field data sheets for the forage production sampling of this site are found in Appendix E -Copies of Pre- 1986 Reclamation -Production Field Data Sheets. The sample adequacy calculations in Table 2, Marr Mine Sample Adequacy Calculations, document that the number of production transects required to characterize this site at the 90 percent confidence interval was 26.8. Since the reclaimed area production value (28.60 g/1/4mZ) exceeds the revegetation success standard of 6.11 g/i/4mZ with 30 transects, as allowed in the RMS's reverse null statistical analysis, it can be concluded that this area satisfies the sample adequacy requirements with respect to forage production. Shrub I)eusit~i. The shrub density counts obtained from the 30 belt transects taken in this area are summarized in Table 9, Pre-1986 Reclamation -Shrub Density. The average shrub density was determined to equal 59.27 shrubs per 100 mZ or 2,398.7 shrubs per acre. Wyoming Big Sagebrush, Woods Rose and Rubber Rabbitbrush were the most commonly encountered shrubs. The revegetation shrub density success standard for this area is 1,500 stems per acre. Since this site averaged 2,398.7 stems per acre, it can be concluded that this area satisfies the revegetation success standard with respect to shrub density. When RMR sampled this site in 1996, they reported that the shrub density averaged 31.2 shrubs per 100 mZ or 1,263 shrubs per acre. When sampled in1999, ESCO reported that the shrub density averaged 36.4 shrubs per 100 mZ or 1,473.1 shrubs per acre. In 2005, the shrub density on this reclaimed site was found to equal 65.27 shrubs per 100 mZ or 2,641.5 shrubs per acre. The locations of the 30 shrub density transects sampled on this site are shown on Map 3, Pre- I986 Reclamation -Vegetation Transect Location Map. Copies of the individual field data sheets for the woody plant density sampling of this site are found in Appendix E -Copies of Pre- 1986 Reclamation -Shrub Density Field Data Sheets. Examination of the sample adequacy calculations in Table 2, Marr Mine Sample Adequacy Calculations, reveals the number of samples required to describe the shrub density on this area at the 90 percent confidence interval was 62.5 transects. Since the actual shrub density counts on the reclaimed site (2,398.7 stems per acre) exceeds the approved standard (1,500 stems per acre), using the RMS's recently adopted regulations and the reverse null statistical approach, it can be determined that sample 10