Specifications include, but are not limited to: Work Limits: Only areas shown on the Project Map will be treated. Treatment and non-treated areas within the project area may be flagged and/or described verbally. A shapefile for GPS and a PDF map of the project area will be provided prior to work beginning. It will be the contractor’s responsibility to furnish either a GPS unit(s) or smartphone(s) with PDF map application to be utilized in identifying project boundaries. Government staff (Project Inspector) will identify unit boundaries for the work executed under the contract. The Contractor shall immediately upon entering the project area, begin treatment work, locate treatment boundaries, locate control points, section corners, and take such action to prevent their destruction. Cutting: This is a “lop and scatter” contract. All standing live or dead Pinyon pine and Juniper trees and sapling trees within the project boundaries shall be completely severed from the stump(s). 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 (applies to all cutting units): Cut material will be lopped and scattered so that slash height does not exceed 24” above the ground. Cut material left on site shall not exceed 48” in length. Cut material will be spread in ephemeral washes and draws where possible to help reduce erosion. Live browse species, shall not be cut or damaged. Live Ponderosa Pine, shall not be cut or damaged. Only established roads shall be used. No overland travel by vehicle will be allowed. Any 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.
