Specifications include, but are not limited to: Pine stand needs to be thinned to a target basal area of 70 square feet/acre with a stocking rate of 350 to 400 trees per acre. A commercial row thinning method is to be used. Specifications include removal of skid roads on a 75-foot center and the subsequent removal of all unacceptable growing stock between rows including hardwoods. Residuals trees will be dominants or co-dominants, of acceptable form, (i.e., tallest, straightest, no forked stems, and be free of disease or insect infestation). Within the residuals all oaks (Quercus spp.) and hickories (Carya spp.) with a greater than 6 “diameter at breast height (> 6” dbh) shall be left uncut. A target basal area of 70 square feet/acre is to be achieved as well as a stocking of 350- to 400- trees/ac. Minimal damage of residual stand is to be maintained which includes minimal trunk scarring as well as minimal damage to residual crowns. No hardwood trees shall be harvested for sale from this contract.
