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• <br />• <br />METHODS <br />INTRODUCTION ..............................................................................................................................1 <br />.................................. .1 <br />............................................. .1 <br />................................................. .1 <br />................................................. . 2 <br />................................................. . 2 <br />....................................... . 2 <br /> 2 <br />.......................................... ~ . . <br /> 3 <br />................................................... <br />.................................................. 3 <br />.................................................. 3 <br />.................................................. 3 <br />3 <br /> <br />TWO-STAGE SAMPLiNG :.............................................................. .....................................................4 <br />Sample Adequacy Calculations ................................................ ................................................4 <br />Confidence Limits ...................................................................... ............................................... 6 <br />Performance Standards ............................................................. ............................................... 6 <br />CLIMATIC DATA ................................................................................ ............................................... 7 <br />RECLAMATION UNITS AND SAMPLING LOCATIONS ..................... <br />REFERENCE AREA SAMPLING .................................................. <br />COVER SAMPLING ................................................................... <br />HERBACEOUS PRODUCTION SAMPLING .................................... <br />WOODY PLANT DENSITY SAMPLING ......................................... <br />LIFEFORMS USED IN DATA PRESENTATION ............................... <br />PLANT SPECIES FREQUENCY AND DENSITY MEASUREMENTS.... <br />PLANT SPECIES LISTING .......................................................... <br />PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORD ........................................................ <br />STATISTICAL METHODS ........................................................... <br />Statistical Design .............................................................. <br />SINGLE STAGE SAMPLING <br />RESULTS <br />1994 RECLAIMED AREA ........................... <br />1997 RECLAIMED AREA ........................... <br />1999 RECLAIMED AREA ........................... <br />1997 SHRUB RECLAMATION AREA............ <br />PECOCO PASTURE RECLAIMED AREA .... <br />WADGE PASTURE RECLAIMED AREA......... <br />MOUNTAIN BRUSH REFERENCE AREA....... <br />SAGEBRUSH REFERENCE AREA ................ <br />ALKALI SAGEBRUSH REFERENCE AREA..... <br />DISCUSSION <br />14 <br />CLIMATIC CDNDITIDN$ ........................................................................................................... ....... 14 <br />COVER .................. ................................................................................................................ .......14 <br />TOTAL COVER IN THE WADGE PASTURE HAS AVERAGED 71.9 PERCENT OVER 10 YEARS OF <br />OBSERVATION. THE 2001 LEVEL OF 65.6 PERCENT IS SIGNIFICANTLY BELOW AVERAGE PRESUMABLY <br />IN RESPONSE TO THE DRY CONDITIONS .................................................................................... ....... 15 <br />HERBACEOUS PRODUCTION ................................................................................................... ....... 1 S <br />WOODY PLANT DENSITY ........................................................................................................ ....... 16 <br />Sampling Year Stemslacre ...................................................................................... ........16 <br />SPECIES DIVERSITY AND COMPOSITION .................................................................................. ....... 17 <br />SAMPLE ADEQUACY ............................................................................................................... ....... 18 <br />LITERATURE CITED ................................................................................................................. ...... 19 <br />LIST OF FIGURES <br /> <br />1 Cover Data -Reclaimed and Reference Areas <br />2 Herbaceous Production Data -Reclaimed and Reference Areas <br />3 Woody Plant Density Data -Reference Areas <br />4 Species Density Data -Reclaimed and Reference Areas <br />5 Relative Vegetation Cover -Reclaimed and Reference Areas <br />