Specifications include, but are not limited to: The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (The Department), Bureau of Forestry, Silviculture Section, requires the services of a contractor to apply herbicide to an estimated total of 543 acres of State Forest lands in Pennsylvania on 10 scattered spray blocks. The herbicide is necessary to control competing vegetation consisting primarily of fern, striped maple, birch, beech brush, grass and some other invasive plants. This contract involves generally flat to moderate terrain and may have slash and other difficulties. The treatment areas can consist of uncut forest stands, stands that have recently received shelterwood cuts, and some areas with a large amount of mortality. More specific information about each herbicide spray block is found in Appendix A. The sites will require the Contractor to use motorized spray equipment capable of treating large acreages and traversing mountain terrain and uneven ground. This contract will require the use of a large, tracked or rubber-tired, spray rig. Preferred spray equipment is a double-sided air blast mist blower.