Specifications include, but are not limited to: Division of Wildlife Resources. Restricted to Utah Rangeland Pre-Qual list only. Hand thinning of pinyon and juniper up to 1,178 acres. Work Limits: Only areas shown on the Project Map will be treated. The project areas will be available via shapefiles, georeferenced PDF maps, or on a contractor provided GPS unit. All Units are not Flagged, it will be the contractor’s responsibility to provide a GPS that is capable of loading shapefiles of the project areas from a computer. Measurements of this project were obtained through ArcMap 10.7.1. Government staff will identify unit boundaries for the work executed under the contract. The Contractor shall immediately upon entering the project area, begin work, locate control points, section corners, and take such action to prevent their destruction. Cutting: This is a “lop and scatter” contract. All pinyon, rocky mountain juniper, Utah juniper (Cedar), shall be cut. 100% Removal. Trees shall be completely severed from the stump(s) where no live limbs shall be left on the stump of cut trees. All main branches or stems shall be cut from the trunk of the tree to meet scattering requirements. Additional treatment specifications: 1. Leave all trees containing raptor nests or nesting cavities. 2. Leave all deciduous trees and shrubs including bitterbrush, cliffrose, mahogany, and oak untreated. 3. Do not exceed stump height of 8” (inches) within rocky areas, all other stump heights will be 4”- 6” measured on the uphill side. 4. Lop and scatter cut material so that slash height does not exceed 24” (inches) above the ground. 5. Cut material left on site shall not exceed 48” (inches) in length. 6. Leave cut debris below crossings or culverts where possible to dissipate the energy of water flow. 7. Use established roads and trails for all motorized travel to minimize damage to patches of sagebrush and other browse plants. 8. Trees identified as bearing trees, or any tree blazed or tagged to mark the line of any Government survey, shall not be cut or destroyed under penalty of the law. Trees with reference tags will be left uncut. The UDWR, BLM or USFS project manager or designee will do periodic inspections which may include compliance monitoring plots to ensure consistency with contract specifications.
