Specifications include, but are not limited to: Sagegrouse habitat maintenance by chainsaw hand crew lop and scatter removal of standing live pinyon and juniper. This task order includes the Contractor to furnish labor, equipment, supervision, transportation, operating supplies, and associated. Treatment Methods and Specifications: Lop & Scatter: Standard lop and scatter techniques will be used to treat tree vegetation in designated treatment polygons that have a combined total acreage of 1,430 acres. The area within each of the project polygons will be treated by hand cutting crews utilizing chainsaws, brush saws, or similar hand tools. Conifer treatment will consist mostly of Utah and Rocky Mountain juniper and pinyon pine. Cutting in each polygon will comply with the following specifications: Cut and fell all live and dead conifer trees (see exception next bullet) Abandoned Camp Ground exception: This polygon is designated to cut and fell standing live, dead and dying landscape trees only (most are Russian Olive, but some may be alder, ash, locust, or cottonwood). Any trees in this polygon that have fallen over on their own also need to be bucked up to meet the length and height of slash above the ground as the rest of the materials. All trees will be completely severed from the stump and no limbs will remain attached to the stump. Standing stump height shall not exceed 6 inches on the uphill side. incidentals. Project area totals approximately 1,430 acres as identified on attached site map.