angle from the far side of the road. An oblique shot was also 

 taken of disturbance A. Two other disturbances (B and C) were 

 photodociimented in similar fashion in conjunction with the 

 establishment of permanent transects, discussed next. The 

 fifth disturbance, E, (possibly a natural occurrence) was 

 photographed in one of the overlapping shots discussed above; 

 the spot was not marked with rebar. Locations and 

 descriptions of the photographs are given in the results 

 section. The slides are attached to this report. All photos 

 were taken on Kodachrome 64 ASA slide film using an Olympus 

 OM-1 single lens reflex camera with a standard 50 mm lens. 



3 . Transects 



Two permanent transects were established and initial 

 readings taken. The methodology basically follows Lesica 

 (1987) but on a larger scale and with less precision. The 

 transects were located in areas disturbed by quarrying. 

 Transect 1, at disturbance B, is entirely on disturbed ground 

 while transect 2, at disturbance C, is oriented so that both 

 disturbed and undisturbed ground is included. A "photo 

 transect" was also established at disturbance B, directly 

 adjacent to Transect 1. Both of these disturbances had been 

 previously marked by the BLM with posts set in concrete, thus 

 their relocation should be assured. Figures 3 and 4 are maps 

 of the transects which show their locations and orientation in 

 relation to the cemented posts. It should be noted that the 

 orientation of the transects differs in the location of the 

 origin; in transect 1 the origin is at the left, while in 

 transect 2 and the photo transect the origin is at the right. 

 In Figure 4 (transect 2) , lines are drawn which show the 

 divisions between the undisturbed slope, the quarried slope, 

 and the quarry bottom. 



Each transect is 25 meters long by 6 meters wide. The 

 starting points (origins) of the transects were marked by 1 

 meter long rebar driven into the ground, with approximately 2 

 decimeters exposed above the surface. A second rebar was 

 planted at each transect slightly more than 25 meters from the 

 first. A meter measuring tape stretched between these two 

 points forms the baseline of the transects. In transect 1 and 

 the photo transect the base line is level and the measuring 

 tape can be stretched tight but in transect 2 the baseline 

 goes across uneven terrain, thus the tape must be carefully 

 draped across the ground to insure accurate measurements (see 

 slide # 29) . A 6 meter measuring rod was constructed from two 

 10 foot sections of steel wiring conduit connected by a sleeve 

 (these materials are available at building supply stores) . 

 The rod was spray painted white, decimeter increments were 

 marked with black vinyl tape (although this precision was not 

 used for these transects) , and meter increments were marked 

 with red tape. This rod was set square to the measuring tape 

 (slide # 18) and used to delineate square meter quadrants 

 within the transects. 



