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5. REVEGETATION MONITORING <br />• Reouirement <br />Rule 4.15.1(4) of the Colowyo Permit contains a plan for <br />monitoring the success of revegetation. <br />Response <br />During the summer of 1994, Colowyo completed vegetation <br />monitoring on the following areas: <br />A. Herbaceous Frequency and Density of the 1993 Revegetated <br />Area <br />B. Herbaceous Cover of the 1960, 1983, 1986, 1989 and 1992 <br />Revegetated Areas <br />Refer to Exhibit 10, 1994 Annual Report Map, for additional <br />details as to the location of these areas. <br />A. HERBACEOUS FREQUENCY AND DENSITY OF THE 1990 REVEGETATED <br />AREA <br />The area seeded in the fall of 1993 was undergoing the <br />first growing season. Past sampling methodologies continue to <br />be used to obtain vegetation data. Two hundred fifty (250) <br />placements of a 60 cm X 60 cm frame was used and species <br />occurrence was recorded. <br />The data has been summarized and the top 20 species by <br />occurrence is presented in Exhibit 5, Reveaetation Monitoring. <br />The data indicates a reasonably diverse, successful <br />establishment of desirable perennial grasses and forbs, as <br />well as the expected number of annual grasses and forbs. <br />B. HERBACEOUS COVER OF THE 1980, 1983, 1986, 1989 and 1992 <br />RECLAIMED AREAS <br />During the summer of 1994, the 1980, 1983, 1986. 1989 and <br />1992 reclaimed areas were sampled for herbaceous cover to <br />U <br />11 <br />