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<br />Matthew Hayes - 2 - March 20, 1989 <br />The riparian area only meets the vegetation cover success criteria if noxious <br />weed cover values are included. If they are not included (subtract Cirsium <br />arvense and C. vulgare), the total vegetative cover drops to 36.5 percent, 7.5 <br />percent below the success standard. The woody plant density is below the <br />success standard also. <br />Several points about the diversity standards for herbaceous cover should be <br />noted. Technically, both areas fail at this point to meet the diversity <br />success standard for herbaceous and woody species (see page 113 i (a ), (b), <br />and (c) of the Permit Application). This is specifically because: <br />1) There are not enough bunch grasses on the reclaimed areas and <br />2) Woody plants are not very numerous or completely lacking. <br />As mentioned before, woody plant density and diversity requirements are being <br />discussed with the Division of Wildlife and therefore are not a major topic at <br />this time. However, sod forming grasses are probably better at holding soil <br />in place than bunch grasses anyway and therefore the success standard <br />mentioning them could perhaps be changed to reflect the present, fairly <br />desirable (from a grasses standpoint) species composition. <br />4368E <br />