Specifications include, but are not limited to: Block boundaries will be identified by the Contract Administrator using colored flagging. Block acreages will be determined by the Contract Administrator using a GPS. All trees shall be cut with a brush saw or other handheld cutting mechanism. Target residual Trees Per Acre (TPA) is 680. Crop trees shall be no closer than 5’ apart. Crop trees to be chosen based on stems with good form and vigor using the following species hierarchy: Spruce Fir Sugar Maple Yellow Birch Aspen Red Maple Cedar and white pine are invisible Cut tress will be cut below the lowest live limb. Stump height shall not exceed 6”. Cut trees shall be left horizontal and in no case shall slash height exceed 4’. Remaining crop trees bent or held down by felled trees shall be promptly released. No felled trees are to be left in road ditches or on roads or trails. Quality plots will be 1/100 acre plots. A minimum of two (2) quality plots per five (5) acres will be done by the Bureau. The awarded Bidder will complete all operations on a given block before beginning in another, unless otherwise agreed to by the Contract Administrator.
