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• developed by ESCO Associates, Inc. Each sample consisted of a randomly located and randomly <br />oriented 50 m transect, along which 50 sample points were systematically arranged. The <br />number of cover transects that were placed in each reclaimed area or reference area was as <br />follows: <br />Area Number of Transects <br />Seneca 11-W Mine <br />1991/1993 Reclaimed Areas <br />15 <br />First hit interceptions were used to calculate absolute top layer (first hit) foliar cover by <br />dividing the number of interceptions for a particular species or material by the total number of <br />points taken (50). First hit relative vegetation cover was calculated by dividing first hit <br />absolute cover for each species by the total first hit vegetation cover. All-layer absolute cover <br />was calculated by dividing all hits for a particular species by the total number of points taken <br />(50). In addition, all layer relative cover was calculated using all hits for a particular species <br />divided by the total hits accumulated during sampling of the transect. <br />Herbaceous Production Sampling <br />• No herbaceous production sampling was undertaken in the Seneca II-W Mine 1991/1993 <br />Reclaimed Area in the 1996 monitoring. <br />Shrub Density Sampling <br />Shrub density sampling was undertaken in the 1991/1993 Reclamation Area of the Seneca II- <br />W Mine. Shrub density in this reclaimed area was measured within 2 x 50 m quadrats ("belt <br />transects") oriented along the cover transect (where a cover sample was also taken). It should <br />be noted that all big sagebrush encountered were referred to Seraphidium tridentatum. <br />Total numbers of shrub density transects in each area were as follows: <br />Reclaimed Area Number of Transects <br />1991/1993 Reclaimed Areas <br />15 <br />• <br />2 <br />