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annuallbiennial correction, it still falls short of the standard The East Pit 1995 Area should be <br />• watched closely because d could be a candidate for interseeding to enhance cover unless it shows <br />posdive change soon (note that since il is more than five years old, such action would restart the <br />liability penod). <br />Production <br />Herbaceous production was measured in the East Pd pre-1995 Reclamation (566 Iblac) and far <br />exceeded the weighted average of the Mountain Brush Reference Area (268 Iblac) and the Sagebrush <br />Reference Aree (143 Ib/ac). There appears to be a high likelihood that the herbaceous production <br />standard would be met m prospective bond release testing in this area. <br /> eao 0 <br /> Taco - <br />eoo o - <br /> <br />• L~ a <br />,~ Iwo <br /> ~ woe <br /> 20a.o <br />'roe <br /> BO <br />Woody Plant Densky <br />Levels of woody plant densrty present in the areas sampled in 2002 are mostly below 300 stems per <br />acre. The existing standard is 1000 stems per eve The exceptions in Section 16 - 1998 <br />Reclamation and the East Pd - 2000 redamahon are encouraging but not typical Although the on- <br />going plot studies by Colorado State University may provide new insights to shrub establishrrrern for <br />ruture f2erlamahon efinrts ~evistaron of the ecology of shrubs rn the ex~shnq reclamation i5 <br />n~.~n~~,:. _.. <br />• <br />EAST PRE~ID-a RECIAMAnON RgUNTAtH BRUSH REFERENCE SAGEBRUSH REFERENCE <br />ArN <br />