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A report shall be made to the County annually describing the pasture conditions, stocking rates, damage (if any) to the vegetation, and recommended stocking rates for the next grazing period. The report shall include representative photographs of each pasture and a summary of the plot measurements. The grazing monitoring program should be evaluated at least every 5 years and modified as warranted. Monitoring of grazing within the landfill footprint shall be conducted throughout the life of the landfill and until grazing ceases in the mitigation area. Vegetation Monitoring Each vegetation type shall be monitored by systematic sampling techniques, as described below, to determine the success or failure of the intended mitigation. Recommendations on remedial action shall be made by the biological monitor to correct failure(s) that may occur beyond the acceptable limits defined above. Vernal Pools. Vegetation monitoring shall take place in the following vernal pools: o all created berm -type vernal pools (Pools 1-12, 14-25), o all created excavation -type vernal pools (Pools 13, 26-46), o selected protected vernal pools (Pools A, B, E, G-1), and o selected vernal pools to be filled at a later date (Pools J, N, P, R, U, X, Y, BB, CC). The locations of the created and protected vernal pools are shown in Figure 6; the locations of the pools to be filled are shown in Figure 2. This list of monitoring sites is subject to change so that specific, unforeseen monitoring needs and opportunities may be incorporated into the monitoring design. Data on species composition and cover shall be collected in those sites identified above once each spring during the flowering period of the dominant vernal pool vegetation; however, a second floristic survey of the vernal pools may be required to document late - season ephemeral species that germinate only as the pool dries down. Species composition and percentage of total cover by each species shall be recorded in five randomly located 0.1 - square -meter (i.e. 32 cm square) sample plots at or near the bottom of each pool and in five randomly located 0.1 -square -meter sample plots at the margin of each pool. Ten samples will be taken from 46 created vernal pools, 10 will be taken from six protected pools, and 10 will be taken from nine pools to be filled at a later date (unprotected pools), for a grand total of 610 0.1 -square -meter plots each year. 53