All correspondence must be made through the Vendor Portal. Mulching: All Pinyon Pine and Juniper trees within the designated treatment areas are to be removed, with 2 exceptions. 4-5 trees per acre shall be left standing and arranged so that there are randomly placed clumps of leave trees as well as randomly placed individual trees across the project area upon completion. Large trees having a diameter at root collar (DRC) >18” shall not be cut. All* live and dead standing Pinyon Pine and Juniper trees, shall be chipped, shredded, or mulched and completely severed from the stump(s). * See exceptions a.& b. above. No live limbs shall be left on the stumps of cut trees and stump height shall not exceed 6 inches measured on the uphill side. All parts of the tree shall be mulched. All surplus vegetation and slash shall be mulched or cut, such that no woody piece is greater than 3 feet in length. Any tree or sapling that cannot be removed by bull hog machinery must be removed by a hand crew utilizing chainsaws or loppers. Mulch depth shall not exceed six (6) inches. If mulch exceeds six inches in depth, the Contractor shall spread the mulch either mechanically or by hand. The Project Inspector will make tests to determine the uniformity of the Bullhog operation.
