The proposed contract is removal of all salt cedar (Tamarix) through mechanical control to reduce fuel loads and improve wildlife habitat quality on 200 acres on the Beaver River Wildlife Management Area in Beaver County. Extract and stack Salt Cedars: • Cedars must be extracted, and root ball pulled out of ground. • Cedars must be stacked in piles of a minimum of 15 trees. • Cedars must be stacked at least 200 feet from roost trees and 200 feet from existing fences as designated by the area biologist. • Standing dead cedars must also be extracted and stacked. • Cedars on slopes greater than 20% are not required to be cut. These areas will not be identified by ODWC prior to work beginning but will be the responsibility of the contractor to determine. Some cedars are large and difficult to extract. Some cedars are located on sandy, steep banks that are difficult to operate equipment. It is up to the bidder to make sure they have the proper equipment to extract large cedars in this terrain.
