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5) Since the shrubs grow taller, they should actually increase the forage in the field. <br />6) DRMS also concurs that these are good additions for the dryland pasture mix <br />6.3 Drvland Pasture Seedina Procedures <br />Seeding will be done with a drill seeder that can drill the seeds into the ground to a depth that <br />the species of grass requires. Alternatively, a broadcast seeder may be used; if this is the case, <br />seeds will be broadcasted at double the drill seed rate. A large tractor mounted broadcaster <br />having the capacity of holding several bushels of grass seed will be used and the tractor will <br />traverse the field such that overlapping of the seed will occur. Forage kochia will always be <br />broadcastseeded over dryland pasture areas as part of Seed Mix #8 during fall dormantseeding. <br />After the seed is broadcasted, a spring tooth harrow will be drug over the field to bury the seed <br />approximately 1/4 inch. Since not all of the seed will be covered, the seed rate will be increased <br />100% over the drilled seed rate. If the harrow is not utilized, such as in a topsoil stockpile <br />situation, then the broadcast rate will be double the drilled rate. <br />6.4 Reveoetation Success Criteria and Statistical Procedures - Drvland Pasture <br />Revegetation will be deemed adequate if vegetation cover and herbaceous production at the <br />reclaimed site is at least 90% of the vegetative cover and herbaceous production at the reference <br />area, in conformance with CDRMS Regulations 4.15.8. One of the three statistical comparison <br />methods in CDRMS Regulations 4.15.11(2) subsections (a), (b), or (c) will be used, according <br />to the procedures list in this Sub - section 6.4. <br />The production standard for the dryland pasture type for the New Horizon 2 (NH2) area will be <br />based on a dryland reference area located at the Nucla Airport. This area was originally <br />established in the summer of 2000 and augmented in 2005. The augmentation allows the <br />reference area to be divided into two sections: one for rangeland and the other for dryland <br />pasture. This Airport Dryland Reference (ADPR) area is shown in a map in Attachment <br />2.05.4(2)(e) - 4. The map shows the original sagebrush reference area, as well as the former <br />rangeland reference area of 1999, which is no longer used. It also shows the reference area of <br />2000, which is no longer used. Adjacent to this area, and east of it, is the current reference area, <br />which was established in 2005. Although this area can also be used as a reference area for <br />(Revised: PR -06) 2.05.4(2)(e) - 58 <br />