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With respect to herbaceous forage production, sample adequacy was achieved on the Alkali <br />Sagebrush Reference Area, but was not achieved on the 1999 Reclamation site with the <br />recommended 30 transects sampled, application of the reverse null statistical approach <br />documents that the total herbaceous production for the 1999 reclamation sites, the t value <br />(30.2730) in these two reclaimed areas exceed the t values (1.311), and thus, it can be concluded <br />that the total forage production satisfies the revegetation success standard. <br />With respect to shrub density, since sample adequacy was not achieved for shrub density at the <br />recommended 30 transects for the 1999 reclamation sites, application of the reverse null <br />statistical approach documents that for the shrub density values on these two sites, the t values <br />(7.6545) in these exceed the t, values (1.311), and thus it can be concluded that the shrub density <br />satisfies the revegetation success standard. These monitoring data confirm that for the <br />parameters of total plant cover, total herbaceous production and shrub density the Phase III Bond <br />Release criteria have been satisfied at the Marr Mine site for total plant cover with respect to the <br />1999 reclamation. <br />With respect to species diversity /forage quality, since the forage quality index value associated <br />with the 1999 Reclamation area was determined to equal 396.46, which was much higher than <br />the corresponding forage quality index value of 199.38 associated with the Alkali Sagebrush <br />Reference Area, it can be concluded that the forage quality associated with the 1999 <br />Reclamation area satisfies the forage quality revegetation success standard for this site. <br />At the Kerr Tipple site, since sample adequacy was achieved on the Tipple Reference Area and <br />Tipple Reclamation for total plant cover, and the total plant cover value on the reclaimed site <br />exceeds the corresponding reference area value, it can be concluded that the Phase III Bond <br />Release sampling criteria have been satisfied for plant cover at this location. <br />With respect to herbaceous forage production, sample adequacy was achieved for the Tipple <br />Reference Area, but was not achieved for the Tipple Reclamation site. Since sample adequacy <br />was not achieved for total herbaceous production with the recommended 30 transects sampled, <br />application of the reverse null statistical approach documents that the total herbaceous <br />production for the Tipple reclamation site, the t, value (18.7275) in this reclaimed area exceeds <br />the t, values (1.311), and thus, it can be concluded that the total forage production satisfies the <br />revegetation success standard. With respect to shrub density, sample adequacy was achieved on <br />the Tipple Reclamation site, and the average shrub density on this site was found to equal 59.61 <br />plants per 100 m well above the required standard of 37.06 shrubs per 100 m or 1,500 shrubs <br />per acre. Application of the reverse null statistical approach documents that for the shrub <br />density values on the Tipple Reclamation, the t values (24.5842) in this site exceeds the t, values <br />(1.311), and thus it can be concluded that the shrub density satisfies the revegetation success <br />standard. <br />With respect to species diversity /forage quality, since the forage quality index value associated <br />with the Tipple Reclamation area equaled 299.41, which was much higher than the <br />corresponding forage quality index value of 189.23 associated with the Tipple Reference Area, it <br />can be concluded that the forage quality associated with the Tipple Reclamation area satisfies the <br />13 <br />