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TABLE of CONTENTS <br />1.0 Introduction ........................................................................................... ............................... 1 <br />1.1 General ................................................................................................ ..............................1 <br />1.2 Precipitation .......................................................................................... ..............................4 <br />1.3 Background Information ........................................................................ ............................... 6 <br />1.4 Standards for Success ........................................................................... ............................... 7 <br />2.0 Sampling Methods ................................................................................ ............................... 10 <br />2.1 Sample Layout ................................................................................... ............................... 10 <br />2.2 Determination of Ground Cover ........................................................... ............................... 13 <br />2.3 Determination of Current Annual Production ......................................... ............................... 13 <br />2.4 Determination of Woody Plant Density ................................................. ............................... 14 <br />2.5 Sample Adequacy Determination .......................................................... ............................... 14 <br />2.6 Reverse Null Hypothesis Testing .......................................................... ............................... 15 <br />3.0 Results .................................................................................................. ............................... 16 <br />3.1 Summary ............................................................................................. .............................16 <br />3.2 Greasewood Comparison Revegetation Areas ........................................ ............................... 16 <br />3.3 Shadscale Comparison Revegetation Areas ........................................... ............................... 20 <br />3.4 Greasewood Reference Area ................................................................ ............................... 21 <br />3.5 Shadscale Reference Area ................................................................... ............................... 22 <br />4.0 Success Evaluation .............................................................................. ............................... 23 <br />4.1 Cover Success Comparison .................................................................. ............................... 23 <br />4.2 Production Success Comparison ........................................................... ............................... 24 <br />4.3 Woody Plant Density Success Comparison ............................................ ............................... 26 <br />4.4 Total Perennial Diversity by Lifeform Success Comparison ...................... ............................... 27 <br />4.5 Relative Cover Diversity Success Comparison ........................................ ............................... 29 <br />5.0 Conclusion ............................................................................................ ............................... 30 <br />6.0 Literature Cited .................................................................................... ............................... 31 <br />In Text Maps, Figures, Tables and Charts <br />Map 1 Vegetation Sampling — Sampling Unit Locations — 2011 & 2012 ......... ............................... 3 <br />Table P — Monthly Precipitation for Palisade, Colorado, 2000 — 2012 ................ ............................... 5 <br />Chart P1 — Seasonal Precipitation... (June — May) for Palisade, CO, 2000 - 2012 .............................. 5 <br />Chart P2 — Seasonal Precipitation... for Palisade, CO, 2011 & 2012 vs. 102 -Yr Average ..................... 5 <br />Figure 1 — Sampling Procedure at a Systematic Sample Site Location ............. ............................... 12 <br />Table 1 — Bond Release Evaluation Summary - 2011 .................................... ............................... 17 <br />Table 2 — Bond Release Evaluation Summary - 2012 .................................... ............................... 18 <br />Charts 1 - 6 — Bond Release Areas Success Comparisons — 2011 & 2012 ........ ............................... 23 <br />Appendix A - Primary Data — Tables, Charts, Maps, and Plates <br />