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Table of Contents <br />1.0 Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 1 <br />2.0 Results ..................................................................................................................................... 5 <br />2.1 Overall Summary .................................................................................................................. 5 <br />2.2 East Pit .............................................................................................................................. 12 <br />2.2.1 EP038 - 7th Year - Cover, Diversity, Production, & Woody Plant Density .................. 12 <br />2.2.2 EP047 - 1st Year - Emergent Density .................................................................... 14 <br />2.3 Section 16 ......................................................................................................................... 16 <br />2.3.1 S16 Year 12 - Cover, Diversity, Production, & Woody Plant Density ........................ 16 <br />2.3.1 S16 Years 13,14,&15 - Cover, Diversity, Production, & Woody Plant Density ............ 18 <br />2.4 West Pit ............................................................................................................................ 20 <br />2.4.1 WP009 - 7th Year - Cover, Diversity, Production, & Woody Plant: Density ................. 20 <br />2.4.2 WP010 - 7th Year - Cover, Diversity, Production, & Woody Plant: Density ................. 22 <br />2.4.3 WP011- 7th Year - Cover, Diversity, Production, & Woody Plant: Density ................. 24 <br />2.5 Reference Areas ................................................................................................................ 26 <br />2.5.1 Mountain Shrub Reference Area ........................................................................... 26 <br />2.5.2 Sagebrush Reference Area ................................................................................... 26 <br />2.6 Planted Seed Establishment ................................................................................................ 31 <br />2.7 CSU Shrub Plots ................................................................................................................ 34 <br />3.0 Conclusions & Recommendations ....................................................................................... 57 <br />4.0 Literature Cited .................................................................................................................... 61 <br />In-Text Tables, Charts, Figures, and Maps <br />Map 1 - Vegetation Sampling Unit Locations - 2008 .................................................................... .. 3 <br />Table P - Precipitation at the Colowyo Mine, 2001 - 2008 ............................................................ .. 4 <br />Chart P - Precipitation by Growing Season at the Colowyo Mine, 2001 - 2008 ............................... .. 4 <br />Chart 1- All Sampled Areas - Average Ground Cover by Lifeform - 2008 .................................... .. 7 <br />Chart 2 - All Sampled Areas - Relative Ground Cover (Composition) by Lifeform - 2008 ................. 7 <br />Chart 3 - Perennial Cover Success Criteria Comparison by Area - 2008 ....................................... .. 8 <br />Table 1 - Vegetation Production - Summary of Areas Sampled - 2008 .......................................... .. 9 <br />Chart 4 - Summary of Current Annual Production by Unit and Lifeform - 2008 ............................. .. 9 <br />Table 2 - Woody Plant Density - Summary of All Areas Sampled - 2008 ....................................... 10 <br />Chart 5 - Woody Plant Density by Species and Area - 2008 ........................................................ 10 <br />Table 3 - Vegetation Cover - Diversity Summary - 2008 ............................................................. 11 <br />Chart 6 - Number of Species with between 3% & 50% Relative Cover (by Area) - 2008 ............... 11