Specifications include, but are not limited to: The study sites are located at four different locations. The locations are the Wallsburg Wildlife Management Area near Wallsburg, UT; the Dairy Fork Wildlife Management Area in Spanish Fork Canyon; the Santaquin Wildlife Management Area near Santaquin, UT; and Stansbury site that is located near Skull Valley on the west side of the Stansbury Mountains, UT. The sites are relatively flat across all areas. The contractor must plant 4,140 seedlings The contractor must develop a planting layout and design that will remove environmental bias. The contractor must set up an identification or labeling plan to keep track of what seedlings were planted and where. The contractor must collect survival data for 9,440 seedlings once a month for 13 Attachment B Scope of Work NC24-74 months. The contractor must collect soil moisture and climate data once a month for 13 months. The contractor must compile and analyze with a statistical analysis all of the survival data according to 15 different variables (e.g. seed source, age of the plant, container size, etc.). The contractor must present results in both a numerical way and in a graph, as well as a short written description of what those results mean.
