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Table of Contents <br />1.0 Introduction <br />.................................................................................................................. 2 <br />2.0 Methodology for Vegetation Sampling / Comparison Methods ......................................... 11 <br />2.1 Sample Site Selection / Location ......................................................................................... 11 <br />2.2 Determination of Ground Cover .......................................................................................... 13 <br />2.3 Determination of Woody Plant Density ................................................................................ 14 <br />2.4 Determination of Current Annual Production ........................................................................ 14 <br />2.5 Sample Adequacy Determination ........................................................................................ 15 <br />........................ <br />l .......................................... 16 <br />3.0 Res <br />3.1 <br />3.2 ts ................................................................ <br />u <br />Phase III ................................................................................ <br />Reference Areas ...................................................................... <br />1 Mountain Shrub Reference Area ....................................... <br />2 <br />3 .......................................... <br />.......................................... <br />.......................................... 16 <br />16 <br />16 <br /> . <br />. <br />2 Sagebrush Reference Area ............................................... <br />2 <br />3 .......................................... 17 <br /> . <br />. <br />roved Pasture Reference Area (Benchmark) ................ <br />3 Im <br />2 <br />3 .......................................... 17 <br /> p <br />. <br />. 18 <br /> 4 Target Grassland Reference Area (Benchmark) ............................................................ <br />2 <br />3 <br /> . <br />. <br />3.2.5 Target Sage Grouse Reference Area (Benchmark) ............. .......................................... 18 <br />4.0 Success Evaluation .................................................................... <br />1 Ground Cover and Production .................................................. <br />4 ........................................... <br />........................................... 30 <br />30 <br />. ...................... <br />it <br />Di ........................................... 31 <br />4.2 <br />4.3 y .......................................................... <br />vers <br />Wood Plant Density 31 <br />In-Text Tables, Charts, Figures, and Maps <br />Table P - Precipitation at the Colowyo Mine, 2001 - 2007 .............................................................. 4 <br />Chart P - Precipitation by Growing Season at the Colowyo Mine, 2001 - 2007 ................................. 4 <br />Map 1 - Vegetation Sampling Unit Locations - 2007 ...................................................................... 5 <br />Map 2 - Vegetation Sampling Point Locations - Mountain Shrub Reference Area - 2007 .................. 6 <br />Map 3 - Vegetation Sampling Point Locations - Sagebrush Reference Area - 2007 .......................... 7 <br />Map 4 - Vegetation Sampling Point Locations - Improved Pasture Reference Area - 2007 ............... 8 <br />Map 5 - Vegetation Sampling Point Locations - Target Grassland Reference Area - 2007 ................ 9 <br />Map 6 - Vegetation Sampling Point Locations - Target Sage Grouse Reference Area - 2007 .......... 10 <br />Figure 1 .................................................................................................................................. 12 <br />Chart 1- All Sampled Areas - Average Ground Cover by Lifeform - 2007 .................................... 20 <br />Chart 2 - All Sampled Areas - Relative Ground Cover (Composition) by Lifeform - 2007 ............... 20 <br />Table 1 - All Sampled Areas - Average Ground Cover by Lifeform - 2007 ..................................... 21 <br />Table 2 - All Sampled Areas - Relative Ground Cover (Composition) by Lifeform - 2007 ................ 23 <br />Table 3 - Vegetation Production - Summary of Areas Sampled - 2007 .......................................... 25 <br />Chart 3 - Summary of Current Annual Production by Unit and Lifeform - 2007 ............................. 25 <br />Table 4 - Vegetation Cover - Diversity Summary - 2007 ............................................................. 26 <br />Chart 4 - Number of Species with between 3% & 50% Relative Cover (by Area) - 2007 ............. 26 <br />Table 5 - Woody Plant Density - Phase III Shrub Plots - 2007 ..................................................... 27 <br />Chart 5 - Woody Plant Density - Stems per Acre - 2007 ............................................................ 28 <br />Chart 6 - Woody Plant Density - Woody Plant Population Area - 2007 .........., ............................. 28 <br />Table 6 - Woody Plant Density - Phase III - 2007 ...................................................................... 29 <br />Table 7 - Success Testing - Phase III - 2007 ............................................................................. 32