Specifications include, but are not limited to: Work Limits: Only areas shown on the Project Map will be treated. Treatment and non-treated areas within the project area may be flagged and/or described verbally. A shapefile for GPS and a PDF map of the project area will be provided prior to work beginning. It Description will be the contractor’s responsibility to furnish either a GPS unit(s) or smartphone(s) with PDF map application to be utilized in identifying project boundaries. Contractor(s) will be responsible to download all needed shapefiles/PDFs using their own devices. Shapefiles/PDFs will be provided in email upon request.Government staff may physically identify unit boundaries for the work executed under the contract, or may rely on the Project Map and associated GPS shapefile as adequate boundary markings. The Project Manager and Contractor will identify an estimated start date for work to begin on the project. The Project Manager will provide Contractor with a Notice to Proceed prior to the estimated start date if site conditions are suitable to initiate work. Upon receiving the Notice to Proceed, the Contractor shall promptly enter the project area, locate treatment boundaries, locate control points, section corners, take such action to prevent their destruction, and begin treatment work.Mulching: This is a mastication contract. Treatment specification will be to mechanically thin (mastication) Pinion/Juniper trees and serviceberry/mountain mahogany/oak brush and other shrub species within identified treatment areas on 637 acres.•No live or dead limbs shall be left on the stump of removed trees. Stump height shall not exceed 6 inches measured on the uphill side.•Any tree or sapling that cannot be removed by mastication machinery must be removed by hand utilizing chainsaws or loppers.•All surplus vegetation and slash shall be mulched or cut into lengths not to exceed 3 feet in length.•Mulch depth shall not exceed six (6) inches. If mulch exceeds six inches in depth, the Contractor shall spread the mulch either mechanically or by hand to reduce depths to six (6) inches or less.