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revegetation success, as described below. Vegetation cover will be measured as canopy cover of <br />living plant species, as defined by DRMS Regulation 4.15.8(3)(b). For cover success standards, <br />the cover in the reference area will be compared to the cover in the reclaimed area with no <br />weighted average adjustments for soil type. Herbaceous production will be measured as current <br />year aboveground biomass of herbaceous vegetation, as defined by DRMS Regulation 4.15.8(4). <br />Vegetation cover will be measured by a point intercept method that meets the provisions of <br />DRMS Regulation 4.15.11(1)(a)(I). The observational unit will be a series of points along a <br />transect at least 5 meters and typically 50 meters in length and w l at least 50 data points at <br />regular or random intervals along the transect. A point sampling device supported by a rigid <br />frame will be used to ensure unbiased and vertical point placement. <br />Herbaceous production will be measured by a quadrant sampling method that meets the <br />provisions of DRMS Regulation 4.15.11(1)(b)(I). The observational unit will be a rectangular or <br />circular plot frame of at least rone- quarter square _meters in diameter and large enough to <br />encompass individual plants of the larger species being sampled. Current year growth of <br />herbaceous non -woody species will be clipped life for + within each quadrant. The sampled <br />plant material will be bagged and taken to the laboratory for drying and weighing. Samples will <br />be oven -dried at 105 degrees C to a constant weight. <br />Transect locations will be located by using a random number generating procedure to create up <br />to 50 random coordinate pairs within each study area (reclaimed sites and the reference area). A <br />geographic positioning system (GPS) unit will be used to navigate to the sample points, in the <br />order that the points were randomly generated. Cover transects will be oriented along a random <br />compass bearing from the point of origin. Typically, if production sampling is done concurrently <br />with cover sampling, randomly located one - quarter square meter or larger quadrants will be <br />placed along the transect tape. Cover will be calculated as percent total cover for each transect, <br />and the mean calculated for the study area. Production will be calculated by multiplying the <br />sample dry weight to convert the plot dry weight to kilograms per hectare, which will then be <br />converted to pounds per acre. <br />Reclaimed Irrigated Pasture Soil Analysis <br />Section 2.05.4(2)(e) Page 16 January 2012 <br />