Specifications include, but are not limited to: a. The scope of work is to define the standards of work to be performed for the purposes of removing fire damaged and dead pine trees, dog hair pine and pine ladder fuel trees on approximately 96 acres of pine forest within the confines of the West Camp Rapid Training Area. (Encl 1, Site Map) identifies acreage of West Camp Rapid areas to be thinned. The intent of this action is to recover forest health after a recent fire killed trees in the project area, and return to a managed forest for conservation and wildlife management purposes. b. Pine trees destroyed or damaged more than 40% by fire, will be cut and removed from the training area. Dog hair pine, typical 3-7” diameter will be cut and either removed from the training area for commercial use, or de-limbed to a 15’-20’ length and stockpiled for use as firewood, or de-limbed and chipped if shorter that 15’. Trees 8” diameter or larger, suitable for commercial saw logs will be removed by the contractor. Trees of 8” diameter or larger not removed by contractor will be del-limbed, cut to 15’-20’ length and stockpiled for use as firewood. c. All other timber and slash will be removed from site by contractor or chipped and spread or piled on site. All tree slash or chippings generated during said thinning operation will be spread over disturbed areas to reduce erosion first, removed by contractor if desired, or piled for burning. Spacing for timber thinning will not exceed 30’ trunk spacing between healthy pine trees. (Target goal is 20’-30’ spacing.) Mature, healthy, trees over 30” diameter, that meet the profile for proper spacing, MUST remain. Dog hair pine of suitable diameter to survive will be left and spacing maintained. Dog hair pine, not removed, and not chipped, must be de-limbed and will be centrally stockpiled for future firewood use as above.
