Specifications include, but are not limited to: The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Bureau of Forestry, requires the services of a contractor to select and cut inhibiting woody vegetation around Crop trees in Forest Districts 15 on three (3) separate blocks containing a total of 184 acres. The objective of these treatments is to select individual trees for retention as future crop trees and remove competing trees (using chainsaws, brush cutters or other hand tools) around them. Only trees smaller than 6.0 inches in diameter, at breast height (dbh), will be cut with the exception of beech, birch, pin cherry, and striped maple which will be cut up to 8 inches in diameter. The work will generally occur in young, densely-stocked, sapling-sized stands. This dense stocking can impede walking and working with chainsaw or brush-cutting equipment. Contract work in some project areas will result in large numbers of undesirable stems being felled.