Amd001.m.final_Little_Dean_Thin_Grapple_Call_Order.pdf

CALL ORDER NO.

IF THIS ORDER IS GREATER THAN $2,500.00, IT IS

NOT VALID UNTIL SIGNED BY THE CONTRACTING OFFICER

BPA No. 1240BEA22 _ _ _ _ Project

Name:

31 Little Dean NCT Thin & Grapple

County: Baker

Contractor:

Issuing and Billing Office:

Wallowa-Whitman National Forest PO Box 907

Baker City, OR 97814

Item No.

Subitem No.

Description Job Code Quantity

Order Unit

Unit Price

Amount

1 THINNING FOR

MACHINE PILING

1 LD NCT 10 49 acres $ $ 2 LD NCT 13 24 acres $ $ 3 LD NCT 74 15 acres $ $

4 LD NCT 75 16 acres $ $ Sub-Total 104 acres $

2 GRAPPLE PILING

1 LD NCT 10 49 acres $ $ 2 LD NCT 13 24 acres $ $ 3 LD NCT 74 15 acres $ $ 4 LD NCT 75 16 acres $ $ Sub-Total 104 acres $

Grand

Total 208 acres

Required Delivery Date or Number of Calendar Days: All work shall be completed by November 14th, 2022. Work is estimated to begin June 20th, 2022.

Total Price: $

Contractor: (Name and Signature)

Requested By: (Name and Signature) COR Cliff DeMastus and COR Trevor Lewis Fund Authorization: (Name and Signature) Line Officer Ordered By: (Name and Signature)

Andrea Pollock, Contracting Officer Order Date:

Job Code:

Original to CO, CC to Contractor, B&F and COR

BACKGROUND

LD NCT (31 Little Dean NCT Thin & Grapple) is a call order consists of a total of 208 treatment acres for thining and grapple piling, all existing within the greater Little Dean Project area. For specific unit requirements and specifications see the attached Detailed Unit Information Sheet (DUIS).

OBJECTIVE

The overall objective of this project is to improve forest health, the landscape’s resiliency to disturbance, and reduce the risk of wildfire within the wildland urban interface.

Units under line item 1 (Thinning for Machine Piling) may not be passed by government inspection for pay until line item 2 (Grapple Piling) for the associated unit is completed.

There are some units that are adjacent to private land ownership. Boundaries have been flagged in by following established t-post boundaries. If there is any confusion regarding the property/boundary line, the contractor shall stop working in the vicininty of the ownership boundary and reach out to the COR for clarification. Furthermore, where fencing exists, the contractor shall fell trees away from the fence into the unit and remove felled trees within 6 feet of the fence, protecting the fence and ensuring no damage is incurred.

Should springs and/or seeps be encountered that do not have a boundary protecting them, the contractor shall not cut or pile within them and inform the COR of such areas so that a proper buffer can be created.

TASKS

The contractor shall be required to non-commercially thin, treat slash, and grapple pile identified units within the project area.

Units are identified by pink flagging and yellow Milex tags labeled LD NCT with associated unit number (see attached pdf maps for unit numbers and locations). Of the total 208 thinning and grapple piling treatment acres, there are 104 acres of thinning for machine piling and 104 acres of grapple piling.

THIN

See attached DUIS for unit specific requirements related to the hand work (thinning and bucking slash) of this order.

GRAPPLE

The intention of grapple piling within this is order is to reduce fuel loading by mechanically piling slash created by non-commercially thinned units as well as natural build up of woody debris on the forest floor.

The contractor shall pile at least 90% material from 1 to 9 inches in diameter and over 4’ in length. Some bucking of logs may be required.

Pile Requirements

1. Piles shall be constructed in such a manner as to combust completely, contain fire within the pile perimeter, and do minimal damage to residual trees.

2. At least 75% of tree boles (trunks) and large diameter limbs should be aligned parallel with each other to aid in consumption when piles are burned.

3. Pile height shall be 5 feet minimum and 15 feet maximum’

4. Pile diameter shall not exceed 20 feet or twice the height of the pile. (For example: 5’ tall pile would be 10’ or less in diameter)

5. Nothing shall protrude more than 5 feet outside of the perimeter of a pile.

6. Piles shall not be placed on large or tall stumps, down logs greater than 12 inches (small end diameter), or large rocks.

7. Piles shall not be constructed in roads, ditches, meadows, grass “scablands” or channel bottoms.

8. Piles shall contain minimal amounts of soil or rocks

The piling will be considered unacceptable if any of the following conditions are found:

1) Piles containing material exceeding 12 inches in diameter and exceeding 16 feet in length.

2) Piles are less than 10 feet apart or not dispersed evenly throughout the treatment unit.

3) Piles are located on or against stumps, logs, or rocks larger than 2 foot in diameter.

4) Piles are placed closer than 10 feet from the bole of any standing tree or snag.

5) Piles are placed within 10 feet of ditches or channel bottoms.

6) Piles are placed within or on any improvement such as a road, signs, fences etc.

7) Piles contain soil or are not tightly compacted.

8) Piles do not contain a variety of slash sizes.

9) Tree boles (trunks) and large diameter limbs are not aligned parrellel to each other in the majority (75%) of the pile.

10) Pile sizes are not within the specifications listed above for height or diameter.

Contractor shall notify the COR when pay items are complete and ready for inspection prior to moving out of the general area. Any unit not meeting contract requirements shall be reworked at the Contractor’s expense.

Slash treatment operations shall not begin until soil moisture levels are below forest plan standards and guides and will be suspended if soil moisture levels subsequently exceed standards and guides due to adverse or unusual weather. Contractor shall limit travel to existing skid roads whenever possible.

Equipment Specifications - All mechanical equipment proposed for use on this contract shall meet the following specifications:

1) Steel tracked machine. No machine shall have steel tracks over rubber tires.

2) Ground pressure not exceeding 7.5 pounds per square inch

3) Climbing/working ability up to 35 % slope

4) Capable of moving within stands without damaging leave trees

5) Effective arm reach of 20 feet minimum

6) Ability to masticate fuels to desired specifications

7) Ability to grapple pile fuels to desired specifications

8) Ability to perform work from existing skid trails or slash mats.

9) Operator cab, engine and arm shall be able to rotate 360 degrees

10) Non leaking fluid systems

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

LD NCT is located on the Whitman Ranger District of the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, approximately 20 miles southwest of Baker City. Typical mountainous terrain of the Blue Mountains should be expected when working in this area.

ACCESS

All units are initially accessed via the 1100000road

• Units 10, 74, and 75are accessed via the 1100000 road and have a legal of Township 11 South, Range 39 East, Section

• Unit 13 is accessed via the 1100000 road, the 1150900 road and have a legal of Township 11 South, Range 38 East, Section 13

DETAILED UNIT INFORMATION- 31 Little Dean NCT Thin & Grapple Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, Whitman Ranger District

Unit Slash Treatment

Remarks

All Units

See unit by unit information regarding slash treatment

Definition. Overstory Tree: Live trees greater than the maximum Cut tree DBH.

System Roads (open):

• Fall all trees on cut slopes and within 10 feet of road surfaces up to the max cut DBH.

• Fall all trees within the road surface up to max cut DBH.

• Remove all tree limbs extending into the road surface by pruning or felling trees.

Interface National Forest/Other Ownership: Within 150 feet of the National Forest/Other Ownership lands boundaries, space trees no closer than 25 feet x 25 feet. Favor the tallest and healthiest Western White Pine, western larch, ponderosa pine, and Douglas-fir in order of retention priority.

Fences: Remove felled trees that are within 6 feet of a fence.

Stump Height: shall not exceed 3” in height unless cutting is obstructed by natural obstacles. All stumps shall be cut below the lowest live limb, cut horizontally, and completely severed from the bole of the tree.

Minimum Tree Height: trees less than a height of 1’ are not required to be cut Maximum Cut DBH: 9 Inches DBH

Clearing Around Ponderosa Pine 21+ D.B.H. Trees: Fall all trees, up to and including the maxiumum cut DBH, within 30 feet (measured from the bole), around live ponderosa pine greater than or equal to 21.0 inches D.B.H..

Western Juniper: Fall all juniper. There is no maximum cut DBH with Juniper.

Clearing Around Aspen: Fall all live trees, up to and including the maximum cut D.B.H., within 50 feet of any live aspen.

Mountain Mahogany: Fall all conifers, up to and including the maximum cut DBH within 30 feet of any live Mahogany.

Boundaries are designated with Pink ribbon and Yellow plastic tags

Slash Treatment

(5.3.A, 5.3.D.1)

13- Grapple Pile: Section cut trees and existing down logs into sections no larger than 8 to 11 feet in length. Do not section existing down logs that are 12” diameter or larger at the smallest end.

Removal:

Species preference and diameter:

Fall all White fir, and any dead tree, up to and including the maximum cut DBH.

10- Grapple Pile: Section cut trees and existing down logs into sections no larger than 8 to 11 feet in length. Do not section existing down logs that are 12” diameter or larger at the smallest end.

Fall all trees within 30 feet of the bole of an overstory tree up to and including the max cut DBH

74 and 75

Unit 74 and 75- Grapple Pile: Section cut trees and existing down logs into sections no larger than 8 to 11 feet in length. Do not section existing down logs that are 12” diameter or larger at the smallest end.

Species: Fall all White fir, and any dead tree, up to and including the the maximum cut DBH.

Western White Pine, western larch, ponderosa pine, and Douglas-fir dead, diseased, damaged, or suppressed trees:

• Fall all dead, damaged, poor crown trees up to and including maximum cut DBH

• Fall all trees infected with Dwarf Mistletoe up to and including maximum cut DBH

Lit tle

D ea n Cr ee k

Beaver Creek

Rattle sna ke

Gulch

French Gulch

Willow Creek

Littlefield Ditch

Buffalo Gulch

Bridge Creek

Union Creek

Hervey Gulch

Webfoot Creek

Whipple Gulch

California Gulch

Spring Gulch

Poker Creek

Trail Creek

Shee p C ree k

Lake Creek

Rancheria Creek

Blue Canyon Stices Gulch

Denn y C ree k

Powder River

Legend Roads Units MajorStreams ForestBoundary

Baker City l ±LD NCT Thin and Grapple

Vicinity Map

0 1 2 3 40.5 Miles

From Baker City, head South on Highway 7 Travel approx. 16 miles and turn Left on FS 1145000 rd.

(Black Mountain Road).

Travel approx. 7 miles to the junction of the 1100000rd.

Unit are accessed via the 1100000rd, ¼½11

Legend Roads Units Contour 40' MajorStreams ForestBoundary

±LD NCT Thin and Grapple Units 10, 74, and 75

0 0.065 0.13 0.195 0.260.0325 Miles

¼½11

Legend Roads Units Contour 40' MajorStreams ForestBoundary

±LD NCT Thin and Grapple Unit 13

0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.40.05 Miles

¼½11

710 900

Rattlesnake Gulch

Spring Gulch

Whip ple

Gulc h

75 74

Legend Roads Units MajorStreams ForestBoundary

±LD NCT Thin and Grapple Unit Map

0 0.25 0.5 0.75 10.125 Miles