APPCOR12760

• Permit No: C1994082
• IBM Index Class Name: Application Correspondence
• Doc Date: 4/17/1990
• Doc Name: BASELINE VEGETATION STUDY
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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SCOPE OF WORK SUMMARY
Yoast Baseline Vegetation Study
I. Baseline Study Area Shown on Accompanying 1"=400' Scale Aerial Photo.
II. Vegetation Types (Acres Approximate)
A. Major Types (large areal extent)
1. Mountain Brush - 1,238 Acres (56%)
2. Big Sagebrush - 320 Acres (15%)
3. Aspen - 342 Acres (16%)
B. Minor Types (small areal extent or other)
1. Steep Mountain Brush - 15'L Acres (7%).
45- 60% with much rock.
2. Rothrock Sagebrush - 20 Acres (1%)
3. Silver Sagebrush - 25 Acres (1%)
4. Big Sagebrush/Low Sagebrush - 60 Acres
5. Grass~Wyethia - 15 Acres (~1%),6 %
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7. Deciduous Tree/Meadow - 11 Acres (0.5%)-
/~ Syor Drainage - 10 Acres {0.5%)
~9. Irrigated Hay - 6 Acres (0.3%)
~YO~ Improved Pasture - 7 Acres (0.3%)
III. Level of Sampling
A. Maximum Sampling Effort, All Parameters
1. Mountain Brush, Big Sagebrush, Aspen
Reduced Sampling Effort, All Parameters
1. Rothrock Sagebrush, Silver Sagebrush, Big Sagebrush/Low
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PAINED LANG Drainage, Improved Pasture
REf~~ AAP.ATION fll~!~~' C:l Qualitative Evaluations/T a~ E Search•~i~
1. Grass sew `f u' i..e-s
2. Irrigated Hayland
3. Steep Mountain Brush
IV. Grazing Restrictions
A. No range cages to be installed, all grazing restricted until
completion of sampling.
V. Sampling Parameters and Intensity by Type.
A. Mountain Brush
1. Cover - 15 minimum samples; after 15, to adequacy or 50
maximum samples.
2. Production - 50 maximum samples, no minimum.
3. Woody Plant Density - 15 minimum samples; after 15, to
adequacy or 50 maximum samples.