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• oriented 50 m transact. The number of cover transacts that were placed in each reclaimed area or <br />reference area was as follows: <br />Reclaimed Area Number of Transacts <br />1984 Wadge 1 5 <br />1984 Wolf Creek ~ 15 <br />1987 Wadge 1 5 <br />1987 Wolf Creek 10 <br />1989 Wadge 15 <br />1989 Wolf Creek 15 <br />Wadge Pasture 20 <br />Mountain Brush Reference Area 1 5 <br />Sagebrush Reference Area 16 <br />First hit interceptions were used to calculate absolute top layer toliar cover by dividing the <br />number of interceptions for a particular species or material by the total number of points taken <br />(50). First hit relative vegetation cover was calculated by dividing first hit absolute cover for <br />• each species by the total first hit vegetation cover. All layer absolute cover was calculated by <br />dividing all hits for a particular species by the total number of points taken (50). In addition, all <br />layer relative cover was calculated using all hits for a particular species divided by the total hits <br />accumulated during sampling of the whole transact. <br />Production Samolina <br />Production sampling was done in all reclamation areas (except 1989 Wadge and 1989 Wolf Creek <br />areas), and the two reference areas. Herbaceous production sampling was accomplished using one- <br />half square meter (0.5 m2) quadrats within which all herbaceous growth in a vertical projection <br />was removed by clipping and placed in labeled paper bags. Alfalfa (Medicaco saliva), when it <br />occurred, was placed in separate labeled bags. <br />Production samples within each reclaimed area or reference area numbered as follows: <br />Reclaimed Area Number of 0.5 sa. m. Plots <br />1984 Wadge 30 <br />1984 Wolt Creek 30 <br />1987 Wadge 20 <br />. 1987 Wolf Creek 20 <br />2 <br />