Specifications include, but are not limited to: Sealed, per-unit (pay-as-cut) offers are being accepted for the sale and harvesting of merchantable pine and hardwood timber at the Austin Cary Forest at 10625 NE Waldo Road, Waldo, FL 32609 in Alachua County described under SALE AREAS and identified on Figure 1. The total sale area is approximately 74 acres composed of three pine stands: 2002 Planted Slash/Loblolly (36 acres) to be fourth-row thinned by operator-select, with two demonstration areas marked (approximately one-acre each) to provide guidance. Among pines to be removed, average density is estimated at 108 trees per acre, with an average DBH of 6.8” and merchantable height (4” top) of 48’. 1978 Slash Pine Plantation (20 acres) to be selectively thinned (marked trees to be cut). Among pines to be removed, average density is estimated at 150 TPA, with an average DBH of 11” and merchantable height (4” top) of 68’. Natural Mixed-Pine ~1943 (16 acres) to be selectively thinned (marked trees to be cut). Among pines to be removed, average density is estimated at 110 TPA, with an average DBH of 12” and merchantable height (4” top) of 72”.
