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• dominate the reclaimed areas. <br />The species diversity standard for the Range Sites A and C in the Mine Pemut commits Trapper to <br />establish a reclaimed plant community composed of at least five species including a minimrum of form <br />perennial cool season grasses and one fort specie possessing a relative importance value of equal to or <br />greater than 3 percent relative cover. No single species will contribute in excess of 50 percent relative <br />cover and no four species will contribute more than 80 percent of the total relative cover on the site. The <br />Cropland Reclamation Block has no species diversity standard <br />Statistical Analysis of Data. As required by the Division's proposed regulations, it is not necessary to <br />achieve sample adequacy for reclamation monitoring corresponding to the Phase III bond release <br />sampling efforts provided that at least 30 cover, production and shrub density 1 ransects were sampled. <br />and that the success standard was achieved. Therefore, all of the data collected in this evaluation were <br />analyzed for sample adequacy in order to detemrine whether the Division's requirements had been <br />satisfied. <br />On the for>r areas sampled, all of the field data were analyzed in terms of "allowable cover" to determine <br />whether sample adequacy was achieved prior to leaving the site being sampled. On the Reclamation <br />Blocks sampled for production and slrnrb density, the maximum sample size of 30 samples, as <br />recommended in the Division's proposed Guidelines was sampled and the data were analyzed for sample <br />adequacy and revegetation success. <br />• ~+ SULK <br />Field Sampling Dates. All of the data utilized in this evaluation were collected between Jrure 23 and July <br />31, 2004. At the time of the field sampling, most of the plants were actively growing and it is believed <br />that the sampling wus perfomred close to the period of optimum plant growth, when the plant cover and <br />production was near its peak. A total of 91 plant species were identified inthe 40 cover trarrsects and 30 <br />shrub density trarrsec.~ts sampled in this evalt>ation. A list of all of the plant species encorurterecl in the field <br />sampling efforts in this evaluation is presented in Table 1, Trapper Mine Plant Species List. <br />Sample Adequacy. A statistical analysis of the data collected to characterize the plant wver, <br />production, and shmb density is presented in Table 2, Trapper Mine Sample Adequacy Calculations. This <br />comparison documents that a sufficient number of samples were collected to describe the parameters of <br />"allowable" plant cover, production and shrub density at the 90 percent confidence interval or until the <br />required standazd was satisfied as required by the Division's Regulations for all of the areas evaluated <br />Tr-ansect Locations. All of the cover, production and shmb density transects sampled in this evaluation <br />fiom the four different areas sampled are shown on the enclosed maps. The locations of the 137 <br />production transec;ts sampled in the two Cropland areas along with the 20 cover and 30 production <br />trar>sects sampled for Rangeland Reclamwaation Block AC&D-Care shown on Map 1, Cropland <br />Reclamation -Vegetation Trausect Location Map. The locations ofthe 20 cover, 30 production and 30 <br />shnrb density trarsec~ts sampled in the Rangeland Reclamation Block AD&H-AB are shown on Map 2, <br />Rangeland Reclamation -Vegetation Transect Location Map. <br />• <br />