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"Repeat vegetation sampling along transects established in 1997 at the Island Copper Mine provides a\r\nunique picture of the development of vegetation on the reclamation sites. Reclamation at the mine has\r\nconsisted of resloping waste rock dumps to a stable angle and shape, creating a reclamation cap by\r\nplacing glacial till over the waste rock, seeding with agronomic grasses and legumes and planting woody\r\nspecies, primarily red alder (Alnus rubra Bong.). Five transects have been established in representative\r\nareas at the mine. Ten plots were established at 30 m intervals along each transect. Each plot consists of\r\na circular plot with a radius of 5.64 m giving a plot area of 100 m\u00B2 or 1/10th of a hectare. In each plot a\r\nlisting of the vascular plant species present was compiled along with an estimate of their combined cover\r\nand abundance. A count of the number of woody species present and an estimate of their cover was\r\nmade. This data has been used to document the progress of the vegetation cover and to project the future\r\nof the vegetation on the mine site. Results to date confirm the visually obvious excellent growth of the\r\nvegetation on most sites. In addition, the data illustrate the detrimental effects of the grass and legume\r\nseeding on the growth of forest species. In the past few years more forest species have been showing up\r\nin the dense alder stands where competition from the seeded grasses and legumes has been reduced. This\r\npaper compliments the field tour to the mine."@en
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