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r~ U a uc wvca auccca~ ~uauuaiu a~a ua~ accaauucu aawo a~ uac avaaia avauac as ~a~cu uyuu a wcigucu average of the two corresponding reference azeas. Table 13, 1996 Reclamation -Plant Cover, documents that the "total plant cover" on the 1996 reclamation averaged 38.13 percent. Since this "total plant cover" value exceeds the revegetation success standazd (31.56 %), and sample adequacy was achieved for plant cover for the two reference areas and this reclaimed site, it can be concluded by direct wmparison that the "total plant cover" for the 1996 Reclamation Block satisfies the revegetation success standard with respect to "total plant cover." Perennial cool season grasses dominated the seeded vegetation. Russian Wildrye and Western Wheatgrass were the most commonly encountered grasses on this site, contributing 29.89 and 9.62 percent, respectively, of the total relative cover on this area. The most dominant forb species growing on this site was Lewis Flax which contributed 10.32 percent of the total relative plant cover. The most dominant shrub was Wyoming Big Sagebrush which wntributed 5.77 percent of the total relative cover on this reclaimed site. When ESCO sampled this site in 1999, they reported that the total plant cover averaged 32.5 percent and the four do*ninant species were Westem Yarrow, Lewis Flax, Flixweed Tandymustard and Small Bumet which contributed 38.41, 28.26, 7.61 and 5.43 percent, respectively, of the total relative cover on this site. In the 2005 sampling, total plant cover on this site averaged 32.73 percent. The locations of the 15 cover transects sampled on this site are shown on Map 5, 1996 Reclamation -Vegetation Transect Location Map. Copies of the individual field data sheets for the plant cover sampling of this site are found in Appendix L - Copies of 1996 Reclamation - Plant Cover Field Data Sheets. The sample adequacy calculations in Table 2, Man Mine Sample Adequacy Calculations, document that the number of transects required to describe this site at the 90 percent confidence interval was 9.5 samples. • Production. The results of the 30 production transects sampled on this area are summarized in Table 14, 1996 Reclamation -Production This table shows that the average total herbaceous forage production on this site equaled 21.31 g/1/4 mZ or 759.5 pounds of air dry forage per acre Perennial grasses contributed 16.13 g/1/4 m' or 75.69 percent of the herbaceous forage produced on this area. Perennial forbs, contributed 5.11 g/1/4 mz or 23.98 percent of the herbaceous forag production on this area and annuals, contributed 0.07 g/1/4 m2 or 0.33 percent of the herbaceous forage production on this area. In the 2005 sampling of this reclaimed site, total herbaceous forage production was found to average 37.90 g/1/4 m2 1,350.8 pounds of air-dry forage per acre. e The revegetation forage production standard for this area is 6.11 g/1/4m2. Since this site averaged 19.18 g/1/4mZ, this area satisfies the revegetation success standazd with respect to total herbaceous forage production. The locations of the 30 production transects sampled on this site are shown on Map 5, 1996 Reclamation -Vegetation Transect Location Map. Copies of the individual field data sheets for 14 •