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i• <br />• <br />.- <br />The vegetation of the area is sampled in order to define the <br />baseline conditions of the areas to be disturbed. <br />Preliminary surveying and sampling as well as a more <br />complete vegetation analysis were performed on the two areas <br />that are planned for disturbance Csee Map - I1: Vegetation <br />Map). Only preliminary surveying and sampling were completed <br />on the area surrounding the mine portals. The area planned <br />for the refuse coal disposal is located on the west side of <br />County Road 237. This area is about three acres in size. <br />The three acre parcel on the east side of 237 is the planned <br />location of the office, bath house, and parking area. <br />Two of these areas, coal refuse disposal and office area, <br />consist of overgrown stands of big sagebrush with understory <br />vegetation indicative of a highly deteriorated condition. <br />The areas have been disturbed by road construction, trash <br />and other waste dumping, vehicle traffic, previous mining, <br />and in general, abuse and neglect. Because of the <br />deteriorated condition, the Division of Mined Land <br />Reclamation has stipulated that for these areas a vegetation <br />baseline exhibit comprised only of vegetation cover <br />information will be adequate. Since the extant vegetation <br />-does not provide a decent model for post-mining <br />revegetation, measurement of other vegetation <br />characteristics, such as production and woody plant density, <br />would aerv• no useful purpose. Reference areas will not be <br />established for this vegetation type. The reclamation plan <br />Caee Section 2.05 - Reclamation Plan) is intended primarily <br />to minimize erosion, and not to re-establish vegetation as <br />reflected in this inventory. <br />Vegetation - Preliminary Survey. The preliminary vegetation <br />survey was performed in August 1983. Species composition, <br />cover, and drnsity values were obtained by using the <br />line-intercept method. Production values were obtained by <br />harvesting th• vegetation within a 9.6 square foot hoop. <br />The double production samples were weighed, air-dried, and <br />rv-weighed. <br />Ths steep sloping arra surrounding the mine <br />of a pinon-Juniper community with a sparse <br />pinon-Juniper overstory species composition <br />Juniper <br />Oak <br />Total Species Composition <br />77 <br />portals consists <br />understory. The <br />follows: <br />100% <br />Trace <br />100% <br />Revised 5/87 <br />