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Total vegetative cover measured in 2009 on the Tipple reference area was 26.60 percent. The <br />Tipple reference area was sampled to statistical adequacy. The tipple reclamation was seeded in <br />1999. Total plant cover measured in 2009 on the reclaimed tipple parcel was 32.85 percent. The <br />reclaimed tipple parcel was sampled to adequacy. Total herbaceous cover on the reclaimed tipple <br />parcel exceeded the cover measured on the Tipple reference area. The reclaimed tipple parcel is <br />successful for cover for the 2009 sample. <br />Total vegetative cover measured in 2010 on the Alkali Sagebrush reference area was 37.60 <br />percent. The Alkali Sagebrush reference area was sampled to statistical adequacy. Total plant cover <br />measured in 2010 on the reclaimed mine area parcel was 42.80 percent. The reclaimed mine parcel <br />was sampled to adequacy. Total herbaceous cover on the reclaimed area exceeded the cover <br />measured on the reference area. The reclaimed mine parcel is successful for cover for the 2010 <br />sample. <br />Total vegetative cover measured in 2010 on the Tipple reference area was 33.93 percent. The <br />Tipple reference area was sampled to statistical adequacy. Total plant cover measured in 2010 on <br />the reclaimed tipple parcel was 39.97 percent. The reclaimed tipple parcel was sampled to adequacy. <br />Total herbaceous cover on the reclaimed tipple parcel exceeded the cover measured on the Tipple <br />reference area. The reclaimed tipple parcel was successful for cover for the 2010 sample. <br />Herbaceous productivity on the reclaimed parcels was compared to total herbaceous production <br />on the respective reference areas. Statistical sample adequacy was only achieved on the Alkali <br />Sagebrush reference area during the 2009 sampling event. A minimum of 30 production samples <br />were collected on each of the sample plots in 2009, allowing for reverse null calculations when <br />sample adequacy was not achieved. Statistical sample adequacy was only achieved on both of the <br />reference areas during the 2010 sampling event. A minimum of 30 production samples were <br />collected on all each of the sample plots in 2010, allowing for reverse null calculations when sample <br />adequacy was not achieved. <br />The total herbaceous production measured on the Alkali Sagebrush reference area in 2009 was <br />2.78 grams per one quarter meter squared (99.1 pounds per acre). Total herbaceous production <br />measured on the reclaimed mine parcels in 2009 was 30.81 grains per one quarter meter squared <br />(1098.1 pounds per acre). Herbaceous productivity on the reclaimed parcel was more than 10 times <br />that measured on the Alkali Sagebrush reference area. The reclaimed mine parcel was successful for <br />productivity in 2009. <br />The total herbaceous production measured on the Tipple reference area in 2009 was 4.64 grams <br />per one quarter meter squared (165.4 pounds per acre). Total herbaceous production measured on <br />the reclaimed tipple in 2009 was 19.36 grams per one quarter meter squared (690 pounds per acre). <br />Herbaceous productivity on the reclaimed parcel significantly exceeded the herbaceous production <br />measured on the tipple reference area. The reclaimed tipple was successful for productivity in 2009. <br />The total herbaceous production measured on the Alkali Sagebrush reference area in 2010 was <br />3.54 grams per one quarter meter squared (126.5 pounds per acre). Total herbaceous production <br />measured on the reclaimed mine parcels in 2010 was 42.34 grams per one quarter meter squared <br />(1,509 pounds per acre). Herbaceous productivity on the reclaimed parcel was more than 10 times <br />2 <br />Marr A fine SL5 Review June 13, 2013 jhb <br />