Timber Sale Service Prep (Mark & Cruise)

SCOPE OF CONTRACT: This contract requires timber sale preparation services and related work in compliance with its terms, specifications, and provisions. The Contractor will be required to furnish all labor, equipment, supervision, transportation, operating supplies, and incidentals (except those identified as Government furnished) necessary to traverse, paint boundaries, mark trees, and cruise to complete harvest unit(s) and boundaries for Timber Sales. Project Descriptions JOHNSON BAR FIRE SALVAGE: This sale is in response to the 2014 Johnson Bar Fire and is set to salvage dead and dying trees caused by the fire. The sale is located on the Moose Creek Ranger District south of the Fenn Ranger Station and is 1 air mile from Lowell, Idaho. A general location is it is confined on the north end by the Selway River, on the west side by Lodge Creek, on the east side by O'Hara Creek and is located south of Lookout Butte and Goddard point. The legal description is portions of T31N, R7E; T32n, R6E; and T32N, R7E B.M. The proposed harvest areas total approximately 2,800 acres; however, the exact acreage will not be determined until the units are laid out and will likely be less due to riparian buffers. The units would be harvested with the following logging systems approximately 7% tractor, 44% skyline and 49% helicopter. KAY CREEK: This sale is located in the Kay Creek drainage within the Clear Creek watershed on the Moose Creek R.D.. It is located about 16 air miles southeast of Kooskia, Idaho. It is bordered on the northern side by the Middle Fork of Clear Creek, on the eastern and southern sides by the 464 and 284 roads and on the western side by the South Fork of Clear Creek. The legal description is portions of T31N, R6E, B.M. The harvest units total about 200 acres of commercial thin (some of which may be designated by description and not marked) and 600 acres of regeneration marking; the exact acreage will not be determined until the units are laid out and will likely be less due to riparian buffers. A mix of skyline (60%) and tractor would be used to log the units. LOWELL WUI- This sale is located along the Selway River, about 1 mile east of Lowell, Idaho on the Moose Creek R.D. The harvest area will total about 130 acres and will be primarily skyline logged. The legal description is portions of Sections 3, 9 and 10, T32N, R7E B.M. The sale is bounded by the 371 road on the western, southern and eastern sides and by Lottie creek on the north end.