SOQ-099-24 - Woody Biomass Transportation Services Forestry Operations

The Boulder County Parks and Open Space Department (BCPOS), Resource Management/Forestry Division, is seeking qualification proposals for woody biomass transportation services. In 2008, the Meeker Park/Allenspark area sort yard opened to the public to help battle against the bark beetle epidemic. Then, the County established a second sort yard, the Nederland sort yard, the second site has ensured that county funds are used more effectively to address bark beetles and to assist with fire mitigation, in which dedicated resources are shared between the two sort yard sites. The Community Forestry Sort Yards (CFSY) offers landowners a place, free-of-charge, to dispose of beetle-killed trees, which reduces the spread of beetle infestation and slows the tree mortality rate. In addition, landowners can dispose of wood that was cut to improve defensible space around their homes or to carry out forest health projects. Sort yards not only offer a place to dispose of wood that is often not accepted through traditional sawmill operations, but they also contribute to local wood markets for sustainable products such as polls, rails, posts, logs, firewood, mulch, and even biomass energy.