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(as well as Poa sandbergii) with Poa secunda. Despite this merger, the distinctness of Poa <br />ampla is worth noting. <br />Photographic Record <br />Within each reclamation and reference area, representative color photographs were taken to <br />document the appearance of the vegetation in 2010 (Appendix 4). Within each reclaimed area <br />photograph, a placard identifies the particular area and sample. <br />Statistical Methods <br />Sampling was conducted at randomly located sites. Random map points for sampling locations <br />were generated randomly using ESRI ArcMap 9.3 software and Hawth's Analysis Tools for <br />ArcGIS (Beyer 2004). Garmin GPS60 units (accuracy to 3 m) and topographic maps were used in <br />the field to locate random points. Cover and woody plant density transects were randomly <br />oriented; production samples were located randomly behind the transect origin. At each <br />cover/woody plant density sampling location, the slope, expressed as a percent, and aspect of <br />the site, in degrees not corrected for magnetic declination, were determined and recorded, as <br />was the orientation of the transect. <br />Assessment of Reclamation Adequacy <br />GENERAL <br />Formal (statistical) hypothesis testing (see below) was undertaken for the Phase II Bond Release <br />Block (post-law, Permanent program lands). <br />SAMPLE ADEQUACY DETERMINATION <br />Sample adequacy was evaluated based on total live allowable (see below) herbaceous foliar <br />cover by vascular plants using the following expression: <br />t 2 S 2 <br />n,n (dx)z <br />where: <br />nm = minimum sample size <br />s2 = Sample variance (n-1 degrees of freedom) <br />d = Precision (0.10 for cover and production; 0.15 for <br />woody plant density)