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INTRODUCTION <br />Quantitative sampling of reclaimed areas at Peabody Sage Creek Mining, LLC., Peabody Sage <br />Creek Mine (PSCM) was undertaken in July and August 2010 by ESCO Associates to provide <br />data for formal testing of Revegetation Success in application for Phase II Bond Release. <br />Methods, sample areas, and sample sizes were those specified in a study plan submitted by <br />Peabody to Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology (ESCO 2005b) for bond release testing <br />on the same lands when they were part of the Seneca II Mine permit area. <br />METHODS <br />Phase II Bond Release Block (BRB) PSCM -2 Sampling <br />Areas of the PSCM permit area were sampled in a Bond Release Block labeled BRB PSCM -2 <br />(see Map 1). Resulting data were to be used to provide information for potential future Phase II <br />bond release applications for these lands. In addition to the boundary of BRB PSCM -2, sample <br />locations are shown on Map 1, "Vegetation Monitoring Locations - Phase II BRB PSCM -2 ". <br />Reference Area Sampling <br />The Mountain Brush and Sagebrush /Snowberry reference areas were sampled to provide data <br />for comparison with reclaimed area data as per provisions of the permit. Reference Area <br />sampling locations are shown on Map 2, "Vegetation Monitoring Locations - Mountain Brush and <br />Sagebrush /Snowberry Reference Areas ". <br />1 <br />