Attachment_E_-_Glossary.pdf

Solicitation: 129AB5-19-R-0003

FY19 Charlton Chilao Integrated Fuels Project

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Attachment E: Glossary

Terms and definitions may be stated for the purpose of the solicitation as contained within Sections

C and D of this task order and shall take priority over the terms and definitions listed within this

Attachment. If a term or definition is not listed within this Attachment, then The Society of

American Foresters shall be deferred to as the source for defining a term as contained within

Helms, John A. (1998), The Dictionary of Forestry, SAF, Bethesda, MD, 210 pages. If there is a conflict between terms or definition contained within The Dictionary of Forestry and those contained within this Attachment, the terms and definitions contained within this Attachment shall take priority.

Accessible - Road access to a unit. Unit will be considered accessible when road access is within 1/4 mile of the unit.

Average Spacing – The average of the distances between all leave trees necessary to provide the desired number of leave trees per acre.

Berm - An outer border of the fire control line.

Best Management Practices (BMP) – A practice or combination of practices ( as described in Water

Quality Management for Forest System Lands in California, Best Management Practices, September

2000) determined to be the most effective, practicable means of preventing or reducing pollution from non-point sources to a level compatible with water quality goals.

Biomass – Any portion of any tree, designated for cutting, which does not meet the utilization standards for merchantable material set forth in the contract. The anticipated product of this material is wood chips for fuel or mulch. This material includes all woody material of a merchantable size. Biomass is sometimes referred to a Miscellaneous Convertible Products (MCP).

Brush – A woody perennial plant such as, but not limited to chemise, manzanita, deerbrush, buckbrush, snowbrush, whitethorn, chinquapin, dogwood, ribes and several varieties of oak, but not to include black oak (Quercus Kelloggii).

CCF – The unit of measure, representing 100 cubic feet, at which merchantable and biomass are sold through a permit system specified in this service contract (nominal conversion rates of one cord or

500 board feet..

Chip Material – Any woody chunks from bole wood, limbs, brush and other forest debris that exits the chute of a blade and drum type chipping machine.

Commercial Item – Consistent with the meaning contained in Federal Acquisition Regulation 2.101, Definitions.

Conifer Tree – A live tree with needle shaped or scale like leaves.

Contracting Office (CO) – The Government representative that has the authority to enter into, administer, or terminate contracts and make related documents and findings. Contracting officers may bind the

Government only to the extent of the authority delegated to them. Information on the limits of the

Contracting Officer’s authority shall be readily available to the public and Agency personnel.

Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) – Any individual designated in writing by the Contracting

Officer to assist the CO in the administration of a specific contract. The written designation defines the limitations of the COR’s authority which usually does not include the authority to change the contract.

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Control Areas – Equipment or activity exclusion zones delineated by flagging for the purpose of protecting sensitive plants, heritage resources or other protected resources. In some cases, these areas may be exempt from treatment, yet in others, the specified level of treatment is to be met without the use of ground-based equipment.

Crown – The part of a tree or woody plant bearing live, or dead, branches and/or foliage.

Cultural and/or Threatened and Endangered (T&E) Sites - Locations where special protection is required to preserve and protect cultural values and species of plants or animals listed on the T&E list. See also “Control Area.”

Culvert – An open or enclosed drainage structure to facilitate water drainage across or beneath a roadway.

Cut Tree – A tree that is designated by the Forest Service for cutting. Designation method will be stipulated by task order.

Diameter Breast Height (DBH) - The diameter of a tree measured at a point 4.5 feet above ground level on the uphill side of the tree.

Damaged Vegetation Beyond Recovery – A tree or brush having a defect or deformity, either genetic or mechanical, evidenced by dead or broken tops, stripped crowns, unnaturally leaning, butt scars or severe bark damage exceeding 50% of the bole circumference.

Dead - More than 50% of the crown of pine species or 90% of the foliar crown of cedar and oak species is absent of needles or leaves.

Debris – see cull.

Defense Zone – Within the Wildland Urban Interface, the first 300 feet from roads, structures and non-

Forest Service lands.

Designated Trees/Vegetation – Trees/Vegetation to remain after treatment will be designated by description as stipulated in the task order.

Diameter – Other vegetation (not trees) is measured 1 foot above ground.

Diseased - More than 80% of the crown infested with mistletoe or possessing observable insect infestation to a level that effectively girdles the bole

Down Log – Woody material exceeding 12 inches in diameter and 20 feet, in length lying on the forest floor or as stipulated in a task order.

Down Woody Material – Down logs, slash, branches and stumps.

Drip Line – The area directly beneath the crown of a tree or shrub.

Duff – The layer of decomposing organic matter found on top of forest soil and composed mainly of leaves and conifer needles.

Mistletoe – A parasitic plant disease occurring on conifers which infects the branches and bole of the tree.

Aerial shoots and basal cups; excessively swollen branches or boles are positive indicators.

Dying - More than 50% of the crown of pine species or 90% of the foliar crown of cedar and oak species exhibiting a distinct alteration in normal foliar color of needles or leaves.

Ephemeral Stream – A stream or portion of a stream that flows only in direct response to precipitation. It receives little or no water from springs and no long-continued supply from snow or other sources.

Fuelbreak – A break in existing fuel character to that changes fire behavior.

Hardwood Tree- A broad-leaved tree which usually has a single well defined trunk and/or attains a height greater than 20 feet. Includes, but not limited to, species such as black oak, canyon live oak, chinquapin, and other oak species. Sprouting hardwood species may be in the form of multi-stemmed clumps.

Hazard - The existence of a fuel complex that constitutes a threat of wildfire ignition, unacceptable fire behavior and severity, or suppression difficulty.

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Hazard Reduction - The planned treatment or manipulation of naturally growing vegetation or any other flammable material for the purpose of reducing rate of spread and output of heat energy from any wildfire occurring in the area treated.

Hazard Tree – Any tree that is dead, dying, a fire threat, or otherwise deemed unsafe and/or has the potential hit roads, trails, utility lines, structures, facilities, improvements or private property.

Inner Gorge – A stream reach bounded by step walls that terminates upslope to a more gentle topography.

Intermittent Stream – A stream or portion of a stream that, in general, flows during wet seasons and is dry during dry seasons.

Jackpot - Concentration of slash or natural fuels, heavier than the surrounding areas.

Key Personnel – any individual or individuals authorized to make or enter into agreements with the

Government under the contract as designated in writing by the Contractor and accepted by the CO.

Ladder Fuels - Fuels that provide vertical continuity between the ground and the tree crowns, creating a pathway for surface fire to move into the overstory tree crowns.

Landing – Area used to stage and load forest products just prior to removal from the project area.

Leave Trees - Trees designated to remain after treatment. May include conifers, hardwoods, or hardwood clumps with less than or equal to three sprouts of common origin.

Leave Tree Group - A group of trees as stipulated by task order designated to remain after treatment.

Groups may contain more than one species of tree. Examples would be a) two healthy ponderosa pine trees growing immediately adjacent to one another. b) a vigorous group white oak trees exhibiting a wide horizontal growth pattern. c) a large old pine with a healthy oak tree growing near its base. The project inspector can show examples of suitable tree groups on the ground.

Leave Shrub Clump - A group shrubs as stipulated by task order designated to remain after treatment.

Litter - Needles, duff, twigs, cones and leaves.

Limited Operating Period (LOP) – The period of time in which no project or noise generating activities may occur. LOP locations and periods will be stipulated in the task order.

Live Crown Ration (LCR) – The live crown ration is the percent of the total height of a tree that has branches with live, green vegetation present. Epicormic branches, which are small branches originating from the main tree stem after the tree has been suddenly exposed to sunlight, do not count toward the LCR. One-sided crowns only count as half. Openings in the crown need to be deducted from the total.

Lop - The severing of limbs from the bole of felled trees at the point where the limb attaches to the bole.

Mastication – The mulching or grinding of vegetation utilizing steel or rubber track or wheel mounted machines using drum type or boom fixed heads with grinding heads possessing either fixed position or free moving chewing teeth.

Meadow – Perennially or seasonally saturated soils that support vegetation dominated by grasses, sedges, rushes and other flowering plants. Meadows will be stipulated by task order.

Mechanized Harvesting Machine with Hydraulic System – Machines such as, but not limited to, chippers, feller/bunchers, harvesters, forwarders, stroke delimbers and masticators that are powered by an internal combustion engines and require hydraulic systems in order to perform.

Mechanized Equipment with High-speed Rotary Head - Machines such as, but not limited to, chippers, harvesters, and masticators that are powered by an internal combustion engines and utilize fast turning or spinning drums, disks, heads or other similar method in order to manipulate vegetation.

Mobilization - The act of delivering all ordered personnel and equipment to the project area; including labor, material, overhead and profit. The price for mobilization shall be included in the proposed unit prices.

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Percent Cover – Portions of the project area beneath the dripline of vegetation to be cut. Does not include reserve vegetation.

Perennial Stream – A stream or portion of a stream that flows throughout the year.

Products – Cut woody material that has a commercial value.

Project Area - The area being treated with prescribed fire and any escapes or spot fires resulting from the prescribed fire.

Contract Inspector (CI) – Any individual designated in writing by the Contracting Officer’s

Representative to assist the CO in the administration of a specific contract. The CI is responsible for the project inspection for a specific task order. This person has contract administration experience and is qualified to conduct oversight and evaluations of the Contractor’s operations. The

CI provides technical expertise to the COR regarding operations conducted under the task order.

Removal – Complete removal of products from National Forest lands under the terms of this contract as stipulated by task order.

Reserved Trees or Reserved Areas - Individual species of trees or certain areas within a treatment unit that the contract or COR designates are reserved from treatment..

Riparian Conservation Area (RCA) – A zone established for the protection of riparian areas in which the use of mechanical equipment is restricted. RCA’s shall be identified and restrictions stipulated by task order.

Riparian Vegetation – Vegetation common to riparian areas. Riparian areas and required vegetation treatments will be stipulated by task order.

Shrub (or brush) - Vegetation consisting of woody perennial plants smaller than a tree, usually having permanent single or multiple stems originating at or near the ground level not normally reaching 20 feet in height. Examples include but are not limited to bitter brush, manzanita, ceanothus, mountain mahogany, whitethorn, and some oak species.

Site Preparation – Piling, chipping, masticating and/or removal of existing vegetation and woody debris

(slash) in preparation for tree new tree establishment that may include planting, coppice or natural regeneration methods.

Slash - Woody material accumulated on the forest floor as the result of tree cutting, storm, fire, or mortality, including tree boles, tops, and branches that are larger than 1 inch in diameter and longer than 3 feet or as stipulated by task order.

Snag - Any standing dead or living tree that has 10 percent or less live crown greater than 15 inches DBH and at least 40 feet tall or as stipulated by task order.

Spike - Sharp pointed top or limb of living or dead vegetation.

Subcontracting - the transfer of commercial items between divisions, subsidiaries, or affiliates of the

Contractor or subcontractor at any tier.

Subsoiling - A mechanical treatment which, using a narrow tool, loosens compacted soil through the full width and depth of compacted soil layer without inverting the soil horizon.

Thinning – Removal of excess trees (conifer and hardwood) as stipulated by task order.

Tillage – the thorough loosening of soil to the width and depth of the compacted layer or to a maximum depth of 6.0 inches with topsoil remaining substantially in place and with minimal sub-soil material brought to the surface.

Tractor – Ground based wheeled or tract mounted machines equipped with dozer blades, grapples, cable winches, brush blades, chippers, etc, used to support work associated with this contract.

Tractor Pile – Pushing slash (existing and created) and other undesirable vegetation into piles or windrows using a track mounted machine with a brush rake or equivalent apparatus.

Tree – A woody perennial plant, typically large and with a well defined stem or stems carrying a more or less definite crown, or as otherwise stated in the task order.

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Tons/Acre - Unit of measurement of fuel, usually but not always, of dead and down woody debris (slash).

Tons/Acre is determined by using a Photo Series, such as USDA Forest Service GTR-PNW 51

(1976). These documents are available for review by the contractor by contacting the issuing office.

Unit – An individual treatment unit delineated on the ground and stipulated by task order.

Water Bar - An earthen barrier constructed to divert water runoff and control soil erosion.

Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) – The area where the urban development meets and intermingles with undeveloped land.

Wildlife Island – An area left untreated to provide cover and screening habitat for wildlife species as stipulated by task order.

Wildlife Trees - Standing dead or live trees left for nesting, feeding, perching and shelter for bids and mammals. Trees may be marked with paint and/or designated with wildlife tag. Wildlife trees may also be stipulated by task order.

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