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Sample Area % LVCA <br /> <br />Mtn Shrub RA 63.00% <br />Sagebrush RA 57.85% <br />Weighted Avg RA 60.68% <br />2008 SL-04 Area 71.48% <br /> <br />A= Live Vegetative Cover <br />Colowyo sampled all of the reclamation blocks that were included in the Partial Phase II <br />Bond Release SL-04 during the 2009 monitoring year with the exception of reclamation <br />blocks 516010 and S16014. Colowyo also included reclamation block WP001, which <br />was not included in the Partial Phase II Bond Release SL-04. Data collected at all of the <br />transects during the 2009 sampling year fell within reclamation blocks included in SL-04, <br />with the exception of transect 37, which was east of reclamation block WP004. The SL- <br />04 reclamation blocks were sampled to adequacy during the 2009 sampling year. <br />Colowyo also sampled both the sagebrush and the mountain shrub reference areas to <br />adequacy during the 2009 sampling year. The live vegetative cover average for the SL- <br />04 reclamation blocks exceeded the weighted average of the two reference areas in 2009. <br />The live vegetative cover for the Partial Phase II Bond Release SL-04 reclamation blocks, <br />with the exception of S 16010 and S 16014, is considered successful in accordance with <br />Rule 4.15.7 and Sections 4.15.7 and 4.15.8 of the Colowyo Permit. The following chart <br />shows the 2009 vegetation sampling results. <br />Sample Area % LVC" <br /> <br />Mtn Shrub RA 61.30% <br />Sagebrush RA 48.35% <br />Weighted Avg RA 55.47% <br />2009 SL-04 Area 69.12% <br /> <br />A= Live Vegetative Cover <br />Adequacy Questions <br />1. Data from 2006 and 2007 vegetation sampling for Partial Phase II Bond Release <br />SL-04 includes data from reclamation blocks that are not included in the <br />application. These reclamation blocks include FA001, FA002, FA003, S 16002, <br />S 16005, S 16009, S 16011, S 16012, S 16013, S 16015, and S 16016. In order for the <br />Division to consider the vegetation sampling data from 2006 and 2007, data <br />collected from the above referenced reclamation blocks will need to be removed <br />from the data set. Data collected from transects 3, 30, 31, 32, 34 and 35 from the <br />2006 sampling year fell within reclamation blocks not included in the Phase II <br />Bond Release application. Data collected from transects 4, 33, 34, 35, 36, 38 and