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2 . 05 . 4 ( 2 ) (e ) <br /> Reclaimed areas will be checked annually after <br /> snowmelt for the formation of rills and gullies . To document <br /> each inspection, a report will be prepared and the report will be <br /> available for inspection as required under Rule 5 .02 . 4 . Rills <br /> and gullies deeper than nine inches will be noted on the report. <br /> By the end of August of the same year, laborers or small equip- <br /> ment will be used to fill, grade or otherwise stabilize rills and <br /> gullies deeper than nine inches . The repaired area will be <br /> seeded and mulched by the end of the same year. Mulch will be <br /> anchored to the ground with netting if appropriate. <br /> Quantitative monitoring of revegetation success <br /> will occur during the third, ninth and tenth year of the ten year <br /> bond liability period. Monitoring will be consistent with the <br /> methods and analytical techniques used during baseline studies as <br /> described below. <br /> Data will be collected for cover, production and <br /> woody plant density. Plants will be identified and a species <br /> diversity index calculated. For cover and production, results <br /> will be compared to the reference areas established during the <br /> baseline study to assess revegetation success . The weighted <br /> average method outlined in Rule 4 . 15 . 7 (4 ) (b) will be utilized to <br /> compare the reference areas and the revegetated areas . A revege- <br /> tation success standard will be used for woody plant density and <br /> . species diversity. <br /> Collection and Analysis of Cover Data <br /> Cover is estimated using a point-intercept method <br /> along randomly located and oriented transects . Fifty points are <br /> sampled along the 50-meter length transects . One point is sam- <br /> pled at each meter interval along the transect . Each point is <br /> 0 . 5 meter from the transect and perpendicular to the transect. <br /> The sighting device is mounted on an adjustable <br /> tripod to facilitate vertical orientation and point stabiliza- <br /> tion. Fine cross hairs are used in the sighting device to pro- <br /> vide optimum point definition. At each sample point, the sight- <br /> ing devise is directed vertically upward if overstory vegetation <br /> was present and then downward into the understory community. The <br /> first hit along a vertical line is recorded as vegetative ( by <br /> species ) , rock, litter or soil. When vegetation is intercepted <br /> on the first hit additional hits are taken until soil , litter or <br /> rock was intercepted. First hits are used in calculating the <br /> absolute percent cover. <br /> 2 .05-26 July 1991 <br />